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Wow, what an incredible turnout at the screening of Veer Sawarkar! The Indian diaspora and friends of India united in large numbers to experience this remarkable film together. It was truly heartening to see various communities joining hands to organize such an event.

The enthusiasm and anticipation among the audience were palpable as the movie began. And as the credits rolled, the air buzzed with chatter and discussions. People were eager to share their immediate reactions and reviews of the film.

Veer Sawarkar left a profound impact on everyone present. Many were in awe of the movie itself, but also deeply moved by the lived experiences depicted on screen. It was a powerful reminder of the resilience and courage of individuals like Veer Sawarkar, whose stories continue to inspire us all.

Events like these not only bring us together as a community but also serve as a platform to celebrate our shared heritage and history. Here’s to more such enriching experiences in the future!”

Veer SavarkarThe Real Fighter

For us, country means freedom, freedom means struggle, struggle means sacrifice, sacrifice, revolution, gallows, prison, all these come to mind. Along with these, the faces of some freedom fighters cross the screen of our mind. There is no accounting for the fact that so many fighters have died that we do not know and have no identity. But unlike all of them, if there is one name that is particularly haunting, it is the freedom fighter Savarkar….

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar… this name is still a spark, a spirit, a Kshatra Tejassu… Millions of people fought and died fighting to free the country from British slavery for two hundred and fifty years. But Savarkar was also one of those who spent the longest years in jail.
We can understand Savarkar’s power because the British were afraid to let him out of jail as a verdangerous fighter.
Yes, Savarkar is not just a freedom fighter. Savarkar was a eloquent orator, a revolutionary writer and poet, a researcher and historian, a foreign-educated lawyer, an intellectual philosopher, an egalitarian social worker. A superhero, a rationalist…as well as a controversial figure. Perhaps there is no other person who has been discussed as much as he among the freedom fighters of India. While most of the freedom fighters have faded from the limelight, Savarkar’s name alone continues to flare up like a volcano from time to time. It is because of their different stages of life. This is a short introduction to such a special life.

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was born on 28th May, 1883. Vinayak Savarkar is one of the four children of Damodar Pant and Radhabai Anno of Bhagur Anno village in Nashik city, Maharashtra. Savarkar, who received his primary education at Shivaji School in Nashik, was very courageous at an early age. At the age of ten or twelve, they form a team and start fighting against the attacks of foreigners. He got the name ‘Veera’ in childhood, before the freedom struggle. It means that the history of the country has already started to change. Despite losing his mother in his childhood and his parents as a young man, Savarkar never took a step back from his family duties as well as his struggle for country and religion.

Savarkar also manages family and educational responsibilities while keeping the spirit of freedom struggle in his heart. Savarkar married Yamunabai in 1901 and joined Fergusson College in Pune in 1902. Later he went to London in 1906 to get his law degree. Savarkar, who was already a member of Balgangadhar Tilak’s Swarajya Party, participated in many Swadeshi movements. So even if you go abroad, you will not stop fighting. Even though there was a struggle against the British in the country from the beginning, it was mostly a war of kings.

They fought against the British to save their kingdom, some kings joined the British. At such a time, Savarkar, who studied the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857, practiced it comprehensively and wrote a book about that Sepoy Mutiny as ‘First Freedom Struggle’. Savarkar also performed family and educational responsibilities while keeping the spirit of the freedom struggle in his heart. Savarkar married Yamunabai in 1901 and joined Fergusson College in Pune in 1902. Later he went to London in 1906 to get his law degree. Savarkar, who was already a member of Balgangadhar Tilak’s Swarajya Party, participated in many Swadeshi movements. So even if you go abroad, you will not stop fighting. Even though there was a struggle against the British in the country from the beginning, it was mostly a war of kings. They fought against the British to save their kingdom, some kings joined the British. Savarkar, who studied the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 at such a time, practiced it comprehensively and wrote a book on that Sepoy Mutiny as ‘First Freedom Struggle’.

This book by Savarkar wore down the British army. As Nadita’s misguided struggle got a start, the very concept of freedom struggle in the country changed. Noting this, the British government not only banned the book, but also confiscated all copies. From there the eyes of the British officials fell on Savarkar. Although his book was banned in Britain and India by the British, Savarkar’s revolutionary girlfriend Madam Bikaji Cama printed books on the First War of Independence in the Netherlands and secretly sent them to India to reach the revolutionaries. It gave a clear direction to India’s freedom struggle and also dealt a major blow to the British.

