Proud son of India, writer, poet, social reformer and a stalwart dedicated to the regeneration of our Motherland…this is how Veer Savarkar is remembered today by the people. In a time when historians described 1857 as a ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ it was Veer Savarkar who called it the ‘First War of Independence.’ He inspired thousands of youngsters to join the freedom struggle and free India from the clutches of imperialism.
On his 130th birth anniversary on 28th May 2013, Shri Narendra Modi paid tributes to Veer Savarkar at the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha in Gandhinagar. After the occasion he Tweeted, “At Guj Vidhan Sabha this morning, offered tributes to the proud son of India, Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary.”Here is the audio of a speech of Shri Narendra Modi going back almost two decades, where he talks about the phenomenon that Veer Savarkar was
