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			The First Attempt, Bomb Attack On January 20th, Madanlal Phawa exploded a bomb at the prayer meeting as a distraction, hoping to enable the murder of the Mahatma. The attempt failed.
			Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi On January 30th, the Mahatma walked towards the prayer ground and death. Nathuram Godse shot him three times from point blank range.
			A Cortage of a Million Souls More than one million people congregated at Birla Bhavan and joined the last journey of the slain father of the nation from Birla Bhavan to Raj Ghat.
			The Final Resting Place As the sun set, the body of the Mahatma was placed on a sandalwood pyre at Raj Ghat as pauper and prince joined together to pay their last respects.
			Mahatma's Funeral From ashes to ashes, dust to dust, the lit funeral pyre of the Mahatma. Mahatma's favorite bhajan "Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram" bids him farewell.

Gandhi inspired many people to act out against the numerous unjust traditions and laws throughout the world. The most famous person he inspired was Martin Luther King Jr.   King continued on Gandhi's legacy to eventually have the segregation of blacks and whites abolished. Now people are judged by the content of their character instead of by the color of their skin. Even though King was unable to grow up being treated equal to whites, his children are now able to, which makes his struggle worthwhile.

		Click here for audio of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Free at Last" speech. Requires an MP3 player, such as Windows Media Player.
		Click here for a transcript of this speech, provided by the Douglass Archives of American Public Address at Northwestern University.
	Photo from Compton's Encyclopedia Online

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