Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was an Indian politician, activist and writer. Savarkar developed the Hindu nationalist political ideology of Hindutva while confined at Ratnagiri in 1922. He was a leading figure in the Hindu Mahasabha. From Wikipedia
The General Purposes Committee unanimously resolved to honor the nationalist icons, while a disputed AAP proposal for Savitribai Phule's portrait is under review.
