Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi commemorated Savarkar’s 142nd birth anniversary with a video on X lauding his “indomitable courage” under British torture and declaring him a “true son of Mother India.”
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah praised Savarkar’s contributions to national unity and social reform, highlighting his campaign against untouchability and celebrating the Hindi translation of his song “Anadi Me.”
• BJP president JP Nadda and other party figures paid their respects by emphasizing Savarkar’s role in India’s independence struggle and his vision for a unified Hindu community.
• Savarkar’s legacy as a revolutionary who spent 12 years in the Cellular Jail and formulated the Hindutva ideology in 1922 continues to influence contemporary political discourse.
• His contested reputation remains after repeated criticisms by opposition leaders over allegations that he took a British pension and his disputed link to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination.