Urdu Ghazals penned by Veer Savarkar during his Jail Term in Andaman discovered

July 31, 2013

A notebook containing two patriotic Ghazals written by legendary patriot Veer Savarkar has been discovered by a Dadar based institute. The Ghazals in Urdu were written by the freedom fighter during his 11-year imprisonment in the Andaman Cellular Jail.

About Veer Savarkar:

Born on 28 May, 1883 in village Bhagur, near Nashik, Maharashtra , Vinayak Damodar Savarkar commonly known as Swatantryaveer Savarkar was a freedom fighter.
Renowned social reformer, writer, dramatist, poet, historian, political leader and philosopher.
Pioneer of the movement for religious reform in Hindu culture by doing away the caste system prevalent within it. He coined the term Hindutva.
He was the founder of the student societies that included Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society.
His published work the Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857 was banned by British authorities.