Babarao Savarkar
Indian
Indian Freedom Fighter, Brother of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar,
Ganesh Dāmodar Sāvarkar (13 June 1879 –[1] 16 March 1945), also called Babarao Savarkar, was an Indian politician, activist, nationalist, and founder of the Abhinav Bharat Society.[2]
Ganesh was the eldest of the Savarkar brothers, Ganesh, Vinayak, and Narayan, they also had a sister Mainabai, who was the penultimate child of their parents, Narayan being the youngest.[3]Template:Rp His parent's death laid the liability of his family at an age of twenty years.[1]
He led an armed movement against the British colonial government in India, he was sentenced to transportation for life as a result. The then collector of Nasik, Jackson was assassinated by Anant Laxman Kanhere in retaliation.[3]Template:Rp Dhananjay Keer describes Jackson as "part of the oppressive machinery of the British Empire" and "...responsible for deporting Babarao..."[4]Template:Rp
M. J. Akbar writes that "The five friends who started the RSS were Dr. B. S. Moonje, Dr. L. V. Paranjpe, Dr. Tholkar, Babarao Savarkar and Dr. Hedgewar himself".[5]Template:Rp Rity Kohli writes that Savarkar's essay on nationalism "Rashtra Mimansa"[6]Template:Rp was abridged into "We, and our Nationhood, Defined", by Golwalkar, in 1938, which was the first systematic statement of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideology.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The heroes of Cellular Jail{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University(1995). ISBN 978-81-7380-107-5
- ↑ History of India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Atlantic Publishers & Dist(2001). ISBN 978-81-7156-917-5
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Remembering Our Leaders: Mahadeo Govind Ranade{{#if:Sain|, Sain}. Children's Book Trust(1989). ISBN 978-81-7011-767-4
- ↑ Shahu Chhatrapati: a royal revolutionary{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Popular Prakashan(1976)
- ↑ India: the siege within{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Penguin Books(1985). ISBN 9780140075762
- ↑ Studies in cultural development of India: collection of essays in honour of Prof. Jagadish Narayan Sarkar{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Punthi Pustak(1991). ISBN 9788185094434
- ↑ Political ideas of M.S. Golwalkar: Hindutva, nationalism, secularism{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Deep & Deep Publications(1993). ISBN 978-81-7100-566-6
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