Veer Savarkar Jayanti: A look at the ‘controversial’ legacy of freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologue
Veer Savarkar Jayanti: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28 May paid ‘respectful’ tributes to Veer Savarkar, the Hindutva ideologue and venerated figure for the Centre’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). 28 May is the birth anniversary of Savarkar, who was born on this day in 1883, in Bhagur, near Nashik in present-day Maharashtra. “Respectful tributes