New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to freedom fighter, Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar on his birth anniversary at the new Parliament House. He was accompanied by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP national president JP Nadda, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi. Apart from these big leaders, many other MPs also paid tribute to Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary. Veer Savarkar was born on this day in 1889 in Bhagpur, Nashik, Maharashtra.

#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tributes to VD Savarkar on the occasion of Savarkar Jayanti in the new Parliament. pic.twitter.com/CTy8fIPzUG

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Amid chanting of Vedic hymns, the Chola saddle 'Sengol' was installed in the new Parliament building in the presence of Tamil 'adhinam' priests. After the inauguration program, PM Modi along with other top leaders paid tribute to Veer Savarkar's portrait, and bowed to him with folded hands. In the 101st episode of his radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', Prime Minister Modi also remembered Veer Savarkar and mentioned the great work done by him.  

Pm Modi said that the stories of sacrifice, courage and determination-power of Veer Savarkar continue to inspire us even today. He recalled the day when PM Modi went to the cell in Andaman where Veer Savarkar was kept by the British during the double Kalapani (50 years) sentence. The Prime Minister said that Veer Savarkar's personality was rooted in valour and vastness, his fearless and self-respecting nature did not like the mentality of slavery. PM Modi said that apart from the freedom movement, Veer Savarkar also did a lot for social justice and equality.  

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who spread the word 'Hindutva' to the masses, was sentenced to two life sentences by the British. What happened in India in 1857 was not a military mutiny, but India's first war of independence, Savarkar was the only one to go abroad and do research. However, at that time Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru had also studied abroad, but their attention did not go towards this. In the revolution of 1857, revolutionaries like Rani Laxmibai, Nana Saheb Peshwa, Tatya Tope had taken battle from the British, which the British had hidden as a military rebellion, so that Indians could not stand back remembering that heroic saga. However, Savarkar wrote the entire book on it, which was banned by the British before it was published, after which Veer Savarkar distributed copies by hand.   Immortal sons of India like Bhagat Singh and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose also took inspiration from that book 'Freedom War of 1857'.  

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