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TopicVinayak Damodar Savarkar

Topic: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Chapter on Savarkar to be taught in MP schools, Congress calls it ‘insult to freedom fighters’

Madhya Pradesh minister Inder Singh Parmar accuses Congress of ‘glorifying foreign invaders’ & says Savarkar made significant contributions to Indian freedom struggle.

Shinde govt to name key infra projects MTHL & Versova-Bandra Sea Link after Vajpayee, Savarkar

Maharashtra CM Shinde-led cabinet approved proposals in meeting Wednesday three months after Dy CM Fadnavis's suggestion.

‘Savarkar was Hindu fanatic, Netaji was secular leader’ — Bose’s grandnephew slams biopic’s claims

Reacting to claims made in teaser of Randeep Hooda-starrer biopic, Chandra Kumar Bose says Netaji & Savarkar were ideologically diametrically opposite.

Maharashtra govt will celebrate Savarkar’s birth anniversary as ‘Swatantraveer Gaurav Din’, says CM Shinde

CM Eknath Shinde’s office says proposal was made by industries minister Uday Samant to educate youngsters about Savarkar’s ‘progressive thoughts’, ‘courage’ and contributions.

Savarkar never offered a clear definition of Project Hindutva. A new book shows that again

The first non-partisan biography of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar seeks to persuade us that Hindutva is an ideology that we must learn to engage with in all seriousness.

‘Ideologically poles apart’ – Savarkar on Gandhi museum’s special magazine issue triggers row

Antim Jan is a monthly magazine published in Hindi by the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS). Its June issue was dedicated to Savarkar.

How an atheist laid the foundation of contemporary Hindu nationalism

Savarkar’s treatise was the foundation for the 2014 BJP manifesto, which set the party’s agenda to mend the ‘discarded vision’ of a Hindu nation.

Savarkar wouldn’t have found a place in today’s politics: Historian Vikram Sampath

Speaking at 'Off The Cuff', historian and author Vikram Sampath says Savarkar had differences of opinion with the RSS and its second Sanghsarchalak, MS Golwalkar.

How Karl Marx’s grandson fought for Savarkar against British in International Court of Justice

Karl Marx's grandson Jean-Laurent-Frederick Longuet defended Savarkar in International Court of Justice in a case related to the latter's escape to France from British captivity.

How Ajit Pawar garlanding Savarkar portrait has got Maharashtra political circles abuzz

While Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar garlanded V.D. Savarkar’s portrait at Mantralaya Thursday, ally Congress is protesting in Karnataka over 'Savarkar flyover'.

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Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.