Gopal Vinayak Godse (12 June 1919 – 26 November 2005) was a Hindutva activist convicted of conspiring to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.

[1][2][3] A 2021 book about Gandhi's assassination stated that Gopal Godse worked at the time at a transportation company, and had previously served in the British Army during the Anglo-Iraqi War.

[1][3] Godse lived in Pune after his release, subsisting on royalties from books he wrote about the assassination.

In an interview shortly afterward, he stated that Nathuram, himself, and their two brothers had all been long-time members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and had never left the organisation.

[7][8] According to political commentator A. G. Noorani, two of his books, including one about the assassination, were promoted by the Organiser, the magazine of the RSS, in 1997.