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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar [a] (28 May 1883 – 26 February 1966) pronunciation ⓘ was an Indian politician, activist and writer. Savarkar developed the Hindu nationalist political ideology of Hindutva while confined at Ratnagiri in 1922. [2] [3] [4] He was a leading figure in the Hindu Mahasabha.
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 at age 78 in the compound of The Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), a large mansion in central New Delhi.His assassin was Nathuram Godse, from Pune, Maharashtra, a Hindu nationalist, [1] with a history of association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu paramilitary organization [2] and of membership of the Hindu Mahasabha.
Ganesh Dāmodar Sāvarkar (13 June 1879 [1] – 16 March 1945), also called Babarao Savarkar, was an Indian revolutionary, activist and founder of the Abhinav Bharat Society. [ 2 ] Ganesh was the eldest of the Savarkar brothers, Ganesh, Vinayak , and Narayan, they also had a sister Mainabai, who was the penultimate child of their parents ...
Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949) (pronunciation ⓘ) was the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi.He was a Hindu nationalist [1] from Maharashtra [2] who shot Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range at a multi-faith prayer meeting in Birla House in New Delhi on 30 January 1948.
In 1944, Godse broached the topic of starting a newspaper called "Agranee" encompassing the ideals of the Dal and the Mahasabha. Apte became the manager of this paper and wore his uniform of a recruiter in World War 2. The newspaper seemed to be failing miserably, however, Savarkar managed to keep it alive by constantly sending generous donations.
A group photo taken in Shimoga in 1944 when Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (seated fourth from right, second row) came to address the State-level Hindu Mahasabha conference. The late Bhoopalam Chandrashekariah, president of the Hindu Mahasabha State unit, is seated to Savarkar's left. Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha (lit.
Sharabi did appear to know, however, that his brother Yossi – who was also taken hostage by Hamas – had subsequently died in Gaza, where his body remains, according to the Israeli military.
Savarkar is a two-part biography about Indian politician and writer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, [1] [2] written by biographer Vikram Sampath and published by Penguin Viking. [3] The first part is sub-titled Echoes from a Forgotten Past, 1883–1924 and the second part is A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966 .