A true patriot Swatantra Veer Savarkar (Vinayak Damodar Savarkar) was born on May 28th, 1883. He took his last breath on February 26, 1966. He was of the opinion that self determination of the nation is a mean and an end. This cause has been justly started for the upliftment of the Hindus. In those days there was nothing like Hindus and Muslims. Therefore he had friends from all classes of society. Congress first divided the Indian Community during the freedom agitation. Gandhiji came to India in his age of 45 and till then he was practicing outside India. He was life convict and was in cellular jail for more than 20 years. He was kept in very inhumane conditions. He had to undergo rigorous imprisonment and placed in solitary confinement. Other fellow convicts were treated differently from him. They were released as and when they or relatives were not suffering from ill health but he was treated with cruelty.
On July 8, 1910 when he was taken to India by a ship and the ship when breathed at Marseilles (France) he wriggled out and swam a great distance. He had already informed the friends and Madame Ca ma of his plans had asked them to reach at particular time but they failed to reach there and British Government recaptured him. Had they reached in time the history would have been different.
Literary he was a great literature, writer, author dramatist and novelist too. A publisher has published his literature in 8 big volumes that are worth preserving and worth to read and study. He was progressive leader and not a believer of superstitions or orthodox. What he said about cow is it is a useful animal and he did not believe the theory that cow is god. For Hindus god is not an idea of some superman but one who is worth respecting. Thus this single example will make it clear how he was different from others.
The name plate of Veer Samara was removed at the instance of Manishankar Ayer, the present Union Minister as he has averse for him. We Indians have habit of giving undue importance to few and to ignore and condemn others who were really martyrs. Perhaps this is because they were never vote catchers nor show case leaders nor caste based politicians.
On this Birth Anniversary we salute him and pay sincere respect and tributes to him. May he live long.
Contributed by: Saraswati Nair
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