Question

Who was V.D. Savarkar?

Answer

V.D. Savarkar was an ardent Indian nationalist who was in the front ranks of the freedom fighters in the twenties. He was sentenced by the British to transportation for life his part in a conspiracy case. He remained President of the Hindu Mahasabha for a long time. He wrote an account of the happenings of 1857 under the title first Indian War of Independence. He died in 1966.