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Veer Savarkar

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Karnataka Congress govt reverses changes that BJP bought in textbooks, drops Savarkar and nationalism, promotes ‘regional pride’ instead: 18 changes

OpIndia Staff - 20 June, 2023

The state government of Karnataka has ordered 18 modifications in Kananda and Social Science topics for classes 6 to 10, just days after the Karnataka Cabinet approved the revision of school textbooks to reverse the changes made during the previous BJP administration.

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Bandra-Versova sea link named after Veer Savarkar by CM Shinde: Read how NCP had chosen to name Bandra-Worli sea link after Rajiv Gandhi instead...

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2023

In 2009, BJP-Shiv Sena proposed to name Bandra-Worli Sea Link after Veer Savarkar, Congress-NCP govt named it after Rajiv Gandhi

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As Ram Charan announces maiden production on Veer Savarkar’s birth anniversary, read the forgotten history of India House in London and its association with...

Shraddha Pandey - 28 May, 2023

The film 'The India House' starring actor Nikhil Siddhartha and veteran actor Anupam Kher is inspired by the life of Veer Savarkar and his stay at India House in London during the freedom struggle.

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PM Modi pays tribute to Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary, says Savarkar did not appreciate the mentality of slavery at all

OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2023

The Prime Minister and Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Om Birla, led the way as the parliamentarians paid their respects to the late Indian revolutionary.

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Delhi University’s Academic Council includes Veer Savarkar in the political science syllabus for the first time, axes chapter on Muhammad Iqbal

OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2023

Delhi University's Academic Council included Veer Savarkar and removed Allama Iqbal from its BA political science curriculum

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After Gandhi’s assassination, Congress workers executed a fatal attack on Dr Narayan Damodar Savarkar: Read about one of independent India’s first mob lynching

Gopal Tiwari - 28 April, 2023

Congress supporters got angry and gathered around Veer Savarkar's house. Dr Narayan Damodar Savarkar was dragged out, he was hit with stones and bricks so much that he fell in a pool of blood.

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‘Savarkar Gaurav Yatra’ to be carried out across Maharashtra to honour Veer Savarkar, CM, Deputy CM, other leaders change profile pics, read details

OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2023

Recently, Veer Savarkar's grandson had threatened legal actions against Rahul Gandhi if he would not stop insulting the freedom fighter. Rahul Gandhi has been incessantly mocking and insulting Savarkar over the years.

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Fact-check: Has Rahul Gandhi deleted all his tweets on Veer Savarkar as per viral claims

OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2023

However, when OpIndia checked online, we found out that Rahul Gandhi has not deleted any tweet in the last two days, the period when online claims say he deleted his tweets on Savarkar.

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