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Death anniversary of Veer Savarkar observed

VD SAVARKAR

• Indian independence activist, politician, lawyer and writer
• Born on 28th May, 1883 in Bhagur, a village near Nashik in Maharashtra
• Formed a youth organization- Mitra Mela (national and revolutionary ideas)
• Propagated the idea of Swadeshi
• Championed atheism and rationality and also disapproved orthodox Hindu belief
• President of Hindu Mahasabha from 1937 to 1943
• When congress ministries offered resignation on 22nd oct 1939, Hindu mahaasabha under his leadership cooperated with Muslim league to form government in provinces like Sindh, Bengal and NWFP
• Founded the “Abhinav Bharat Society”
• Joined Tilak’s Swaraj Party
• Founded the Free India Society
• Believed and advocated the use of arms to free India from the British and created a network of Indians in England, equipped with weapons
• Wrote a book titled ‘The History of the War of Indian Independence’ in which he wrote about the guerilla warfare tricks used in 1857 Sepoy Mutiny.
• Arrested in 1909 on charges of plotting an armed revolt against the Morley-Minto reform (Indian Councils Act 1909)