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In 1910, the same year when Nehru wrote this letter pretending to be a white man in England, Savarkar was arrested in London for supplying weapons for armed revolution in India.
On 12 July 1910, Nehru wrote a letter to his dad lamenting Indians being in the same institution as him in England.
On 8 July 1910, just four days earlier, Savarkar made a daring escape attempt at Marseilles, by jumping from the porthole of a ship transferring him to India.
On 8 July 1910, just four days earlier, Savarkar made a daring escape attempt at Marseilles, by jumping from the porthole of a ship transferring him to India.
On 5 August 1910, Nehru writes a letter to his dad describing his pleasant excursions on a cruise to Norway.
On 4 August 1910, the French press writes strongly in support of Savarkar’s right to asylum and demands his return to France in what becomes a major international row.
On 4 August 1910, the French press writes strongly in support of Savarkar’s right to asylum and demands his return to France in what becomes a major international row.
In 1905, Jawaharlal Nehru joins the ultra elite Harrow for getting a proper Macaulayan education.
In 1905, Savarkar organises the first ever public bonfire of British clothes as a form of economic boycott. Gandhi criticises the bonfire as hateful and violent!
In 1905, Savarkar organises the first ever public bonfire of British clothes as a form of economic boycott. Gandhi criticises the bonfire as hateful and violent!
