Veer Savarkar
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Bandra-Versova sealink to be named after Veer Savarkar: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde
Maharashtra | May 28, 2023, 11:58 PM ISTVeer Savarkar birth anniversary: It was the first time Savarkar's birth anniversary was being celebrated in the state government-constructed Maharashtra Sadan there, CM Shinde added.
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PM Modi, LS Speaker, other ministers pay tributes to Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary
India | May 28, 2023, 02:13 PM ISTSavarkar was born in 1883 in Maharashtra and is seen as a hero, especially by parties and organisations which subscribe to Hindutva views.
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OPINION | NEW PARLIAMENT: ALL SHOULD WELCOME
India | May 23, 2023, 06:24 PM ISTIn response, BJP supporters released a video which showed the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi laying the foundation stone of Parliament Library building. Congress leaders have also raised question on why the new building is being inaugurated on Veer Savarkar Jayanti, which falls on May 28.
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Veer Savarkar’s grandson Satyaki files criminal defamation case against Rahul Gandhi
India | Apr 12, 2023, 11:06 PM ISTRahul Gandhi went to England last month and in one of the gatherings commented that Veer Savarkar wrote in his book that he, along with his 5-6 friends, was beating a Muslim person and Veer Savarkar enjoyed it. That remark is an insult because that incident is imaginary, Satyaki Savarkar said.
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Savarkar's birth anniversary will be celebrated as 'Swatantrya Gaurav Diwas': Maharashtra CM Shinde
Maharashtra | Apr 11, 2023, 11:39 PM ISTSavarkar was born on May 28, 1883, in the present-day Nashik district.
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Politics on Veer Savarkar: Politics intensifies over Rahul Gandhi's statement on Veer Savarkar
Aaj Ki Baat | Apr 04, 2023, 09:23 AM ISTPolitics on Veer Savarkar: In Maharashtra, cross-border politics continues on the issue of Savarkar's honor. Shiv Sena, which is part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi, has opposed Rahul Gandhi's statement on Savarkar.
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Sharad Pawar on Rahul Gandhi: After Uddhav Thackrey, Sharad Pawar advises Rahul Gandhi.
News | Apr 02, 2023, 11:18 AM ISTSharad Pawar on Rahul Gandhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seems to be isolated over his statement on Savarkar. After the Uddhav faction of Congress ally Shiv Sena won Maharashtra, NCP President Sharad Pawar said that Savarkar's sacrifice for the freedom of the country cannot be forgotten.
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'Targeting Savarkar won't...': Sharad Pawar's advice for Rahul Gandhi
India | Mar 29, 2023, 06:26 AM ISTAccording to reports, Sharad Pawar made this clear to Congress chief Kharge that targeting Savarkar, a revered figure in Maharashtra, would not help MVA.
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'Will file an FIR against Rahul Gandhi,' says grandson of Savarkar
India | Mar 28, 2023, 12:37 PM ISTRahul Gandhi in his press conference after disqualification as MP had said "My name is not Savarkar, my name is Gandhi and Gandhi does not offer an apology to anyone", a remark which drew a lot of fire from the BJP and both factions of the Shiv Sena.
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Uddhav-led Shiv Sena to boycott Mallikarjun Kharge's Oppn MPs dinner over Rahul's Savarkar remark
India | Mar 27, 2023, 03:33 PM ISTSena leader Sanjay Raut while speaking to India TV said that Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena will boycott Mallikarjun Kharge's dinner party today on the issue of Savarkar's insult. No leader of the party will attend the dinner.
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OPINION | Rahul should read Indira Gandhi's letter before describing Savarkar as betrayer
India | Nov 18, 2022, 01:02 PM ISTThis is not the first time that Rahul Gandhi has spoken against Veer Savarkar. Since the election campaign is in full swing in Gujarat with Hindutva emerging as a big factor, and Savarkar being a venerable icon of Hindutva, Rahul had to come forward to defend his remarks.
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Don't approve of Rahul Gandhi's remarks on Veer Savarkar: Uddhav Thackeray
India | Nov 17, 2022, 01:34 PM ISTThe Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction has an alliance with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party, as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi.
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Karnataka: High school curriculum includes chapter on Veer Savarkar, controversy erupts
India | Dec 15, 2022, 04:20 PM ISTKarnataka news: The textbook revision committee reportedly inserted the section in the revised curriculum that reads, "Mr. Vinayak Savarkar used to sit on the wings of a bird and fly out to visit the homeland while he was imprisoned in the Andaman jail."
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Row over participation of child dressed as V D Savarkar in Kerala school's I-Day event
India | Aug 17, 2022, 10:40 AM ISTA child dressed as one of the freedom fighters to participate in the rally had the name of V D Savarkar written on him. Controversy erupted when its photo was circulated on social media.
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Aaj Ki Baat: Clashes over posters of Savarkar and Tipu Sultan, Stoning and Lathicharge in Karnataka
Aaj Ki Baat | Aug 17, 2022, 09:58 AM ISTA 20-year-old youth was stabbed in Karnataka's Shivamogga district on Monday. The attack took place after a clash broke out in the district as some members of the Muslim community tried replacing posters of Veer Savarkar with that of Tipu Sultan. Watch this episode of Aaj Ki Baat.
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Karnataka: Man stabbed in Shivamogga after clash over Veer Savarkar, Tipu Sultan posters; 4 arrested
India | Aug 16, 2022, 08:35 AM ISTKarnataka clashes: The attack took place after a clash broke out in the district as some members of the Muslim community tried replacing posters of Veer Savarkar with that of Tipu Sultan.
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In over 7-minute long video, BJP blames Congress, Communists for Partition
India | Aug 14, 2022, 06:58 PM ISTIndependence Day 2022: In an over seven-minute video released by the saffron party on Sunday, the BJP indirectly blamed Jawaharlal Nehru and Congress leaders for bowing to the demand of a separate nation raised by the Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, instead of opposing it.
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Randeep Hooda shares first look as Vinayak Damodar Savarkar on latter's birth anniversary
Bollywood | May 28, 2022, 02:25 PM ISTMay 28 marks the 139th birth anniversary of the great freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. On this occasion, Randeep Hooda released the first look of his powerful character of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar from the biopic.
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PM Modi, VP Naidu pay tributes to Veer Savarkar on death anniversary
India | Feb 26, 2022, 10:05 AM ISTIn a tweet, PM Modi hailed Savarkar as a great freedom fighter who, he said, was an epitome of sacrifice and resolve.
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Nehru did not send armed forces to liberate Goa...: PM Modi
India | Feb 08, 2022, 05:24 PM ISTA week before Goa goes to polls to elect a new assembly, Modi also used his reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in Rajya Sabha to attack the Congress on freedom of speech and how it had sacked Lata Mangeshkar's younger brother from All India Radio for presenting a patriotic poem of Veer Savarkar.