Shimla, Jan. 30 -- Shimla observed the martyrdom day on Friday by recalling the city's collective grief and solemn resolve following his assassination on January 30, 1948.
The memory of that dark day remains etched in the town's history, when news of Gandhi's killing in Delhi plunged the then summer capital into mourning.
Contemporary accounts record that shops and markets were immediately closed and public life came to a standstill reported scenes of ordinary citizens standing by the roadside in tears, lamenting what was widely described as an irreparable national loss at a critical moment in India's history. Shimla observed a three-day mourning period.
On January 31, 1948, the town witnessed an unprecedented mile-long procession. Led b...