By then, under the influence of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the youth in the country had plunged into the freedom struggle on a large scale. From Bhagat Singh Aadi to Madanlal Dhingra, thousands of youths are ready to lay down their lives for the country. The efforts of the backward fighters to get freedom through negotiation and negotiation with the Britishers were taken lightly by the Britishers. But the youth force inspired by the Savarkar revolution decided that they should get freedom even if they shed blood. When British officers were killed and bomb blasts started happening everywhere, the British government was shocked and tried to arrest Savarkar saying that the source of this should be eradicated. Finally the British accused Savarkar and arrested him in London.

July 8, 1910 is an unforgettable day in the history of India’s freedom struggle. Savarkar was arrested in London and Savarkar was brought to India with heavy security on the ship. Despite the fact that the British were afraid of Savarkar, the two sepoys stayed by his side even when he was having lunch. However, after about a week of sea travel, Savarkar, who broke through such security, jumped into the sea through the porthole of the ship and escaped from the British police.Savarkar’s historic jump is still one of the world’s most famous escapes. On that day, Savarkar, who jumped into the sea without looking for direction, swam a long distance and reached France. Even though Rajashraya Patho tried there, the discussion was not fruitful because the police there did not know English. He arrested Savarkar and later handed him over to the British. After that, Savarkar left for India on July 9th and the British authorities brought him to Mumbai, India on July 22nd.
Even though there were already thousands of prominent freedom fighters in India, the British government insisted on Savarkar’s arrest, leaving them all. Because the British government had specially identified him as the most dangerous person. In January 1911, the Bombay High Court sentenced Jackson to life imprisonment with two terms of twenty-five years for sedition and murder. The British government decided that Savarkar should never set foot in India again and sentenced Savarkar to fifty years and sent him to the Andaman Cellular Jail.
The British government, which ruled India, breathed a sigh of relief only after ensuring that Savarkar had entered the dark room of the Andaman Jail. The British did not even dare to arrest him in any jail in India. Whatever jail they were in India, the British knew very well that lakhs of young freedom fighters like fireballs were stuck in that jail. That is why he was sentenced to severe black water.
For the next eleven long years, Savarkar was kept in a dark room and tortured, he was not even given proper food, he was tied to a cow instead of an ox, he was made to work all day long, and he was beaten many times at night. However, while in prison, he writes on the wall and creates literature. In this way, about ten thousand lines written on the walls were memorized and later written in the form of a book. Due to his deteriorating health, he was brought to India after eleven years and imprisoned in Ratnagiri prison for another three years. After this, he was again put under house arrest for thirteen years in Ratnagiri’s house. During this time he wrote Hindutva Kriti.
Even after his release, Savarkar created many works with the experience of imprisonment. Among the works he wrote are Kamala, My Life Sentence, Kalapani, First War of Independence 1857, Six Pages of Gold, Hindu Padapadashahi, Gandhi Confusion. These works are proof that his writing was as sharp as his struggle.
Savarkar was twenty-seven when he was arrested in London. The next twenty-seven years were spent in detention. Savarkar apologized to the British when he was in jail, and even today those who are not his side are accusing him. Then everyone in the jail must have tried to come out and fight. Even if it is through escape, even if it is through apologizing, the intention is to come out somehow. This attempt was also made by Nehru who was in posh jail. However, it is a tragedy that even today this letter of apology is a weapon for the sentiments opposing Savarkar.

After a long imprisonment of twenty-seven years, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar continues to fight through his writings and ideologies. Later in 1947, the country got independence. After this, another tragedy happened in the country. It was the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Savarkar was also made an accused in the case of Nathuram Godse’s murder. But in the court hearing, Savarkar’s role in Gandhi’s murder was not found, so he was acquitted.

Savarkar loved Hinduism as much as the country. The Hinduism of his advocacy of nationalism is still present among Indians today. Savarkar’s words, ‘He who owns the holy motherland from the river Indus to the edge of the ocean, is a true Hindu’ are exemplary even today.
Even though Savarkar’s rant was like a wildfire, a volcano, the British left India due to its heat, but Veer Savarkar did not get the honors he really deserved, even during his lifetime. It is sad that they did not get proper status even in the pages of history. On top of that, there was an attempt to hide the facts of his real struggle and distort some facts to demote him from the title of a great fighter. Veer Savarkar died on February 26, 1966. But Savarkar is not dead. Even today, Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is more relevant than ever as an inspiration to youth power, patriots, followers of religion. Savarkar is still alive in the minds of patriots, despite the antipathy.

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