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VEER SAVARKAR
VEER SAVARKAR
May 29, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to pioneering Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary.
About:
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883 – 1966), popularly called Veer Savarkar was born near Nasik in Maharashtra.
Veer Savarkar was a freedom fighter . He called 1857 revolt as the first war of independence.
He founded the following Organizations: Abhinav Bharat Society and Free India Society.
He was also a member of India House. He was not the founder of Hindu Mahasabha, but he did served as its president.
He opposed the Quit India struggle in 1942, calling it a "Quit India but keep your army" movement.
Savarkar endorsed the ideal of India as a Hindu Rashtra and is credited with developing the Hindu nationalist political ideology Hindutva.
Publications:
He wrote the book
”Joseph Mazzini- Biography and Politics.”
He published
“The Indian War of Independence”
about the Indian rebellion of 1857.
The airport at Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar's capital has been named
Veer Savarkar International Airport.
Source :
Business Standard
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