Not only did Savarkar pledge his allegiance to the British in return for being released from prison, his propagation of Hindutva hurt the freedom movement by dividing society along sectarian lines.

Throughout India's freedom struggle, the RSS was subservient to the British, with its leadership prohibiting participation in mass movements.

The man Narendra Modi wants India to accept as its philosophical lodestar did not regard Muslims as "proper Indians".

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar turned his back on his lieutenants in order to escape charges in Gandhi's murder. But a commission established his guilt posthumously.