Udupi: Grandson Satyaki says Savarkar wrote letter of conciliation, not apology


Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)

Udupi, Jan 13: Satyaki Savarkar, grandson of Veer Savarkar, insisted that the letter Savarkar wrote to the British authorities seeking his release from the Andaman cellular jail was not a letter of apology, but of conciliation.

He was speaking at the 'Jayosthuthe' programme organized in the town hall here on Wednesday January 12 by 'Koorma Balaga'. "In order to mentally torture Savarkar and to diminish his mental faculties, prisoners used to be hanged in his presence. He was provided with poor substandard food. At the same time, the British used to exult outside, and the society witnessed enmity based on castes and discrimination was rampant. Savarkar realized that under these circumstances, he would not be able to achieve anything by remaining inside the jail. With no other option, he decided to come out of the prison," he explained.

He accused political leaders of spreading false information and malaise against Savarkar through lies like he had apologised to the British, never took part in freedom struggle, and had a hand in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi etc. Leaders of a particular political party had been spreading these things in the past and continue to do so, he said. He called upon the people to study about the background and story of Savarkar in their entirety to find the truth.

"Savarkar, after coming out of the prison, started an organization titled 'Mitramela' in Nasik, Maharashtra. He used to instil patriotism in the young minds by explaining about the adventures and heroics of Chatrapati Shivaji. He created revolutionaries to fight against the British. Savarkar, who was sentenced for life twice, suffered very cruel forms of tortures in the Andaman jail. He was a freedom fighter in a real sense," Satyaki explained.

Satyaki said that even after coming out of jail, Savarkar never remained quiet. He advocated the need to study and follow religious texts and the necessity to follow Hindutva. He worked hard to bring social changes, he narrated.

Sandeep Balakrishnan, BJP leader Uday Kumar Shetty, and journalist Srikanth Shetty, were present.

 

 

 

  

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  • Rakesh, Bangalore

    Sun, Jan 16 2022

    Veer is a title bestowed on him by himself. So enough said.

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  • Rajesh, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Just because he is grandson why importance .. In Goa Parrikar son told by bjp in charge chief Fadnavis don’t expect special treatment because of your father .. Bjp criticises dynasty politics .. What is the great knowledge brought to the table by this grandson .. All selective politics ....twisted logic and history..

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  • Raman, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Post independence there was nothing much about Savarkar Hypothetically let us excuse prior to independence But savarakar lived fairly long post independence Zero achievements Was hesitant to even acknowledge naturam Godse in the trials of the mahatma So basically hiding behind pillars

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    BJP badly needed a Freedom Fighter ...

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  • H. Almeida., Bendur/Andheri.

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Readers, this hullabaloo is created for vote bank politics.. In Mumbai, no political neta, will dare to insult the legacy of Veer Savarkar !!!! There is a magnificent memorial built in his honour at Shivaji Park. Moreover the major arterial road from Bandra to Dadar is named as Veer Savarkar Marg !!!

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  • H. Siddhanti, Udupi/Washington DC

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    His grandfather knew who he was. That’s why he named his grandson “Satyaki” who was a traitor to his clan the yadavas as described in the Mahabharata.

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  • jamal, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    O Deva!! Savarkar's aulad stepped into kudla's punya bhoomi. No how to clean it? However, Savarkars grandson doesn't deny that SorryVarkar wrote letter to the British. indh chaddinaklena maata kenda aau. Full masala mix malthdu story panpuni aklu.

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  • kateel pai, vitla

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    If you look at history, history is written by winners.

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  • Veer, Nagpur

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    How did he come out of Andaman prison so easily???????. What was the condition and agreement with British for his release from the prison???????. All the freedom fighters did not walk out of the prison like him but were carried out from the prison as dead or taken to gallows. Unless he has admitted his fault against the British and repented and begged for mercy and agreed to work with British he could never have been released from prison. That letter of mercy is still with govt.

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  • Real Kujuma, Kodial.

