Vishwas Savarkar (1928-2010) was an Indian author and the son of Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. He died in 2010 in Mumbai.
Wiki/Biography
Vishwas Vinayak Savarkar was born in March 1928 (age 82 years; at death) in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India).
Yamunabai Savarkar (seated left) with one of her daughters and Vishwas Savarkar
Family & Caste
Vishwas Savarkar belonged to a Hindu Brahmin Chitpavan family.
Parents & Siblings
His father, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (better known as Veer Savarkar), was an Indian revolutionary freedom fighter. He is also an outstanding politician and author. He was a pioneer of the political ideology of ‘Hindutva,’ which he developed during his imprisonment in Ratnagiri Jail in Maharashtra in 1922. He was one of the important leaders of the Hindu Mahasabha, a political party. Savarkar died in 1966.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s photo
His mother, Yamunabai Savarkar, was a member of the Atmanishtha Yuvati Samaj, which was founded by Vinayak Savarkar’s sister-in-law to instill a spirit of nationalism in its members. Yamunabai died in 1962. Her brother, Prabhakar, died in infancy. He has two older sisters, Prabhat Chiplunkar, and Shalini, both deceased.
Yamunabai Savarkar with her husband and two children
Wife & Children
His wife’s name is Sunder Savarkar. He had two daughters, Asilata, and Vidula.
Sunder Savarkar’s photo
religion
Vishwas Savarkar followed Hinduism.
Address
He resides at 73, Savarkar Sadan, Dr Madhukar B Raut Marg, Dadar West, Dadar, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400028, India.
Career
Vishwas Savarkar used to work at Walchand Group. Vishwas authored four books, Athavani Angarachya, Divabhintiche Pralap, Katha Krantiveeranchya, and Paris Sparsh Swatantra Veerancha. Apart from writing books, he has also written many articles about his father in several national and regional newspapers and magazines.
Cover of Athavani Angarachya
Death
Vishwas Savarkar died of age-related ailments at the age of 83 in Mumbai at his residence, Savarkar Sadan, on 17 September 2010.
Facts/Trivia
- Vishwas had demanded the Government of India to give Savarkar Sadan, Veer Savarkar’s ancestral home, a heritage title, which was granted by the government in September 2010, a week before his death.
- In 2003, Vishwas lashed out at Sonia Gandhi after the Indian National Congress (INC) raised a question in parliament, asking whether Veer Savarkar had sought forgiveness from the British government to pardon him and grant him freedom. During an interview, he said,
Sonia Gandhi, president of the Congress (I), was Italian and had little knowledge of India. To this day, I don’t know if he is an Indian citizen. He didn’t know about Savarkar’s sacrifice, that’s why he was against [the installation of the portrait]. Congress followed his lead blindly. She came to India after marrying Rajiv Gandhi. It is natural that he has no knowledge of Indian history.”
- About his father, many films have been released including Veer Savarkar (1983), Veer Savarkar (2001), What About Savarkar? (2015), and Veer Savarkar’s Swatantra (2023).
Categories: Biography
Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
