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governments even before their publication. One of them was India's First War of .
Independence. A scholar par excellence, he enriched Marathi language and started a reform .
movement against Untouchability. Without being provided with pen and paper, he etched his .
poems and memoirs on the walls of his solitary cell and reproduced each line later. .
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As an ardent follower of Shivaji, he wanted to die in action and not waste his life in prison. Finding it the only way out, he wrote six letters to the British, pleading for his release. All the 'requests' were rejected outright The HQme Secretary Richard Craddock met him . .
on.
in .the Andamans on November 16, 1913 and wrote in his report to the Viceroy .
December 19, 1913: "Savarkar's petition is one for mercy. He cannc;>t be said to .
express any regrets or repentance... " Craddock pointed out to the Viceroy that that a .
mere statement of change of views could not wipe out Savarkar's record. "In the case .
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of Savarkar, it is quite impossible to give him any liberty and I think he would escape .
from any Indian jail. So important a leader he is that the European section of the .
Indian anarchists would plot for his escape, which would long be arranged. If he were .
allowed outside the cellular jail in the Andamans, his escape would be certain. His .
friends would easily charter a steamer to lie off one of the islands and a little money .
distributed locally would do the rest," were the words of Richard Craddock .
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About Savarkar, Gandhiji has said, "He is brave, and he is a patriof' Prof. .
Devendra Swarup has made a significant note about what Gandhiji said in Bombay on .
Savarkar: "The Savarkar brothers' talent should be utilized for public welfare. As it is. India 1s .
in danger of los1ng her two faithful sons unless she wakes up in time. One of the brothers .
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(V.D. Savarkar) I know well He is brave He is clever. He is a patriot He is frankly a .
revolutionary. The evil in its present form of the present system of the government, he saw .
much earlier than I did. He is in the Andamans for having loved India too well. Under a just .
government, he would be occupying a high position. I therefore feel for him and his brother" .
(Young India, May 18. 1921) .
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Savarkar's failing health and relentless efforts of the Congressmen for his release .
made the British send him to Ratnag1n 1n 1921 ~;,der house arrest, where he continued to .
work and mobilise for the freedom struggle. Revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh. Rajguru. Bhai .
Parmanand and many others vis1ted h1m, seeking guidance. Mahatma Gandhi took time off .
his whirlwind tour of Maharashtra and specially visited Ratnagiri for a dialogue with him .
True, he d1d not agree with Gandh1ji like many others. He championed the cause of fiery and .
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uncompromising Hindutva and gave a call to 'Hinduise politics and militarise the Hindu .
society'. While Gandhiji became more acceptable to the masses because of his Vaishnav .
personae and an all-encompassing message, Savarkar created his own niche in the history .
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of Indian revolutionanes like Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Chandrashekhar Azad. .
Savarkar stands brilliant in his own class like a shinning lonely star and any effort to .
deny h1m h1s nghtful place 1S as s1nful as 'Stalinizing' the pluralistic spirit of the nation and the .
Constitution. Perhaps, the loyal Congressmen should also be reminded about what Indira .
Gandhi had said about Savarkar and how she supported the Savarkar memorial in a very .
warm and personal gesture. She had a postal stamp released in his memory on May 28. .
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_;_.:.... 1970. The Bombay Municipal Corporation gave a piece of land for the Sava~kar memorial .
and the bhumi pujan was conducted by Babu Jagjivan Ram on May 20, 1979: Its first phase .
was inaugurated b~ the then President of ;n9ia. Dr Shankar Dayal Shc!rm~ ~ith the then .
state Chief Minister Mr Sharad Pawar standing by his side on May 28, 1989. Ms Indira .
Gandhi wrote in her message of good wishes to the Savarkar memorial, "He was a .
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_remarkable son of India," and as a mark of respect for Savarkar, sentBs 1_1.._000 from her personal bank account! So, who is right? The Mahatma and Indira in whose name Congressmen sw ear daily or the present-day 'avatars' of the Left infiltr!\_tors? .
'JAI HIND' :::-.,~..... .
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Manu Singh Convenor Vivekanand Vichar Manch JNU .
