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Veer Savarkar
New Delhi: Veer Savarkar, one of the immortal revolutionaries of the Indian freedom struggle, whose full name was Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, shook the foundations of the British with his courage, intellectual power, and determination. Veer Savarkar became a thorn in the eyes of the British.
Actually, he not only awakened the spirit of armed revolution but also awakened the consciousness of freedom among the Indian people through the ideology of Hindutva and his writings. In such a situation, the British trembled at his fearlessness and ideological firmness.
Slogan of rebellion against the government
According to Dynamite News correspondent, Savarkar made the British realize that he is not just a person but a symbol of an ideology, which was a big threat to their empire.
Born on May 28, 1883, in Nasik, Maharashtra, Savarkar had raised the slogan of rebellion against British rule from his youth. Veer Savarkar's book 'The Indian War of Independence 1857' presented the first war of independence of 1857 as an organized revolution, which the British tried to underestimate by calling it 'Sepoy Mutiny.'
Inspired youth for armed revolution
The British had banned this book because it was awakening the spirit of independence among Indians. Savarkar founded organizations like 'Abhinav Bharat' and 'Free India Society' in London, through which he inspired Indian youth for armed revolution.
The British were so afraid of his activities that they started keeping an eye on his every activity. The British were afraid of Savarkar because he was not only a revolutionary but also a sharp thinker.
Arrested in London in 1910
His concept of Hindutva worked to unite the Indian society, which the British wanted to weaken with their policy of 'divide and rule.' There was such a fire of patriotism and self-respect in his writings and speeches that the British feared that this fire would burn their empire to ashes.
Savarkar's revolutionary activities posed a direct challenge to the British rule, due to which he was arrested in London in 1910. The main reason for his arrest was the Nasik Conspiracy case, in which his younger brother Ganesh Savarkar was also involved.
Work of distributing revolutionary literature
A conspiracy to kill Nasik Collector Jackson was hatched in this case; the British linked it to Savarkar. Along with this, while living in London, Savarkar worked to train Indian students in weapons and distribute revolutionary literature, which was intolerable for the British. His book 'The Indian War of Independence 1857' was considered a dangerous document against the British Empire.
The British were so scared of all these activities of Savarkar that they arrested Savarkar off the coast of France and brought him to India. In 1911, he was sentenced to 2 life imprisonments and sent to Andaman's Cellular Jail, i.e., Kalapani. The British believed that the inhuman tortures of Kalapani would crush Savarkar's revolutionary ideas, but Savarkar did not give up even there.
