Veer Savarkar is also known as Vinayak Damodar Savarkar which is his full name.
He was born on May 28, 1883, in Bhagur, India and died on Feb 26, 1966, in Bombay.
He was a Hindu Indian nationalist and played as a leader in the Hindu Mahasabha.
Where did He Start?
Mahasbha was a Great Society of Hindus and a Hindu nationalist organization and political party.
He served seven years of his life as president of the Mahasabha.
In 1943 he retired when Mohandas K. Gandhi was killed in 1948 by a former member of the Mahasabha.
Savarkar was implicated, but he was free from the criminal charges in his subsequent trial because there was no evidence against him.
His Basic But Not Baseless Background
Ganesh Damodar Savarkar was the first patriot and he commonly known as Babarao Savarkar.
He is the essence of heroism that is unknown.
He was the elder of the four of his brothers - Ganesh or Babarao; Vinayak or Tatyarao, Narayan or Balarao were the three Savarkar brothers; they had a sister named Maina who was married into the Kale family.
Babarao was a great writer and organizer of Hindus.
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His Rise As A Rebellion
During the study of law in London (1906–10), Veer Savarkar played a role of an instructor for the Indian revolutionaries in methods of sabotage and assassination that associates of his had apparently learned from expatriate Russian revolutionaries in Paris.
During this period he wrote a book ‘The Indian War of Independence’ in 1857 in which he wrote about the Indian Mutiny of 1857 was the first expression of Indian mass rebellion against British colonial rule.
The Time of Trials
The Time of Trials
Veer Savarkar wasted on various charges relating to subversion and incitement to war in March 1910 and was sent to India for a trial.
In a second trial, he was declared a guilty of the criminal offense and the charge was complicity in the assassination of a British district magistrate in India and after that, he was transported to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for the imprisonment in Cellular jail in Port Blair.
Till today imprisonment of cellular jail is considered as the most fiercest imprisonment.
Mainly this jail was built for the freedom fighters to break their guts.
When he was in jail, he wrote a book Hindutva: Who Is a Hindu? In 1923.
In that book, he defines Indian culture as a manifestation of Hindu values and this concept grew to become a Hindu nationalist ideology.
When The Veer Savarkar was Not Thought As A Veer
From childhood, his personality was a patient type. He used to fall sick from his childhood to the death stage.
From childhood, his personality was a patient type. He used to fall sick from his childhood to the death stage.
In his last days also Veer Savarkar made notes of his life as a patient.
These notes are written by a lighter hand. His hand writing seemed like a 10-year-old child hand writing.
From early childhood, Veer Savarkar was a religious person. This religious nature remained throughout his life.
He had huge respect in his heart for the family deity, Ashtabhuja Devi (goddess with eight arms, a form of Durga). On the occasions, the young Babarao used to read loudly extracts from the books such as Bharatkathasangraha, Pandavpra ap, Ramvijay, Harivijay, Shivleelaamrit, Jaimini Ashwamedha, Damodarpant and and used to had discussions with his wife Radhabai.
The children used to enjoy listening to these as a story.
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Meeting with Lokhmanya Tilak
In September 1906, on the occasion of the Ganesh festival, Lokmanya Tilak came to Nashik.
At that time Vande Mataram and swadeshi maalaacha vaapar kara slogans were to be heard in Nashik, it was the suggestive Swatantryadevi ki Jai (Victory to the Goddess of Freedom) that was popular.
Lokmanya Tilak organized a grand reception at the Vijayanand theatre. While the entire Nashik town celebrates the Ganesh festival, the members of the Mitramela decided to have a private meeting with Lokmanya Tilak and know his point of view on secret revolutionary activities.
Only selected members were invited to this private meeting but with all these precautions, a government spy managed to sneak in.
In his opening speech, Babarao stated that freedom could not be won by pleadings and petitions, it could be attained by adopting a Russian-style terrorism if need be.
The shrewd Lokmanya, probably aware of the possible presence of spies, lent support to Babarao’s argument in suggestive language.
Drawing on his experience, he counseled the enthusiastic youngsters to exercise caution and wait till such time that the nation was prepared to adopt such a path.
Although, he has been controversial but his personality gives us an extraordinary example of courage, devotion and faith.
Written By: Lakshya Thakur
Edited By: Komal Jha
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