Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

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(28 May 1883 – 26 February 1966) was an Indian pro-independence activist, politician as well as a poet, writer and playwright. He advocated dismantling the system of caste in Hindu culture. The author of the word, Hindutva was Chandranath Basu. Savarkar took forward the concept of Hindutva,

Savarkar’s first great contribution was his recognition of the essential role of a grand national narrative. The British had established through the Macaulay system of education, a pattern of thought and imagination that was intended to destroy the very foundations of the Hindu national spirit.

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