Did #Savarkar himself gave him the title of 'Veer'/'Swatantryaveer' ?
A communist named P Sainath started the campaign claiming that V.D. Savarkar himself gave the title 'Veer'/'Swatantryaveer' and thus he glorified himself. Sainath claimed that biography of V.D.Savarkar..
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A communist named P Sainath started the campaign claiming that V.D. Savarkar himself gave the title 'Veer'/'Swatantryaveer' and thus he glorified himself. Sainath claimed that biography of V.D.Savarkar..
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titled 'Life of Barrister Savarkar' written by Chitragupta in the year 1926 is the first book which gave him the title 'Veer'. And as per Sainath, the author Chitragupta who showered praise on Savarkar is none other than Savarkar himself. He made a video claiming this &..
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... all the Jamat-e-liberals including Fact checker cum Lie Spreader like Zubair started propagating it using Goebbels technique. First of all, in the biography written by Chitragupta, there is absolutely no mention of the word 'Veer' or 'Swatantryaveer'.
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It's in the Preface written by Dr. Ravindra Ramdas. And Chitragupta wasn't Savarkar himself. That biography was written by Chakravarty Rajgopalachari. He himself declared it in the year 1937. It's mention is found in the Marathi Book 'हिंदू महासभापर्व' written by...
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Balarao Savarkar. Also, Socialist thinker G.P. Pradhan has also mentioned about Rajgopalachari being Chitragupta in his detailed book.
Who used the word 'Veer' or 'Swatantryaveer' to describe Savarkar for the first time?
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Who used the word 'Veer' or 'Swatantryaveer' to describe Savarkar for the first time?
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After Savarkar was released from Cellular Jail in January 1924, Shri Sadashiv Rajaram Ranade had written a short biography of him in August 1924.
Preface to that was written by Marathi literature expert N.C. Kelkar. In the whole biography and almost on all pages,....
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Preface to that was written by Marathi literature expert N.C. Kelkar. In the whole biography and almost on all pages,....
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Savarkar is referred to as 'Swatantryaveer'. Screenshot attached. Scanned copy of this biography is digitized by World Digital Library and available on Internet. It is also available on Savarkar.org in text format.
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Also, Poet Vaishampayan and Playwriter Vamanrao Joshi had praised him as 'Swatantryaveer' in February 1924 in a book 'Ratnagiri Parv'.
This proves that Savarkar was hailed as 'Swatantryaveer' as early as 1924 - 2 years before Biography by Chitragupta was written.
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This proves that Savarkar was hailed as 'Swatantryaveer' as early as 1924 - 2 years before Biography by Chitragupta was written.
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Even after that, many people used to keep calling him as 'Veer Savarkar'/'Swatantryaveer Savarkar'. Those include Bhagat Singh as well as Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde. In the May of 1937, when Savarkar was released from house arrest, an all party programme was...
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organised in Mumbai to honour Savarkar with a Certificate. People from Congress as well as Communist Party participated in it. The certificate mentions that 'You totally deseeve the title of Swatantryaveer given to you by the PUBLIC.'
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After that, P.K. Atre also started calling him 'Swatantryaveer'. Many people know only the name of Atre calling him 'Swatantryaveer'. But many people within and outside Maharashtra used to call him 'Swatantryaveer' with Love, Affection and Gratefulness.
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All the above things prove the claim of P. Sainath absolutely false. By the way, do we know who is this P Sainath? He is one of the 14 children of Ex President V.V. Giri. No need to mention that Giri became President on behest of the Family.
Courtesy - Chandrashekhar Sane
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Courtesy - Chandrashekhar Sane
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Correction -
P Sainath is not Son but Grandson of former President of V. V. Giri
P Sainath is not Son but Grandson of former President of V. V. Giri
@abhiandniyu plz read this
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