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Interestingly, on his way back to India, Craddock wrote his report onboard the ship where he said that Savarkar “cannot be said to express any regret or repentance” for whatever he did. “So important a leader is he,” Craddock noted, “that the European section of the Indian anarchists would plot for his escape which would before long be organised. If he were allowed outside the Cellular Jail in the Andamans, his escape would be certain. His friends could easily charter a steamer to lie off one of the islands and a little money distributed locally would do the rest.” The government obviously rejected his petition and nothing changed for Savarkar.

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  • Ajay Rebello, Kallianpur

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Ironically those who castigate Savarkar for the petitions are the same human rights activists who advocate the cause of the likes of Kasab, Yakub Memon, and the Naxals and their intellectual fountainheads. The last line of this petition that draws controversy is open to interpretation: “The mighty alone can afford to be merciful and therefore where else can the prodigal son return but to the parental doors of the Government?” Being a Biblical reference, it can well be said that he was appealing to the religious sentiments of his incarcerators. Selective quoting of just a few lines of this petition, without looking at it completely or in context, is intellectually disingenuous.

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  • Rahul, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    In his petition dated 14 November 1913 to Craddock, Savarkar argued that while common convicts of rape, murder, theft and other crimes were given promotions on the basis of their good conduct or let out into the settlement for work after 6-18 months, such provisions were not available for him as he was a ‘special class prisoner’. But when he asked for better food or treatment, he was denied those on the basis of being an ‘ordinary convict’. Had he been a political prisoner in an Indian jail, he would have earned remission or could write more than just the single annual letter and meeting with his family that he was allowed. This dichotomy disadvantaged him on both fronts.

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  • Rolf, Dubai

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    By 1913, Savarkar and several other prisoners began hunger strikes and non-cooperation in jail to protest against this inhuman treatment. The rest of India was blissfully unaware of the tortures their compatriots faced in Kaala Pani. Hence, articles were leaked out for publication in Indian newspapers. Savarkar’s clandestine attempts to start bomb manufacturing in Port Blair alarmed the authorities. Finally, in October 1913, Sir Reginald H. Craddock, home member of the government of India, decided to visit the Cellular Jail and interview some of the political prisoners to ascertain their grievances. Savarkar and other political prisoners- Barin Ghose, Nand Gopal, Hrishikesh Kanjilal, and Sudhir Kumar Sarkar were interviewed and allowed to submit petitions. This process was a legitimate tool available for all political prisoners in British India, just like the opportunity of defending oneself in court through the agency of a lawyer was. As a barrister, Savarkar knew the law and wished to utilise all provisions under it to free himself or alleviate his situation in prison. Savarkar often advised other political prisoners too that the primary duty of a revolutionary was to free himself from the British clutches so as to return to the freedom struggle and in service of the motherland.

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  • Real Kujuma, Kodial.

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    In the Cellular Jail, he was meted the worst kind of punishments. Fettered in chains, flogged, condemned to six months of solitary confinement, made to extract oil all day being tied to the mill like a bullock, punished with standing handcuffs for days on end, lack of the most basic human needs such as toilets or water and fed with foul food that had pieces of insects and reptiles – it was truly a devil’s island.

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  • praveen, mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    In the five years that Savarkar spent in London as a law student, he galvanised the revolutionary movement that sought total and complete freedom from British rule. From India to Europe, and even America, a network of bravehearts guided by him, made contacts with Irish, French, Italian, Russian and American leaders, revolutionaries and the press to bring British India to the forefront of global discourse. No doubt, the British government categorised him as one of the most dangerous seditionists. Under an unfair Fugitive Offenders Act (FOA) of 1881 that did not apply to him because he was a bonafide student in London and not a fugitive, Savarkar was deported to India and tried with no right to appeal or defence. He was slapped with two life imprisonments, totalling 50 years, to rot in the Cellular Jail of the Andamans along with his elder brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar. The British documents speak of how petrified they were of his very presence and hence wanted him as far away from the Indian mainland as possible.

