Mercy Petitions of Savarkar

9 Mercy Petition by Savarkar

August 30, 1911
November 14, 1913
September 14, 1914
(Gandhi ji came to India from South Africa in 1915)
October 2, 1917
January 24, 1920
March 30, 1920
July, 1915
October, 1915
January, 1919
 Content of Mercy Petitions
- Prodigal (wasted) son trying to come to parental
door,
- If released, I will be the staunchest advocate of
Constitutional progress and loyalty to English
government,
- I am ready to work in any role given by you,
- You are merciful…..
 Savarkar & National Integration
After independence, Savarkar made policy of
Hindu Mahasabha not to interfere in decisions
of princely states.
Savarkar welcomed a separate “Sikhistan”.
When Dewan of Travancore, declared the
state independent, Savarkar sent a telegram-
“the farsighted, courageous determination to
declare this independence of our Hindu State
of Travancore”- ‘Veer Savarkar’ by Dhananjay Keer,
page387.
Statements, messages from President’s (Savarkar’s) diary
– by A.S. Bhide (p.256)..1
Statements, messages from President’s (Savarkar’s) diary
– by A.S. Bhide (p.257)..2
 Savarkar took stipend of Rs. 60/- per month
from British govt.
When Savarkar was banned from going out of Ratnagiri
district of Maharashtra, he demanded Rs. 100 per
month as stipend for loss of his earnings and British
government granted him Rs. 60/- per month that he
received till end of his ban. – Savarkar, Father of
Hindu Nationalism, p. 103.

Savarkar was not a poor man. He got education in

England, had a big house in prime location of Bombay
and even his associates like Godse travelled by air,
which was a huge luxury those days.
Savarkar’s supported raping minority women

Savarkar justified rape as a logical political

weapon.
Refering to Ravan & Sita episode of Ramayana,
he said, “To abduct and rape the womenfolk
of the enemy, do you call it irreligious? It is
Parodharmah, the greatest duty!”
- ‘Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History’,
chapter-8, p.176
 Gandhi’s Murder & Savarkar
"All these facts taken together were
destructive of any theory other than
the conspiracy to murder by Savarkar
and his group.”
– Justice JL Kapur Commission Report, 1969

Savarkar starved himself to death in

1967.
In his Affidavit, VD Savarkar:
'Don't know any of accused at all'.
“Before taking Brahmcharya at 28,
Godse had only one known sexual
relationship. It was homosexual. His
partner was his political mentor, Veer
Savarkar”
- Freedom at Midnight, Edition-I
Didn’t know each other?
Thank You