Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

May 28, 2023

PM Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker & various ministers pay floral tribute to Savarkar on his 140th birth anniversary.

  About:

  • Born on this day in 1883 near Nasik in Maharashtra, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was popularly called Veer Savarkar.
  • 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.