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Shiv Sena accuses BJP of using Veer Savarkar as a political ploy
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 27 (ANI): On the occasion of 'Marathi Bhasha Din' (Marathi Language Day), Shiv Sena accused the BJP in Maharashtra of playing the politics of 'neo-nationalism' by misusing the name of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
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Nehru was envious of Ambedkar, Savarkar, says Subramanian Swamy
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 27 (ANI): BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said that former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was jealous of BR Ambedkar and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
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Never seen Shiv Sena so helpless, weak: Fadnavis over rejection of Savarka
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Fen 27 (ANI): Lambasting Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray government for rejecting a proposal for a resolution to honour Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in the state Assembly, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said he never got to see such a "weak
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Sena, NCP did not allow resolution to honour VD Savarkar to appease Congre
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 26 (ANI): Ranjit Savarkar, the grandson of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, on Wednesday said that Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) did not allow passing the resolution to honour Savarkar as they wanted to "appease" the Congress party.
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BJP should give Bharat Ratna to Savarkar: Aditya Thackeray
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 26 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra cabinet minister Aditya Thackeray on Wednesday slammed the BJP for creating ruckus in Maharashtra Assembly over honouring Hindu Mahasabha leader VD Savarkar and said the BJP government should first give Bharat Ratna
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Savarkar wrote about child marriage before Gandhi addressed it, says Union
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 26 (ANI): Claiming that freedom fighter Veer Savarkar was deliberately sidelined by the previous governments, the Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel said the time has come to give Savarkar the respect and place in history that he deserves.
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Uproar in Maharashtra Assembly over honouring Savarkar
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 26 (ANI): Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday witnessed uproar over honouring Hindu Mahasabha leader VD Savarkar with the BJP demanding a resolution in the Assembly to honour Savarkar while the ruling Shiv Sena and NCP demanding Bharat Ratna for the leader.
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Replica of Andaman Cellular jail on display in Mumbai
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 19 (ANI): In order to make the general public realise the hardships and struggle faced by freedom fighters during their time in prison, the Veer Savarkar Smarak at Shivaji Park in Mumbai has displayed replicas of the 'Kolu', handcuffs and the cellular jail o
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Fadnavis slams Congress over remark on Savarkar, urges Uddhav to clear Sen
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 14 (ANI): Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis slammed the Congress party for insulting Veer Savarkar and said that he will write to Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to seek ban against the published content.
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We want welcome motion in Maha assembly on Savarkar: BJP leader Mungantiwa
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar on Monday said that he wants to bring a welcome motion in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly session on VD Savarkar.
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Savarkar was first advocate of two-nation theory, says Shashi Tharoor
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday termed VD Savarkar the first advocate of the two-nation theory as he proposed the idea three years ahead of Muslim League passing the Pakistan resolution.
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History textbooks should highlight contribution of Sardar Patel, Veer Sava
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan 23 (ANI): The history textbooks should highlight the contribution of national icons like Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Veer Savarkar among others, said Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday.
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