What happens if Gandhi isn't assassinated?

Ok, either I'm really bad at searching this board or we've got a big vacant space where recent Indian history should be.

I should really be posting two threads because I haven't had much luck posting multiple questions in a single thread, but I hate to clutter the board, so here we go again:

1) What are the consequences of Mohandas Gandhi surviving his assassination?

2) What are the consequences of the assassination not even being attempted?
 
Maybe if he lives a few more years, he might be able to build a peace with Pakistan, but I'm not sure about that. I think it depends on how much longer he lives for.
 
Ok, either I'm really bad at searching this board or we've got a big vacant space where recent Indian history should be.

I should really be posting two threads because I haven't had much luck posting multiple questions in a single thread, but I hate to clutter the board, so here we go again:

1) What are the consequences of Mohandas Gandhi surviving his assassination?

2) What are the consequences of the assassination not even being attempted?

It's possible that activism on his part would have improved relations with Pakistan, but I find it unlikely to have made a huge difference in the long run. The primary conflicts that have maintained Indo-Pak antagonism were East Bengal/Bangladesh and Kashmir, neither of which would have been solved within Gandhi's lifetime.

In truth, by the time of his death, much of Gandhi's political influence had dwindled. He would likely have actually grown estranged from Nehru and the Indian political leadership and become a fairly vocal critic. Gandhi was basically an anarcho-syndicalist, believing in a traditionalist society based around villages - he would not have favored Fabian socialist industrial development, Nehruvian secularism, or the development of a modern military.
 
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