Today is the birthday of Subhash Chandra Bose, who is part of India’s freedom struggle and passionate with his slogans. He was born on January 23, 1897 in Cuttack, Odisha. People love him as Netaji .His famous slogan, ‘ give me blood, I will give you freedom’, still inspires people’s heart and mind. While Netaji’s first love was freedom, second love also came along with him. That is, some of their cars. Bose had a strong attachment to cars, his favorite car is still kept in the form of country’s heritage.
The name of this car is Audi Randder W. 24. It was the Audi’s historic car from the 1937 model that politicians bought. Leader was very fond of car driving. The 12 mechanisms played a key role in restoring this car, then this car has come back in its original form. The 1937 model car has a 1767 cc 4-cylinder engine which provides 42 HP power at 3500 rpm.
Its engine is equipped with 4-speed manual transmission and its tank capacity is 40 liters. Wheelbase of W24 is 2600 millimeters, length 4280 mm, width 1645 millimeters and height 1600 millimeters. Its ground clearance is 200 millimeters. You will be surprised to know that the wheelbase of the Audi Q7 sold at the present time is the same. In the whole world, Audi had sold only 22,500 units of W24 cars. Leader was the first Indian to buy this car.
Netaji sat in the same car from his house in Kolkata and fled to catch the Delhi train when he was interned in his own house by the British government. On 76th anniversary of the leader’s escape, the car was restored and restored on 60th raising day of the leader of Research, Research Bureau, located in Kolkata.
A car in Dhanbad also became the center of attraction for people. Which was used by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose during 1930-40. The car came from the warehouse of the closed plant here. BCCL, while recognizing the historical importance of the car, sent it to the guest house on July 22 at Coal Nagar. During 1930-40, car was used by Netaji for his traveling. He was also the chairman of the Tata Labor Association.
-Shikha Sandhir