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  • satish, mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    If you’re given the agency of a petition, that doesn’t mean you’re a (British) stooge. He was released from Ratnagiri in 1924 on two conditions, one was, you’re not going to participate in politics for five years. And the second is you are going to be confined to Ratnagiri and not move anywhere out. Now, if he had become a stooge by then, at the end of the five years, he should have been released by the British because somebody was on your side, it’s always good to let them free, or once you get him into the government,

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  • Mohan, mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    People who are really interested to know the life story of Savarkar with all the primary references given for you to check , should read the biography written by Vikram sampath. All the comments here will look so pale in comparision to it.

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  • satish, mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Seeing lot of hatred for Savarkar here. Because of the system of comments section here- there is no ways to have a transparent discussion here-without having abuse. with half the knowledge, some are giving hateful comments against one of the greatest freedom fighters of this Nation. Indira Gandhi herself wrote a letter mentioning him as a one the great sons of India. However if you bent upon to not read more , ofcourse you will remain ignorant.

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  • Thousif, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    He will creat new history of lie 🤥🤣🤣🤣 jeevan kudla brother

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  • Jeevith, Dubai

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Guys, Praise freedom fighters who hailed from karnataka, You guys are following what north follows and acts. In belgaum maharastrian groups wants to include belgaum in maharastra nobody is opposing this? Just cause it’s not in bJp’s hindutva’s agenda??? Karnatakas’s vehicle running in maharastra people are throwing stones No respect for karnataka political leaders in Centre No respect for karnataka people’s demands in Centre No great plans for karnataka from Centre Despite this bjp in karnataka acts on all those issues raised from north Amazed guys!!! Karnataka’s Hal new project modi wants to shift to gujarat Centre is supporting Tamil Nadu by providing funds for Tamil college

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  • Preetham, Farangipet

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    ಜಟ್ಟಿ ಬಿದ್ದರೂ ಮೀಸೆ ಮಣ್ಣಗಲಿಲ್ಲ

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  • Roland Pais, 088Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Day by day, the fake Storytellers are mushrooming across the country to brainwash the people. They think that people are duffers to buy their crap. I just remembered the below quote from a Master Storyteller, Sydney Sheldon: "Civilization was a thin, dangerously fragile veneer, and when that veneer cracked, man became one with the beasts again, falling back into the slime of the primeval abyss he prided himself on having climbed up from." - The Naked Face (1970). What more do I have to say?

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  • Rajesh, Udupi

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Invading forces hate the patriots who are rebels, be it Bhagat Singh, or Azad or Bose or Savarkar. British try to silence these by hanging or by jailing. Britsh on the other hand like bootlikckers who are harmless jokers, emulate their dress, their life style, just to be in good books of white masters, Yes, British never give rigorous imprisonment to such slaves. LOL

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  • real kujuma, kodial

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    wherever you are immediately shed your trousers and shirt and wear komana....that is what your ancestors wore...no need of giving bhashan..first follow and show..

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  • Rajesh, Udupi

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Those tax leaches who once surrendered to sword, then voted wholeheartedly to form Porkistan but still stayed back quietly .. And now want me to show?? what???? LOL

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  • Abdul, dubai

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    I am not interested in history...I like geography.... what is his viewpoint of Belgaum belonging to Maharashtra or Karnataka?

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  • ashraf, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Its obvious this guy will defend Sarkar. history can't be erased even if people's mind is diverted. Sarkar was sentenced to life twice, if it was not a apology, by no means the british would have given him clean chit. begging for life,

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  • Moshu, Mangaluru

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Even thousand lies cannot erase a word from history book.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Crooked guy wants Cheap Publicity ...

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  • Dylan, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    All diverting tricks from actual failure by the Government.

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  • Haneef, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Those who sent to gallows and got firing order are brave, not those who got bungalows and British certificates. !

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  • Mangalorean, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Mr. Satyaki, please provide credible proof to back your claims! Otherwise anybody can say anything as per circumstances.

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  • praveen, mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Savarkar was one of the greatest sons of Bharath. One who proposed abolition of caste system at the time of independence-which M K Gandhi rejected. Abolition of caste system was also proposed by B R Ambedkar.

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  • real kujuma, kodial

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Savarakar...hedi tha...hedi hai....aur hedi rahega...jab tak sooraj chand rahega...yehi sach hai...

