Question

Savarkar was released from jail in the year ………………………….
A.1889
B.1905
C.1910
D.1921

Answer 1

Hint: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (28 May 1883-26 February 1966), widely known in the Marathi language as Swatantryaveer Savarkar or simply Veer Savarkar, was an independence activist and politician from India who articulated Hindutva's Hindu nationalist ideology. He was a leading Hindu Mahasabha figure.

Complete answer:
Savarkar joined the Hindu Mahasabha as a reaction to the Muslim League and popularized the word Hindutva (Hinduness), previously coined by Chandranath Basu, to establish a "Hindu" cultural identity as the essence of Bharat (India). Savarkar was an atheist and a pragmatic Hindu philosophy practitioner as well.

The revolutionary activities of Savarkar started while studying in India and England, where he was affiliated with the India House and formed student societies such as the Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well as revolutionary publications promoting the cause of full Indian independence. Savarkar wrote The Indian War of Independence, which was banned by the British government, about the Indian revolt of 1857. He was imprisoned for his relations with the revolutionary party India House in 1910. Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years after a botched attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, and was transferred to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but released in 1921.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note:In India, the Hindu Mahasabha is a political party. After the creation of the All India Muslim League in 1906, the association was formed to defend the interests of the Hindu community.