Mumbai, January 29: India will observe the 78th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi tomorrow, January 30. ‘Mahatma Gandhi an Ideology and Ideology Never Dies’: Congress Pays Tributes to Father of the Nation on His Death Anniversary (See Pics and Videos). Who Assassinated Mahatma Gandhi? How Nathuram Godse Killed Mahatma Gandhi? The assassination followed several failed attempts on Gandhi’s life, including a bomb explosion at the same venue just ten days prior, on January 20, 1948.