TNPSC Thervupettagam

Veer Savarkar Jayanti – May 28

May 31 , 2019 1798 days 905 0
  • Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's 136th birth anniversary was celebrated on May 28.
  • Veer Savarkar was a freedom fighter, politician, lawyer, writer, social reformer and formulator of the Hindutva philosophy.
  • Veer Savarkar was born on May 28, 1883 in Bhagpur village near Nasik in Maharashtra.
  • Veer Savarkar founded the two-nation theory in his book ‘Hindutva’ calling Hindus and Muslims two separate nations.
    • In 1937, Hindu Mahasabha passed it as a resolution.
  • The airport at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar's capital was renamed Veer Savarkar International Airport in 2002.
 

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