Ganesh Damodar Savarkar
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Ganesh Damodar Savarkar | |
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| Born | 13 June 1879 |
| Died | 16 March 1945 (aged 65) Sangli, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day India) |
| Other names | Babarao Savarkar |
| Known for | Freedom fighter |
| Spouse | Saraswatibai Savarkar |
| Relatives | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (brother), Narayan Damodar Savarkar (brother) |
Ganesh Dāmodar Sāvarkar (13 June 1879 –[1] 16 March 1945), also called Babarao Savarkar, was an Indian politician, activist and founder of the Abhinav Bharat Society.[2]
Ganesh was the eldest of the Savarkar brothers, Ganesh, Vinayak, and Narayan, they also had a sister Mainabai, who was the penultimate child of their parents, Narayan being the youngest.[3]: 107 His parents' death laid the liability of his family at an age of twenty years.[1]
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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]
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Golwalkar, in 1938, which was the first systematic statement of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideology.[7]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-81-7380-107-5.
- ISBN 978-81-7156-917-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-81-7011-767-4.
- ^ Dhananjay Keer (1976). Shahu Chhatrapati: a royal revolutionary. Popular Prakashan.
- ISBN 9780140075762.
- ISBN 9788185094434.
- ISBN 978-81-7100-566-6.
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