... had moved a resolution in the assembly seeking the posthumous conferment of Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, on Savarkar. 'Veer Savarkar suffered torture at the hands of the British.
While VD Savarkar’s demand for Swaraj has been added in the new textbook, the references to Adolf Hitler and Nazi ideology have been dropped ... Swaraj was expressed by VD Savarkar in 1925”.
The history chapter has also been expanded to mention that VD Savarkar had raised a similar demand for Swaraj in 1925, alongside the broader discussion on India's freedom movement.
Savarkar's grandson Satyaki Savarkar has told court that his release from British imprisonment was a result of political efforts, not mercy petitions ... .