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'''Himani Savarkar''' (1947-2015) was a leader of the [[Hindu Mahasabha]] party and the President of [[Abhinav Bharat]]. She was the daughter of [[Gopal Godse]], hence a niece of the [[Gandhi]]'s assassin [[Nathuram Godse]], and a daughter-in-law of Narayan Savarkar, the younger brother of the [[Hindutva|Hindu nationalist]] pioneer [[V. D. Savarkar]].<ref name=deepsaffron>{{cite news |author=Christophe Jaffrelot |authorlink=Christophe Jaffrelot |title=A running thread of deep saffron |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |date=29 January 2009 |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/a-running-thread-of-deep-saffron/416409/ |accessdate=2014-11-17}}</ref><ref>[https://www.ndtv.com/book-excerpts/when-godses-niece-married-savarkars-nephew-1682489 When Godse's Niece Married Savarkar's Nephew], NDTV, 21 April 2017.</ref><br />
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== Life ==<br />
Himani Savarkar, born Asilata Godse in 1947, was 10 months old when Gandhi was [[Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi|assassinated]] and her father Gopal Godse went to prison for having participated in the conspiracy for assassination. She was 18 when her father was released.<ref name=Rediff>{{cite news |title=`The BJP is just another Congress' |newspaper=[[Rediff]] |date=6 October 2004 |url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/oct/06inter.htm |accessdate=2014-12-05}}</ref><br />
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Himani was married to V. D. Savarkar's nephew, and has had association with the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS). She worked as an architect till 2000, and then joined politics in the [[Hindu Mahasabha]], the political party headed by V. D. Savarkar for 8 years in pre-independence years.<ref name="Outlook"><br />
{{cite news|date=17 November 2008|title=`If we can have bullet for bullet, why not blast for blast?'|newspaper=Outlook|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/If-We-Can-Have-Bullet-For-Bullet-Why-Not-Blast-For-Blast/238939|accessdate=2014-12-05}}</ref> She died in Pune in 2015; she was suffering from brain tumour.<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 October 2015|title=Himani Savarkar cremated: She devoted her time for the Hindutva movement, says son|work=The Indian Express|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/himani-savarkar-cremated-she-devoted-her-time-for-the-hindutva-movement-says-son/|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref><br />
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== Activism ==<br />
In 2004, Himani Savarkar contested for the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Kasba Peth, Pune|Kashba Peth]] in [[Pune district]], but she was unsuccessful. In 2008, she was elected as the President of the Hindu Mahasabha, and contested for [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] elections in 2009, again unsuccessfully.<ref name=Rediff /><ref name=Kothrud>{{cite news |title=Himani Savarkar will fight from Kothrud |newspaper=DNA Symdication |date=21 September 2009 |url=http://dnasyndication.com/showarticlerss.aspx?nid=LqYJRsOiKwPxSl07GbGcqQ94oBoZUn1fWAMfYirw/P8= |accessdate=2014-12-05}}</ref><br />
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At the instance of Sameer Kulkarni, she agreed to become the President of [[Abhinav Bharat]] in April 2008. <br />
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== References ==<br />
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