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This is the car that Godse rode
Updated On: 31 August, 2009 10:16 AM IST | | Ali Yasir
Killer, Nathuram Godse's 1930 Studebaker, which he reportedly rode on the day of Gandhi's murder, stands shining at a dingy Delhi garage. Parvez found the car while looking for spares for his austin 37. he has twelve vintage cars and more than 15 bikes from the old era
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Killer, Nathuram Godse's 1930 Studebaker,u00a0which he reportedly rode on the day ofu00a0Gandhi's murder, stands shining at a dingy Delhi garage. Parvez found the car while looking for spares for his austin 37. he has twelve vintage cars and more than 15 bikes from the old era
One of the most startling pieces of Indian history stands shining at a dingy auto workshop in an east Delhi locality, nondescript, unknown to thousands living around it, and even to those working around it. It is the six-cylinder, 40 bhp Studebaker of 1930, aptly named Killer, in which Nathuram Godse rode to Birla Bhawan, New Delhi, on January 30, 1948 to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi.
The car was made on order by an Indian king for his prince and the features of the car were mostly unheard of at the time. "It can run on both manual and automatic transmission modes, something which cars of its age did not have," said the present owner of the car, Parvez Jamal Siddiqui. But of course, every Killer must have its edge.
One of the most startling pieces of Indian history stands shining at a dingy auto workshop in an east Delhi locality, nondescript, unknown to thousands living around it, and even to those working around it. It is the six-cylinder, 40 bhp Studebaker of 1930, aptly named Killer, in which Nathuram Godse rode to Birla Bhawan, New Delhi, on January 30, 1948 to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi.
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Parvez Jamal Siddiqui, the proud owner of the 1930 Studebaker. The vintage beauty was reportedly used by its once owner Nathuram Godse to reach Birla House, New Delhi, where he assassinated Mahatma Gandhi pic /Rajeev Tyagi |
The car was made on order by an Indian king for his prince and the features of the car were mostly unheard of at the time. "It can run on both manual and automatic transmission modes, something which cars of its age did not have," said the present owner of the car, Parvez Jamal Siddiqui. But of course, every Killer must have its edge.
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