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  • satish, mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    More some ignorants abuse Savarakar- more people will read about him. Then, the ignorants will become irrelevant.

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  • Shetty, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Savarakar...a true fighter in every sense.

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  • real kujuma, kodial

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    yes..hedi no. 1

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  • Jagdish, Mumbai.

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    enjoying it.

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  • MHD, Kundapura

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    You can change the history books, but not the truth. Savarkar was not a veer. in fact, he was crooked, traitor & was scared of his own life.

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  • AM, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    If this RSS backed BJP Govt remains in power for another 5-10 years, the name of Mahatma Gandhi will be erased from the peoples mind and will be propagated as Sawarkar and Godse are the hero's of freedom struggle and because of them India got freedom. This is going to happen, take it from me..mark my words

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  • k b r, Mangala Uru

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    he admitted that there was deal between his granddad and the british....

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  • prem, moodbidri

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Satyaki.. sullu yaake ??? Some RSS leaders say, Mahatma gandhi advised Savarkar to write apology letter to british, some sanghee say, its Savarkar's game plan bla bla bla... But, its open secret that he begged British apology ! Taking U-turn and running away, is huttuguna of sanghees!!!

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    India needed someone to fight the British & not a Mediator ...

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  • Rahul, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    What I mentioned in my comment? You came back to same controversy of religion again.

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  • Charles D'Mello, Pangala

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    British are not stupid to release him from prison and give a bungalow to stay. He was a crook who betrayed the freedom fighters and called himself veer.

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  • Joe, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Just wanted to know from out of the thousands of freedom fighters who were given harsh punishments by the British, why some chosen few were kept under house arrest and not sent to cellular jail, where they not a threat to the British.

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  • Danny king, Usa

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    From the publc domain copy and paste Did Savarkar indeed file mercy pleas following Gandhi’s advice? After his arrest by the British government on March 13, 1910, Savarkar was brought to the Cellular Jail (Kala Pani) in Andamans on July 4, 1911. He was arrested following the assassination of AMT Jackson, then district magistrate of Nasik. Savarkar was in London when the assassination was carried out. He was accused of providing the pistol used to kill Jackson, from London. Savarkar and his elder brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar had founded Mitra Mela (now called “Abhinav Bharat”) in Nasik, a secret revolutionary society, linked to the assassination. Ganesh Savarkar was arrested the year before in connection with another assassination of a British official. Savarkar filed his first mercy petition in 1911. “The official protocol demanded that all political prisoners submit clemency petitions to the government seeking their release and pardon as part of the Delhi Durbar goodwill gesture. Accordingly, everyone, including Vinayak, submitted their petitions to the jail authorities. Vinayak’s petition was received on 30 August 1911. Although no copy of this petition is extant, there remains only a reference to this in his ‘Jail History Ticket’.” This is an excerpt from the book Echoes from a Forgotten Past, 1883-1924 by Vikram Sampath.

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  • Ajay Rebello, Kallianpur

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    If he reviled Gandhiji, why did he ask his advice and what need he had to follow the advice given Gandhiji himself NEVER petitioned the british. Don't use Gandhiji's charity for your not so 'veer' savarkar. Also Gandhiji didn't 'advice' him to petition THREE TIMES

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  • Joe, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Rebello, only the people who were considered a threat to the british were sent to Cellular Jail. that is the reason Gandhi, Nehru, Jinaah etc were not sent.

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  • Rahul, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Everyone is marketing themselves. How he comes to know that Savarkar wrote letter of conciliation, not apology. Did he saw that letter or he dreaming like other bhakths. Why this controversy on a dead human being to gain personal breakthroughs. Better to discuss about Inflation. Why this freedom/ religion controversy after 2014. Every morning starts with religion & nationalism. Why before 2014 we are not loving our country?.

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  • Ganesh, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    He was sentenced to 50 years in a cellualar Jail. by remaining rest of his life in this Jail there was nothing he could acheive there by sitting till death in the Andaman Jail. So it was a tactical move as he wanted to acheive something for his soceity and come back. if you could call tippu a hero who pledged his sons to the British, then what is wrong with a letter wether you call it an apolgy letter or conciliation letter.

