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Some analysts, however, argue that the criticism levelled against Savarkar misses the nuance of his ideology, while also noting that he was on uncertain ground when defining 'Hindutva'. (10/10)

Now, in the textbooks it is mentioned that Savarkar had described himself as “son of Portugal” when seeking clemency from the British government in 1910-11. (9/10)

While the Congress government said that it was only reversing the changes that were introduced by the previous Vasundhara Raje-led government, the BJP, in Opposition in the state, claimed that the state government did not want to promote the country’s history. (8/10)

Earlier in May, the newly-elected Congress government in Rajasthan announced that it would 'correct' the narrative around Savarkar, by changing his biography in the state's History textbooks. (7/10)

"It is noteworthy here that Savarkar was also a co-accused in Gandhi's assassination but was later acquitted because a witness' account could not be independently corroborated," a Firstpost report notes. (6/10)

In 2018, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said, "PM Modi has kept a portrait of Veer Savarkar in Parliament... When the British ruled this country, when all Congress leaders were in prison, Savarkar wrote a letter to the British. He was not veer (gallant)," at a gathering. (5/10)

Leaders of the Congress-led Opposition have often said that Savarkar, who is an ideological icon for the BJP and RSS, had apologised to the British for speaking out against the colonial rulers and asked to be released from jail. (4/10)

One of the debates that were dragged back into political discourse was that around the "actual" braveness of Vinayak 'Veer' Damodar Savarkar. Savarkar was the founder of the 'Hindutva' ideology, which gained recognition in the period before India's Independence. (3/10)

In the run-up to the Lok Sabha election 2019, that concluded with a landslide victory for the BJP, the campaigns run by the NDA alliance and the Opposition often targeted the rival camp by painting the conduct of its founding fathers in a less-than-honourable light. (2/10)