Veer Savarkar birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently paid tributes to pioneering Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary.

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Savarkar was born in 1883 in Maharashtra, and is seen as a hero, especially to parties and organisations which subscribe to Hindutva views.

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.

He wrote the book ”Joseph Mazzini- Biography and Politics.” He published “The Indian War of Independence” about the Indian rebellion of 1857.