{"id":5467,"date":"2019-02-27T16:29:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T10:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/?p=5467"},"modified":"2025-12-01T10:22:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T04:52:28","slug":"vinayak-damodar-savarkar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/vinayak-damodar-savarkar\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything you should know about Vinayak Damodar Savarkar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who was Damodar Savarkar?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar<\/span><\/i> was born on May 28, 1883, at Bhagur in the Nashik District of Bombay<\/a>, India. He was born in a <\/span>Marathi Chitpavan Brahmin Hindu<\/span><\/i><\/a> family and spent his childhood with his siblings, Ganesh, Mainabai, and Narayan. And completed his graduation at \u2018Fergusson College\u2019 in Pune. Later he was offered a scholarship to study law in England<\/a>. He was subsequently praised for his bravery, in his town by neighbors which earned him the <\/span>nickname \u2018Veer\u2019.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Verr<\/a>
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What should you know about \u00a0Vinayak Damodar Savarkar?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Savarkar <\/b>was a <\/span>lawyer by profession and a \u00a0writer of \u2018Mazi Janmathep,\u2019 \u2018Kamala,\u2019 and \u2018The Indian War of Independence.<\/span><\/i>\u2019 Most of his writings are inspired by the time he had spent in prison, also just before his death. An article called \u2018<\/span>Atmahatya Nahi Atmaarpan<\/span><\/a>\u2019 was written during fast until death (atmaarpan) and he said that one should be allowed to end his or her life when one\u2019s main objective of life is achieved.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also Read:\u00a0Mahadev Govind Ranade: The Unsung Fighter<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Some interesting facts about Vinayak Damodar Savar<\/em>kar<\/span><\/h3>\n

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1] Creator of Hindu Mahasabha<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, prominent creator of \u2018<\/span>Hindu Mahasabha<\/span><\/a>\u2019. The term \u2018Hindutva<\/a>,\u2019 was popularized by Savarkar through one of his works in 1921. In 1937, he became the president of the \u2018Hindu Mahasabha.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

2] Writer of a book Kale Paani<\/strong><\/p>\n

He wrote \u2018<\/span>Kale Pani<\/span><\/a>\u2019 that narrates the struggles of Indian Independence activists in the infamous cellular jail of Andaman and Nicobar islands.<\/span><\/p>\n

3] \u00a0A protestor till last breath!<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1966, on 1st February Savarkar declared that he went for a fast until death and termed the act as \u2018atmaarpan\u2019. He later even renounced medicines, which ultimately caused his death on February 26, 1966.<\/span><\/p>\n

4] A Revolutionary since teenage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Savarkar founded a youth group and named it \u2018<\/span>Mitra Mela<\/span><\/a>\u2019. It was meant to coordinate revolutionary activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

5] Follower of Bal Gangadhar and Lala Lajpat Rai<\/strong><\/p>\n

Radical political leaders like Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Bipin Chandra Pal remains his inspirations. Also in London Savarkar inspired his fellow Indian students and formed an organization called \u2018<\/span>Free India Society<\/span><\/i>\u2019, which encouraged Indians to fight for complete freedom from the British. He came up with a book titled \u2018<\/span>The History of the War of Indian Independence<\/span><\/a>\u2019, which was an inspiration for Indians to fight for their freedom. Though the British banned the book it attained great popularity in many countries. Savarkar also worked on a manual on making bombs and guerrilla warfare and distributed among his friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

6] A tutor for prisoners<\/strong><\/p>\n

Savarkar used his time in jail by teaching some of his fellow prisoners to read and write. He also obtained permission from the government to begin a basic library in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also Read:\u00a0Everything you should know about Dr. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

7] Initiated the concept of \u2018Akhand Bharat\u2019(UNITED INDIA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

During his time in prison, he wrote an ideological pamphlet called \u2018Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?\u2019 This work was smuggled out of prison and was subsequently published by Savarkar\u2019s supporters \u2018<\/span>Hindutva<\/span><\/a>\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Veer<\/a>
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8] Protested for protection of Heritage of India<\/strong><\/p>\n

On January 6, 1924, Savarkar got a released from jail, after which he played an essential role in the creation of \u2018<\/span>Ratnagiri Hindu Sabha<\/span><\/a>\u2019, which aimed at preserving the social and cultural heritage of the Hindus.<\/span><\/p>\n

9] A Socialist<\/strong><\/p>\n

He also acted against some of India\u2019s social evils, such as <\/span>caste discrimination and untouchability<\/span><\/i> that were prevalent during his time.<\/span><\/p>\n

10] A biopic movie \u201cKalapani\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actor <\/span>Annu Kapoor<\/span><\/i> portrayed Vinayak Savarkar role in a Malayalam-Tamil bilingual film titled \u2018Kaalapani in 1996. In 2001, Savarkar\u2019s biopic titled \u2018Veer Savarkar\u2019 got released after being in production for many years. Actor <\/span>Shailendra Gaur represented Savarkar<\/span><\/a>. In 2003, the Indian Parliament honored Savarkar by unveiling his portrait.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We bring you a report on the 53rd death anniversary of Veer Savarkar, an Indian politician, a revolutionist, a social activist, a lawyer, and a well-known writer. Moreover, how the term \u2018Hindutva,\u2019 Hinduism bought a significance in India\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Everything you should know about Vinayak Damodar Savarkar","_seopress_titles_desc":"So how much you know about Vinayak Damodar Savarkar? Read further to know some unknown facts about the freedom fighter and staunch supporter of Hinduism.","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[697],"tags":[665,203,666,667,668],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5467"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15754,"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5467\/revisions\/15754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}