Hitler Shop In India Will Be Renamed After Complaints

Hitler Shop Gets a Makeover
The owner of the Hitler shop will rename it after complaints
The owner of the Hitler shop will rename it after complaints
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The owner of a clothing shop called "Hitler" in India has agreed to rename it after complaints.

Rajesh Shah said he had chosen the name in memory of his grandfather, a strict disciplinarian to whom the family referred as "Hitler."

Shah had previously told The Times of India that he had no idea the name would be so controversial, saying: "Hitler was a nickname given to my business partner Manish Chandani's grandfather because of his strict nature..

"Frankly, till the time we applied for the trademark permission, I had only heard that Hitler was a strict man."

The shop in Ahmadabad, the main city in Gujarat state, opened last month with a large sign reading "Hitler" and a Nazi swastika inside the dot in the letter "i."

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