Central Information Commissioner (CIC) Uday Mahurkar said the era of V D Savarkar, known as the architect of Hindutva ideology, has already set in in India and that his personality is above Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour.
About
He was an Indian independence activist and politician who formulated the Hindu nationalist philosophy of Hindutva.
He was a leading personality in the Hindu Mahasabha.
Savarkar was deeply influenced by the 19th-century Italian revolutionary, Giuseppe Mazzini.
Savarkar framed his secret societies, Mitra Mela and Abhinav Bharat society on Mazzini's model of "Young Italy"
He and his brother founded a secret society called Abhinav Bharat Society.
He wrote the “The Indian War of Independence” book about the Indian rebellion of 1857 that was banned by the British authorities.
