For transcription of genes by RNA polymerase III, the promoter is sometimes located in a segment within the transcribed part of the gene, between +40 and +80, but can also be partially upsteam or entirely upstream fro the start site.
Gandhi was outside on the steps where a prayer meeting was going to take place, surrounded by a part of his family and some followers, when Nathuram Godse, a militant Hindu nationalist, approached and shot him three times in the chest at close range.
Quick Answer. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated with a pistol by Nathuram Godse. On January 30, 1948, Godse emerged from a crowd admiring Gandhi to shoot him three times at close range. The radical used a Beretta automatic pistol and attempted to commit suicide shortly after but was captured by bystanders before he could kill himself.