Ganesh Damodar Savarkar
Marathi revolutionary
Ganesh Damodar Savarkar (13 June 1879 – 16 March 1945), also known as Babarao Savarkar, was an Indian Hindutva activist. He was the founder of the Abhinav Bharat Society along with Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, his younger brother.
He was a political prisoner twice; first from 1909-1922 (of which 1910-1921 was spent in the Cellular Jail); and second from 1933-1937. Both times he was unconditionally released.
He was one of the first five founding members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindutva paramilitary organisation. He was also a member of the Hindu Mahasabha, a Hindu Nationalist political party.
Early life
Ganesh was the eldest sibling of the Savarkar brothers Vinayak, and Narayan, they also had a sister Mainabai, who was the penultimate child of their parents. Ganesh took responsibility of developing and influencing his brothers’ since their childhood. His parents' death laid the liability of his family at an age of twenty years.
Independence activism and first Political Imprisonment (1909-1922)
He led an armed movement against the British colonial government in India, he was sentenced to transportation for life to the Andaman Islands as a result in 1909.The then collector of Nasik, A. M. T. Jackson was assassinated by Anant Laxman Kanhere in retaliation.
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