Ganesh Damodar Savarkar
Ganesh Damodar Savarkar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 June 1879 |
| Died | 16 March 1945 (aged 65) Sangli, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day India) |
| Other names | Babarao Savarkar |
| Known for | Indian independence revolutionary |
| Spouse | Yasubai Savarkar |
| Relatives | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (brother) |
Ganesh Dāmodar Sāvarkar (13 June 1879[1] – 16 March 1945), also called Babarao Savarkar, was an Indian revolutionary,freedom fighter,writer and activist.he was founder of abhinav bharat society along with v.d savarkar. Ganesh savarkar was elder brother of well known indian revolutionary swatantryaveer savarkar [2]
Early life
Ganesh was the eldest sibling of the Savarkar brothers Vinayak, and Narayan, they also had a sister Mainabai, who was the penultimate child of their parents. Ganesh took responsibility of developing and influencing his brothers’ since their childhood. His parents' death laid the liability of his family at an age of twenty years.[1]
Independence activism
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, A. M. T. Jackson was assassinated by Anant Laxman Kanhere in retaliation.[3]: 117 Dhananjay Keer describes Jackson as "part of the oppressive machinery of the British Empire" and "...responsible for deporting Babarao..."[4]: 197
M. J. Akbar writes that "The five friends who started the RSS were B. S. Moonje, L. V. Paranjpe, Dr. Tholkar, and Hedgewar himself".[5]: 306 Rity Kohli writes that Savarkar's essay on nationalism "Rashtra Mimansa"[6]: 471 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
- ^ a b Som Nath Aggarwal (1995). The heroes of Cellular Jail. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University. p. 59. ISBN 978-81-7380-107-5.
- ^ N. Jayapalan (2001). History of India. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 21. ISBN 978-81-7156-917-5.
- ^ Sain, Pravina Bhim (1989). Remembering Our Leaders: Mahadeo Govind Ranade. Children's Book Trust. ISBN 978-81-7011-767-4.
- ^ Dhananjay Keer (1976). Shahu Chhatrapati: a royal revolutionary. Popular Prakashan.
- ^ M. J. Akbar (1985). India: the siege within. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780140075762.
- ^ Jagadish Narayan Sarkar (1991). Studies in cultural development of India: collection of essays in honour of Prof. Jagadish Narayan Sarkar. Punthi Pustak. ISBN 9788185094434.
- ^ Ritu Kohli (1993). Political ideas of M.S. Golwalkar: Hindutva, nationalism, secularism. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 4. ISBN 978-81-7100-566-6.