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Savarkar's connections with revolutionaries after coming out of Andaman

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 As Vikram Sir mentions in various interviews that Savarkar maintained underground connections with revolutionaries after coming out of andaman.  I will try to show some connections here (1/n) Savarkar was arrested in 7 May 1934 due to his alleged involvement in attack on Sweetland (2/n) Source: Vikram Sir book On 22 July 1931, Gogate fired on Hotson. Unfortunately he survived the  assassination attempt. Gogate was firm Savarkarite and had met him days before the assassination (3/n)  Source : The Print Mahadev Bapat launched his own Satyagrah on 12 Nov 1924 shortly days after meeting with Savarkar . British intelligence correlate his actions to his meeting with Savarkar (4/n) Source: Vikram Sir book Savarkar raised his voice for Indian revolutionary Virendra Nath Chattopadhyay who was arrested in Soviet Union (5/n) Savarkar wrote and praised Bravery of Lala Lajpat Rai, Jatin Das, Bhagat Singh and many more (6/n) V. D. Savarkar's brother Babarao Savarkar was arrested ...

Mercy Petitions of Leaders during British Rule

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 Thread🧵 Petitions were written by various political prisoners during the British era, asking for mercy or an apology to get released from jail.  Here is a list of few (1/n) Lala Har Dayal : 12 OCT 1928 : Hardayal, Gadar party leader, amnesty petition rejected (2/n). Maulavi Khairabadi : Here is Mercy petition of Javed Akhtar's great grandfather Maulavi Khairabadi Link : https://archive.org/details/MaulviFazleHaqKhairabadi Khairabadi had claimed that he is being falsely implicated and the person who actually committed the crime has the same name as his.(3/n) Mercy petition of Amir Chand, Abad Behari, Basant Kumar Biswas and Bal Mokand in delhi lahore conspiracy case. (4/n) Bipin Chandra Pal : Bipin Chandra pal (Congress leader and father of revolutionary thought) had asked for "mercy" And determined to give up all connections with Politics and public life . (5/n) Sachindra Nath Sanyal : Sachindra Nath Sanyal wrote in his book 'Bandhi Jeevan' that he submitted...