Editing Nathuram Godse (section)

==Early life==
Nathuram Vinayakrao Godse was born into a [[Marathi people|Maharashtrian]] [[Chitpavan|Chitpavan Brahmin]] family.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1drfCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA168 |title=History and the Making of a Modern Hindu Self |first=Aparna |last=Devare |access-date=2016-09-09|isbn=9781136197086 |date=3 April 2013 |publisher=Routledge }}</ref> His father, Vinayak Vamanrao Godse, was a postal employee; his mother was Lakshmi (née Godavari). At birth, he was named Ramachandra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nathuram.com/early-life/|title=Early life &#124; Nathuram Godse|publisher=Nathuram.com|access-date=30 January 2014}}</ref> Nathuram was given his name due to his parents' fear that a curse targeted their male children, caused by the loss of their three previous sons. Young Ramachandra was therefore brought up as a girl for the first few years of his life, including having his nose pierced and being made to wear a nose-ring (''nath'' in Marathi). It was then that he earned the nickname "Nathuram" (literally "Ram with a nose-ring"). After his younger brother was born, they switched to treating him as a boy.<ref name=Nosering>{{Cite book|title=India, Rebellion to Republic: Selected Writings, 1857–1990|last=Jeffrey|first=Robin|year=1990|publisher=Sterling Publishers|page=105}}</ref>

Godse attended the local school at [[Baramati]] through the fifth standard, after which he was sent to live with an aunt in [[Pune]] so that he could study at an English-language school.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}