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PaRCha - JNU - ABVP - 2004 ID-423
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governments even before their publication. One of them was India's First War of .
Independence. A scholar par excellence, he enriched Marathi language and started a reform .
movement against Untouchability. Without being provided with pen and paper, he etched his .
poems and memoirs on the walls of his solitary cell and reproduced each line later. .
.
As an ardent follower of Shivaji, he wanted to die in action and not waste his life in prison. Finding it the only way out, he wrote six letters to the British, pleading for his release. All the 'requests' were rejected outright The HQme Secretary Richard Craddock met him . .
on.
in .the Andamans on November 16, 1913 and wrote in his report to the Viceroy .
December 19, 1913: "Savarkar's petition is one for mercy. He cannc;>t be said to .
express any regrets or repentance... " Craddock pointed out to the Viceroy that that a .
mere statement of change of views could not wipe out Savarkar's record. "In the case .
.
of Savarkar, it is quite impossible to give him any liberty and I think he would escape .
from any Indian jail. So important a leader he is that the European section of the .
Indian anarchists would plot for his escape, which would long be arranged. If he were .
allowed outside the cellular jail in the Andamans, his escape would be certain. His .
friends would easily charter a steamer to lie off one of the islands and a little money .
distributed locally would do the rest," were the words of Richard Craddock .
.
About Savarkar, Gandhiji has said, "He is brave, and he is a patriof' Prof. .
Devendra Swarup has made a significant note about what Gandhiji said in Bombay on .
Savarkar: "The Savarkar brothers' talent should be utilized for public welfare. As it is. India 1s .
in danger of los1ng her two faithful sons unless she wakes up in time. One of the brothers .
.
(V.D. Savarkar) I know well He is brave He is clever. He is a patriot He is frankly a .
revolutionary. The evil in its present form of the present system of the government, he saw .
much earlier than I did. He is in the Andamans for having loved India too well. Under a just .
government, he would be occupying a high position. I therefore feel for him and his brother" .
(Young India, May 18. 1921) .
.
Savarkar's failing health and relentless efforts of the Congressmen for his release .
made the British send him to Ratnag1n 1n 1921 ~;,der house arrest, where he continued to .
work and mobilise for the freedom struggle. Revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh. Rajguru. Bhai .
Parmanand and many others vis1ted h1m, seeking guidance. Mahatma Gandhi took time off .
his whirlwind tour of Maharashtra and specially visited Ratnagiri for a dialogue with him .
True, he d1d not agree with Gandh1ji like many others. He championed the cause of fiery and .
.
uncompromising Hindutva and gave a call to 'Hinduise politics and militarise the Hindu .
society'. While Gandhiji became more acceptable to the masses because of his Vaishnav .
personae and an all-encompassing message, Savarkar created his own niche in the history .
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of Indian revolutionanes like Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Chandrashekhar Azad. .
Savarkar stands brilliant in his own class like a shinning lonely star and any effort to .
deny h1m h1s nghtful place 1S as s1nful as 'Stalinizing' the pluralistic spirit of the nation and the .
Constitution. Perhaps, the loyal Congressmen should also be reminded about what Indira .
Gandhi had said about Savarkar and how she supported the Savarkar memorial in a very .
warm and personal gesture. She had a postal stamp released in his memory on May 28. .
.
_;_.:.... 1970. The Bombay Municipal Corporation gave a piece of land for the Sava~kar memorial .
and the bhumi pujan was conducted by Babu Jagjivan Ram on May 20, 1979: Its first phase .
was inaugurated b~ the then President of ;n9ia. Dr Shankar Dayal Shc!rm~ ~ith the then .
state Chief Minister Mr Sharad Pawar standing by his side on May 28, 1989. Ms Indira .
Gandhi wrote in her message of good wishes to the Savarkar memorial, "He was a .
.
_remarkable son of India," and as a mark of respect for Savarkar, sentBs 1_1.._000 from her personal bank account! So, who is right? The Mahatma and Indira in whose name Congressmen sw ear daily or the present-day 'avatars' of the Left infiltr!\_tors? .
'JAI HIND' :::-.,~..... .
..._....
Manu Singh Convenor Vivekanand Vichar Manch JNU .
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