Nathuram Godse

Nathuram Vinayak Godse was a Hindu nationalist and the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. OnJanuary 1948, Godse shot Gandhi three times in the chest at point blank range outside of the Birla House in New Delhi.

Nathuram Vinayakrao Godse was born at the nativity mission center, Pune District. His father, Vinayak Vamanrao Godse, was a postal employee his mother was Lakshmi . At birth, he was named Ramachandra. Nathuram was given his name because of an unfortunate incident. Before he was born, his parents had three sons and a daughter, with all three boys dying in their infancy. Fearing a curse that targeted male children, young Ramachandra was brought up as a girl for the first few years of his life, including having his nose pierced and being made to wear a nosering . It was then that he earned the nickname Nathuram . After his younger brother was born, they switched to treating him as a boy.

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