Why did Savarkar beg for mercy from Britishers?

If Sarvarkarji begged and hidden in home and lived his life happy under Paratantra Bharat; it is begging mercy; If Sarvarkarji pretend to be seeking mercy from British and go hide in society and work like a sleeper cell; it is strategy. Sarvarkerji did strategy. Get updated. read more

Analysing Savarkar’s mercy petitions without looking at his life before and after them would be gross injustice to the freedom fighter. It would also be a thoroughly dishonest approach to evaluate the life of a historical personality. read more

For, unlike other patriots like Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Ashfaqullah, who refused to ask the British Raj for mercy even at the cost of their lives, Savarkar, the father of the BJP’s Hindutva ideology, had actually sought clemency while lodged in Andamans’ Cellular Jail.Savarkar’s letter asking for forgiveness dated November 14, 1913 is reprinted in a book, Penal Settlement In Andamans, published by the Gazetteers Unit of Union ministry of education. read more