2. (196) Why has Savarkar written this book?
Savakar’s response is to the British colonialism and the Indian War of Independence in 1857. It was his belief that this war “crossed the limits of current politics and can be regulated to the realms of history” and therefore he comprised his book in order to acknowledge Indian history and its greatness. In order to understand current aspects of life one must remember their past and one way to do this is through nationalism. Ultimately he writes this in order “to express such a patriotic and yet faithful, a more detailed and yet coherent, history of 1987” that has come from someone that has much pride and dedication towards India. In order to further express his dedication towards nationalism he originally wrote it in Indian vernacular. Indeed Savakar believed in the idea of knowing one’s roots, or where one came from and in order to do this one must be dedicated to India by fulling rejecting other cultures, such as Brtitians and Muslims.
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