This is where Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi breathed his last, falling to the ground with a gentle "Hey Ram" on his lips as Nathuram Godse fired three bullets into him, and from where Jawaharlal Nehru echoed the grief of a nation with his words, "The light has gone out of our lives."
Shortly after, Nehru wept as he told the nation from the gates of Birla House in what is believed to be one of the greatest speeches of the world, "The light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere..."
After pondering for a few moments, another tourist Willa added, "It is very educational."
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