<b>Savarkarâs 125th birth anniversary falls on May 28, 2008</b>
Some dates of his life:
28 May 1883: Born in Bhagur village at Nasik Maharashtra
01 Jan 1900 - Founded Mitra Mela, a secret revolutionary society
01 July 1909 - Madanlal Dhingra shot dead Curzon Wyllie in London
13 March 1910: arrested in London
08 Jul 1910 - escapes through the port hole of SS Morea while being taken to India. captured by French police and handed to British. Subsequently sentenced twice (24 Dec 1910; 31 Jan 1911) to Transportation for Life, to the Andaman Islands. The sentences of Transportation were to be served in successionâa total sentence of 50 years, unparalleled in the history of the British Empire
2 May 1921: released from the Cellular Jail, but successively kept in Alipore, Ratnagiri and Yerawada Jails.
6 January 1924: released from jail, but in 5 years of forced internment to confine himself to Ratnagiri District of coastal Maharashtra, and to keep away from all public affairs. internment extended to 2 years in succession to a total of 13 years.
(unknown date in) March 1925: Dr. Hedgewar meets Savarkar in his confinement, RSS founded that year
01 Mar 1927: Gandhi meets Savarkar at Ratnagiri
17 June 1937: finally released unconditionally from internment in Ratnagiri
10 Dec 1937: Elected as President of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha at its 19th Session at Karnavati (Ahmedabad) and continued to be re-elected President for the next seven years
17 February 1939: gives a call to eradicate untouchability, at the Bengal Provincial Hindu Conference, Khulna.
27 March 1939: attends the âUntouchable Conferenceâ at Mungher (Bihar), and participated in inter-caste dining with ex-untouchables.
01 Feb 1939: Started resistance against the Nizam Hyderabad
22 Jun 1941: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose meets Savarkar, INA later founded.
25 Dec 1941: Started Bhagalpur struggle in Bihar
05 Feb 1948: Arrested under the Preventive Detention Act after Gandhi's murder
10 Feb 1949: Acquitted in Gandhi Murder Trial
(Miscellaneous activities)
01 Feb 1966: starts fast unto death
26 Feb 1966: dies at the age of 83
http://www.savarkar.org/en/lifesketch-0
http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.p...pid=236&page=13
Some dates of his life:
28 May 1883: Born in Bhagur village at Nasik Maharashtra
01 Jan 1900 - Founded Mitra Mela, a secret revolutionary society
01 July 1909 - Madanlal Dhingra shot dead Curzon Wyllie in London
13 March 1910: arrested in London
08 Jul 1910 - escapes through the port hole of SS Morea while being taken to India. captured by French police and handed to British. Subsequently sentenced twice (24 Dec 1910; 31 Jan 1911) to Transportation for Life, to the Andaman Islands. The sentences of Transportation were to be served in successionâa total sentence of 50 years, unparalleled in the history of the British Empire
2 May 1921: released from the Cellular Jail, but successively kept in Alipore, Ratnagiri and Yerawada Jails.
6 January 1924: released from jail, but in 5 years of forced internment to confine himself to Ratnagiri District of coastal Maharashtra, and to keep away from all public affairs. internment extended to 2 years in succession to a total of 13 years.
(unknown date in) March 1925: Dr. Hedgewar meets Savarkar in his confinement, RSS founded that year
01 Mar 1927: Gandhi meets Savarkar at Ratnagiri
17 June 1937: finally released unconditionally from internment in Ratnagiri
10 Dec 1937: Elected as President of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha at its 19th Session at Karnavati (Ahmedabad) and continued to be re-elected President for the next seven years
17 February 1939: gives a call to eradicate untouchability, at the Bengal Provincial Hindu Conference, Khulna.
27 March 1939: attends the âUntouchable Conferenceâ at Mungher (Bihar), and participated in inter-caste dining with ex-untouchables.
01 Feb 1939: Started resistance against the Nizam Hyderabad
22 Jun 1941: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose meets Savarkar, INA later founded.
25 Dec 1941: Started Bhagalpur struggle in Bihar
05 Feb 1948: Arrested under the Preventive Detention Act after Gandhi's murder
10 Feb 1949: Acquitted in Gandhi Murder Trial
(Miscellaneous activities)
01 Feb 1966: starts fast unto death
26 Feb 1966: dies at the age of 83
http://www.savarkar.org/en/lifesketch-0
http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.p...pid=236&page=13