Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Quotes

• ““He who gives up verbosity and acts as per the principle of ‘irrespective of whether others do it or not, as far as I am concerned, I will practice reform on a daily basis’ alone is a true reformer.””
• “Every person is a Hindu who regards and owns this Bharat Bhumi, this land from the Indus to the seas, as his Fatherland as well as Holyland, i.e. the land of the origin of his religion (…) Consequently the so-called aboriginal or hill tribes also are Hindus: because India is their Fatherland as well as their Holyland of whatever form of religion or worship they follow.”
• “The day Hindus get united, the Congress leaders will wear janeu over the coat.”
• “Blessed am I, blessed am I, I know of no duty now; Blessed am I, blessed am I, I have fulfilled what I wished to achieve.”
• “There is no reason to suppose that Hitler must be a human monster because he passes off as a Nazi or Churchill is a demi-God because he calls himself a Democrat. Nazism proved undeniably the saviour of Germany under the set of circumstances Germany was placed in…”
• “Who are we to dictate to Germany, Japan or Russia or Italy to choose a particular form of policy of government simply because we woo it out of academical attraction? Surely Hitler knows better than Pandit Nehru does what suits Germany best. The very fact that Germany or Italy has so wonderfully recovered and grown so powerful as never before at the touch of Nazi or Fascist magical wand is enough to prove that those political "Isms" were the most congenial tonics their health demanded.”

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Key facts

Born

( 1883-05-28 ) 28 May 1883, Bhagur , Bombay Presidency, British India

Died

26 February 1966 (1966-02-26) (aged 82), Bombay , Maharashtra, India

Occupations

Politician ideologue

Known for

Hindutva

Notable work

Essentials of Hindutva

Political party

Hindu Mahasabha

Spouse

Yamunabai ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1901 ; died 1963 ) ​

Relatives

Ganesh Damodar Savarkar (brother)

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