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The light has gone out of our lives is a speech that was delivered ex tempore by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, on January 30, 1948 following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi earlier that evening. It is often cited as one of the great speeches in history.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emersonkent.com/famous_speeches_in_history_date_from_1941.htm )〕 == Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi == Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Vinayak Godse, a Hindu fundamentalist and former member of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, at Birla House, Delhi on January 30, 1948 while Gandhi was heading for a prayer meeting. At 6.00 PM that evening, the Government announced over All India Radio, in a carefully worded statement that "Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi at twenty minutes past five this afternoon. His assassin was a Hindu."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.elloraone.com/history/indianhistory/the-light/ )〕 Messages of condolence for his death came in from across the world. As world leaders paid homage to Gandhi, Bernard Shaw acerbically noted that "It shows how dangerous it is to be good." To show its respect, the United Nations lowered its flag to half-mast. In India, the news of the assassination plunged the country into deep shock and grief but also a sense of relief, given the sectarian violence between Hindus and Muslims that accompanied Partition, knowing that the assassin was not a Muslim. At the mourning chamber in Birla House, the Governor General, Lord Mountbatten brought Nehru and Patel closer telling them what Gandhi told him earlier that day, "They listen to you more than they do to me. Do your best to bring them together." Mountbatten informed them that "That was his dying wish". Visibly moved, Patel and Nehru embraced.〔 Mountbatten then asked Nehru to address the nation as the people were now looking upon him to lead them. To this Nehru replied: "I can't", "I am too upset. I am not prepared. I don't know what to say." Mountbatten told him not to worry for God would tell him what to say.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The light has gone out of our lives」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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