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  • Ahmed, Bangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Your comparison to Tippu and Savarkar itself is absurd..... Where Tippu stands by his virtue and status and where this Savarkar........Tippu didn't apologize... Does anybody had or has guts to pledge their kids ?? Further more Tippu fought and died in the battle like a hero, unlike the cowards who wrote apology and then vanished from the screen and didn't dare to participate in Freedom Fight against British... Thats called cowardliness.... Please understand the meaning of apology first.... What does this grandson knows of history... Ofcourse like any family member will come forward to veil the shame of their forefathers.

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  • Ganesh, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Tell me who will pledge their children for the sake of Kingdom. Tippu also could have got arrested or killed for the sake of his children. what was the guarentee that the British would spare his children?. He killed Kodavas by deceit. In the Malabar he converted the Hindus into muslims many of them were Nairs. He took away the nair women as concumbines as war booty. His donation for Hindu temples was also tactical as he donated to Hindu temples in Mysore region and not to temples in Kerala. He had to placate the Hindus of his kingdom so some benevolence was shown to them. He wanted a caliphate in India that was what he fought for.

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    both darpok tippu & darpok sarvarkar r 1 & da same. both wanted 2 increase their empires by increasing population. 1 through da gun & sword another by clubs, sticks & by apology.

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  • John Anthony, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    If that was the case all those who were martyred, like Bhagat Singh etc, should have written "conciliation " letters, because they would not have attained anything by dying just like Savarkar would attain nothing by being in prison .. what a logic... freedom was attained by both non violence and by the blood of those who gave their lives... savarkar took the easy way out... let us face the truth

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  • Ganesh, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Not just Bhagath Singh but also sukdev and Rajguru . Dont forget them. They were sentenced to death in a short period of time whereas Savarkar was despatched to a faraway island and was not killed but exterminated for 50 years. when one sists in jail for years, the thought of escaping from their clutches occurs. there was no escape but to rot and that would not have helped his cause and that is why he had to write the Apology letter. This was tactial move by him. Remeber both Bhagath Singh and Savarkar were Atheists in beleifs. Savarkar wanted to smash caste system, cooked prawns and didn’t worship the cow. He was a non vegetarian though born as a Brahmin.

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  • real kujuma, kodial

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    GAnesh, tactical move my foot...he is utter coward....only nagpur university pungis like you make his gunagaana....for your good informatiion...a single Maharashtrian will never ever praise anyone apart from people of thier land like Shivaji, tilak and you people are just praising this maharashtrian for no reason..

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  • real kujuma, kodial

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    so now it is proved beyond doubt that savarkar was a hedi...reconciliation word is used as an alternative to apology...hope this shuts the mouth of his supporters.

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  • Kiran, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    He didnt write letters apologizing. He was so enamored with the British rule that he wrote love letters and in return the British gave him 60/ month as valentines day gift

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  • rolf, Dubai

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit .Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

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  • Dev, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    So British were so weak they negotiated with their prisoner to remain in power. Joke of 21st century. He betrayed patriots and got monthly pension from British for nothing? History can't be rewritten to portray a coward as hero. He even wrote a book in pseudo name like modern day bakts and gave himself a name as VEER! Who rejoiced when Gandhi was assassinated by the gun he provided? Many attempts were made on Gandhi before and always disowned by this desh premi or royalties humble servant who served them more than the country he was born. All these are on record and articles in those days unbiased papers anyway people's memories are always short. The more one tries to paint a rosy picture the more previous skeletons tumble out.

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  • Mbeary, Dxb

    Thu, Jan 13 2022

    Looks like somebody has now appeared to take advantage of his ancestors. Conciliation it seems. People like bhagat singh who were on death row, also did not think of apologising to british to come out of jail. They chose death instead of kissing the british shoe. And wat did savarkar do coming out of the jail. He did not raise his voice against british even once after coming out of jail. Veer it seems.

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