Vishwas Savarkar

Some Lesser Known Facts About Vishwas Savarkar

• Vishwas Savarkar was an Indian author. He was the son of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, a revolutionary, who fought for India’s freedom.

• Vishwas’ father created the political idea called ‘Hindutva’ while he was in Ratnagiri Jail in Maharashtra in 1922. He was an important leader of the Hindu Mahasabha, a political party.

• Vishwas Savarkar worked at the Walchand Group. He wrote four books named Athavani Angarachya, Divabhintiche Pralap, Katha Krantiveeranchya, and Paris Sparsh Swatantra Veerancha. In addition to writing books, he also wrote many articles about his father in different newspapers and magazines published across the country.

  

• Vishwas once asked the Indian Government to give Savarkar Sadan, the old home of Veer Savarkar, the status of heritage. The government granted this in September 2010, just one week before Vishwas died.

• In 2003, Vishwas criticized Sonia Gandhi after the Indian National Congress (INC) asked a question in the parliament. They wanted to know if Veer Savarkar had asked the British government for forgiveness and freedom from jail. During an interview, Vishwas spoke about it and said,
  

  Sonia Gandhi, the president of the Congress (I), is an Italian and has little knowledge about India. Till this day, I have no idea whether she is an Indian citizen. She does not know about Savarkar’s sacrifices, that is why she is opposing [the installation of the portrait]. The Congress is blindly following her lead. She came to India after marrying Rajiv Gandhi. It is natural that she has no knowledge of India’s history.” ^[3]Rediff

• The Indian film industry has produced numerous films based on Veer Savarkar. Some of the notable films include Veer Savarkar (1983), Veer Savarkar (2001), What About Savarkar? (2015), and Swatantra Veer Savarkar (2023).