New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, commonly known as ‘Swatantryaveer Savarkar’, on his birth anniversary.
PM Modi tweeted, “On his Jayanti, I bow to the courageous Veer Savarkar. We remember him for his bravery, motivating several others to join the freedom struggle and emphasis on social reform.”
He also shared a clip of his May, 2018 “Mann ki Baat” radio programme in which he referred to Savarkar.
“It is indeed sad that we kept on calling the events of 1857 only as a rebellion or a soldiers” mutiny for a very long time. It was Veer Savarkar who boldly expostulated by writing that whatever happened in 1857 was not a revolt but was indeed the First War of Independence,” he had said.
On his Jayanti, I bow to the courageous Veer Savarkar. We remember him for his bravery, motivating several others to join the freedom struggle and emphasis on social reform. pic.twitter.com/o83mXmgp1S
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 28, 2020
