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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

1883 - 1966

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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (28 May 1883 – 26 February 1966 ), was an Indian politician, activist and writer. Savarkar developed the Hindu nationalist political ideology of Hindutva while confined at Ratnagiri in 1922. The prefix "Veer" (meaning 'brave') has been given by himself, when he penned his own biography under the pseudonym Chitragupta. He was a leading figure in the Hindu Mahasabha. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is the 549th most popular philosopher (down from 433rd in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from India (down from 133rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Indian Philosopher.

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was a Hindu Nationalist who advocated for the independence of India from the British Empire. He is most famous for the slogan "Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ranks 549 out of 1,267. Before him are Luis de Molina, Albert of Saxony, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, P. D. Ouspensky, Gersonides, and Georg Henrik von Wright. After him are Clitomachus, William of Champeaux, Crantor, Zhou Dunyi, Cesare Ripa, and James Ussher.

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Among people born in 1883, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ranks 70. Before him are Bernhard Rust, Alfredo Casella, José Clemente Orozco, Ernest Ansermet, Kenji Doihara, and Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell. After him are Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Hermann Abendroth, Hubert Pierlot, Yan Xishan, Prince Konrad of Bavaria, and Henri Delaunay. Among people deceased in 1966, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ranks 54. Before him are Lao She, Siegfried Kracauer, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Erwin Piscator, Jisaburō Ozawa, and Evelyn Waugh. After him are Marguerite Long, Sadao Araki, Demchugdongrub, Hendrik Verwoerd, Caterina Albert, and Yasuji Okamura.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ranks 232 out of 1,861. Before him are Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), Shilpa Shetty (1975), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Rajkumar (1929), Birbal (1528), and Kamala Sohonie (1912). After him are Ajay Banga (1959), Jayadeva (1170), Kailash Satyarthi (1954), Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905), B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), and S. R. Ranganathan (1892).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ranks 26. Before him are Jyotirao Phule (1827), Shantideva (685), Homi K. Bhabha (1949), Madhvacharya (1199), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), and Ahmad Sirhindi (1564). After him are Dignāga (480), Hemachandra (1089), Ravidas (1450), Vallabha (1479), Thiruvalluvar (350), and Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897).

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