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"Bharath Ratna for 'veer' who worked against Bharath! Masterstroke!": Priy
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress leader and Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge on Monday launched a sharp attack on the demand to confer the Bharat Ratna to Veer Savarkar, asking why a person who, according to him, "worked against Bharath" should receive the country's highest civilian honour.
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Maharashtra Minister Shelar pays tribute to VD Savarkar at Andaman's Cellu
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Shelar later met with Chief Secretary of the union territory, Chandra Bhushan Kumar, requesting his cooperation to build a memorial of Veer Savarkar in Andaman Nicobar Islands.
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Veer Savarkar Airport welcomes first international flight, ushering new er
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
This marks the culmination of a 22-year-long wait since the airport was granted international status. The arrival of this flight is a milestone for the region's tourism sector, which has long been hampered by limited air connectivity.
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Randeep Hooda visits Andaman's Cellular Jail ahead of Savarkar’s birth ann
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Ahead of Indian freedom fighter and reformer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's 141st birth anniversary, actor Randeep Hooda visited the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where Savarkar was sentenced to life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years.
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President Droupadi Murmu visits cellular jail in Andaman
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday visited the historic Cellular Jail at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and laid a wreath at the Martyr's Column there.
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Andaman and Nicobar islands gear up for G20 curtain raiser
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Over 40 mission heads and international organisations on Friday visited the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for the G20 curtain raiser.
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Assam to send 1,000 youth to visit Cellular Jail to draw inspiration from
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 18 (ANI): In an effort to inspire people and raise awareness about the sacrifices that the freedom fighters had put in, Assam government will send 1,000 youth to visit Cellular Jail in Andaman and Nicobar Islands this year as part of an educational tour.
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Tourism Ministry launches digital calendar to showcase 'Incredible Stories
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat which served as one of the main centres of India's freedom struggle and home to Mahatma Gandhi for over a decade along with the 105-year old Cellular Jail in Andaman and Nicobar Islands that once housed political prisoners exil
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Kangana Ranaut pays tribute to Veer Savarkar by visiting his Kala Pani cel
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 26 (ANI): Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, on Tuesday, paid a visit to the cell where Hindu Mahasabha leader Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was imprisoned at Cellular Jail in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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People of country gave Savarkar title of 'veer,' those who question his pa
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) [India], October 15 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that title of "veer" was given to Vinayak Damodar Savarkar by people of the country and not by any government and slammed those who question his patriotism.
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Here resolution was taken that no one can keep Mother India as slave: Amit
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) [India], October 15 (ANI): During his visit to the iconic Cellular Jail in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands where Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was imprisoned, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday lauded the valour of Veer Savarkar as a 'freed
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Amit Shah pays tributes to freedom fighters at Cellular Jail in Andaman an
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) [India], October 15 (ANI): As part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday visited Cellular Jail in Port Blair and paid tributes to freedom fighters.
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