Veer Savarkar Jayanti Date
Veer Savarkar Jayanti is Celebration birth Anniversary of the great freedom fighter and revolutionist Veer Savarkar known as Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.Veer Savarkar Jayanti is Celebrated on 28th May this year and every year.Here is Some Information about Veer Savarkar Jayanti Festival.
About Veer Savarkar
Veer Savarkar was a great revolutionary in the history of India’s
struggle of independence. He was a great orator, scholar, prolific
writer, historian, poet, philosopher and social worker. His actual name
was Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. He was born on May 28, 1883, in the
village of Bhagpur near Nasik.
Ganesh ,
his elder brother was a strong source of influence in his life. At a
very early age he lost his father Damodarpant Savarkar and mother
Radhabai. Veer Savarkar established an organization by the name of
‘Mitra Mela’ which influenced the members to fight for “absolute
political independence” of India.
The
Mitra Mela members served the victims of plague in Nasik. He later
called the “Mitra Mela” as “Abhinav Bharat” and declared “India must be
independent”. The British Government withdrew Veer Savarkar’s graduation
degree for his involvement in the Indian freedom movement .
In
June 1906 he went to London to become Barrister. He wrote a book “The
Indian War of Independence 1857″ on India’s struggle of independence,
which was banned by Britishers. When he was in London, he encouraged the
Indian students in England against the British colonial masters. He
supported the use of arms in India’s struggle of independence.
He
was arrested in London on 13 March 1910 sent to India for trial.
However when the ship carrying him reached Marseilles in France,
Savarkar escaped but was arrested by the French Police. On 24 December
1910, he was sentenced to jail in the Andamans.
With
his efforts a library was established in the jail. He even tried to
impart education to the illiterate convicts in the jail. By the demand
of great leaders like Vithalbhai Patel, Tilak and Gandhi a Savarkar was
released and brought back to India on May 2, 1921.
Veer
Savarkar was shifted to Ratnagiri jail, and then to the Yeravada jail.
The book ‘Hindutva’ was written in the Ratnagiri jail. He was released
from jail on January 6, 1924 and he later founded the Ratnagiri Hindu
Sabha to preserve ancient Indian culture and worked in the direction of
social welfare.
Later he joined
Swaraj Party, formed by Tilak and founded the Hindu Mahasabha, a
separate political party and was elected its President. The party
opposed the formation of Pakistan. The assassin of Gandhiji – Nathuram
Godse was a member of the Hindu Mahasabha.
Veer
Savarkar was charged by the Government of India in the Mahatma Gandhi
assassination case but was acquitted by the Supreme Court of India. At
the age of 83 on February 26, 1966 he passed away.
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