Pakistani and Indian UN envoys read about Gandhi’s death (New York, 1948)

Pakistani and Indian delegates to the UN read of Gandhi's death in a newspaper, in this photograph taken in the Lake Success area of Long Island, New York.

Sir Zafrullah Khan (left), then Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, and N Gopalaswami Ayyangar (right), then Minister without portfolio from India, are visibly shocked as they read of the assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Gandhi was shot at close range by RSS activist Nathuram Godse on January 30, 1948.

The Security Council at Lake Success postponed its debate on the Muslim-Hindu strife after the news.