WI: Ghandi isn't assassinated?

I realize how challenging of a question this is, but what would the effects of Ghandi evading assassination be?

Let us assume the assassin is caught and jailed before his actual attack. With Ghandi alive, how is post-partition era India changed? What role does Ghandi have both politically and personally for what remains of his life? Does this create any changes in regards to the social strife of the time?

There are likely a dozen other questions that could be asked as well but let's start with these.
 
Not only was he a man of 78 at the time of his death but he'd compromised his already frail health by participating in quite a few political fasts well past his 70's so had he not been assassinated, I think it's likely he would have died within a few more years from poor health and been fondly remembered but not considered a martyr (and likely not have had such a grand funeral procession).
OTOH, he did at one point write none other than Charles Atlas himself to ask for advice on how to improve his physical condition but Mr. Atlas lamented that Mr. Gandhi was 'a bag of bones'. Still, had been as aggressive in transforming his physique as he had been in fasting, he might have lived past the century mark even with the vegetarian diet.
 
While he was old and frail, he was murdered just 5 months after the partition and his death led to a massive increase in tensions with Pakistan and caused an escalation in the religious turmoil in India. There were calls for an invasion of Pakistan and the Indian state almost collapsed into civil war. If Nehru and Patel hadn't been able to cooperate and turn the rage into grief things might have gone completely wrong. Further, there was a crackdown against right-wing Hindu organizations and more than 200,000 were jailed in the immediate aftermath. Another factor to consider is that Ghandi was tied intrinsically with the Independence movement, with him still alive in the immediate post-partition period what changes would that have? Would he have been able to calm tensions between Hindus and Muslims as he was attempting when he was killed? Or would the whole thing collapse without the martyrdom of Ghandi to tie together the nation right after Partition?
 
"All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs."
 
IIRR in the Wild Cards universe Ghandi was saved and this led to a unified, if messy, India.

ETA: Ah yes, he was saved by Black Eagle and this led to a "centralized India that is a mosaic of small principalities and territories of every possible cultural, religious and ethnic group" with a weak and rather ineffective central government.
 
Ghandi's death occured in the midst of communal strife in the Delhi and Punjab regions. In the Punjab you had roaming gangs of Hindus and Sikhs in the eastern parts of the province murdering any Muslim they could get their hand on while the same was occuring in the western parts, just by Muslims against Sikhs and Hindus. Ghandi's death came as a shock to everyone and in many ways served as a rallying cry for those who wanted peace. Further, Ghandi's death served as the impetus for Patel and Nehru to reconcile. Without Ghandi's death at the hands of a assassin, the question becomes whether he dies of one of his fasts or if he can end the strife before then. His health was declining at the time and he would likely die within a year or two. The question is more about what happens if the civil strife continues unabated and the RSS (a far-right Hindu movement) remains active and is not outlawed. Without a martyrdom of Ghandi to rally around, would his presence and actions alone be enough?
 
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