The correct answer is: None of the above.
Nathuram Godse was the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. He was a Hindu nationalist who believed that Gandhi was responsible for the partition of India and the deaths of millions of Hindus. He was sentenced to death and executed in 1949.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a prominent Indian independence activist who is considered one of the “Fathers of Indian Nationalism”. He was a leader of the Indian National Congress and a strong advocate for Indian independence from British rule. He was arrested and imprisoned several times for his political activities. He died in 1920.
Veer Savarkar was a Hindu nationalist and independence activist who is considered one of the “Fathers of Hindutva”. He was a leader of the Hindu Mahasabha and a strong advocate for Hindutva, a Hindu nationalist ideology. He was imprisoned several times for his political activities. He died in 1966.
None of these men defended Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin.