5 things to know: Veenu Paliwal, India’s top woman biker

One of India's top female bikers died in a road crash on her way to Bhopal when her bike skidded off the road. But Veenu Paliwal has been a real inspiration for women to take up the sport. Here's all you need to know about her.

• She was called Lady of Harley. Veenu was on a country-wide biking tour with a fellow biker Deepesh Tanwar when she met with the fatal accident. She was famous for owning a Harley Davidson which she drove at 180 kmph.

• A compassionate person, she always cared about her family, close friends and differently abled people. “She believed that we — who have everything we need in life — should give back to society. She was multi-faceted, and she aimed to achieve a lot in life. She was extra-caring towards her family, friends and especially the poor and differently abled,” said her father KC Paliwal.

• She was a very independent person but Veenu went through a troubled marriage which she ended last year. She couldn’t even realise her biking dream for a long time due to her marriage. She has two children, Shiven who is studying Engineering and Shivika who just cleared her 12^th exams.

• Veenu was also the owner of the famous Victorian-styled tea lounge called Chah Bar in Jaipur, indulging her passions to be an entrepreneur.

• She wanted to join politics to bring the change she believed in. Veenu wanted to spread awareness of riding motorcycles and gender equality in the profession through her political career.

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