Mainabai Savarkar

Freedom Fighter

Indian Bhaghur, Nashik district, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Maharashtra, India)

Quick Info

ProfessionFreedom Fighter
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth04/12/1888
Age58 years (died on 01, Jan, 1947)
BirthplaceBhaghur, Nashik district, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Maharashtra, India)
Date of Death01/01/1947

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Bio/Wiki

Other name(s): Mainatai Savarkar, Mai Kale
Nickname: Mai
Known for: Being the sister of Veer Savarkar
Hometown: Nashik, Maharashtra
Religion: Hinduism
Caste: Chitpavan Brahmin
Birth Name: Yashoda

Personal Life

Place of DeathBombay State (now Maharashtra), India
Age (at the time of death)61 Years
Death CauseAge-related causes

Relationships & More

Marital Status (at the time of death)Married

Family

FatherRamchandra Trimbak Chiplunkar (Bhaurao Chiplunkar)
MotherLakshmibai Chiplunkar (Manutai Chiplunkar)
Siblings
  • Brother(s)- 3: Ganesh Damodar Savarkar (deceased
  • politician, activist, nationalist, founder of the Abhinav Bharat Society), Narayanrao Savarkar (deceased
  • freedom fighter), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (died in 1966
  • freedom fighter, author, revolutionary, politician)
SpouseBhaskarrao Kale
Children
  • Ambadas (doctor)
  • Lakshman (doctor)
  • Madhusudan (medical representative)

Career

Active freedom fighter and social reformer
Supported her brother Veer Savarkar's social reform campaigns
Represented Veer Savarkar at Hindu Mahasabha convention in Pune when he could not attend due to volatile atmosphere after Gandhi's assassination
Adopted and cared for a Dalit girl brought into the household by Veer Savarkar

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Mainabai Savarkar was an Indian freedom fighter.
2. She was the sister of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, an Indian revolutionary.
3. Her brother, Veer Savarkar, coined the political concept of 'Hindutva' in Ratnagiri Jail in Maharashtra in 1922.
4. He was a prominent figure in the Hindu Mahasabha political party.
5. Mainabai Savarkar passed away in 1947 in Bombay State (now Maharashtra), India, at the age of 61 due to an age-related illness.
6. Mainabai Savarkar was born as Yashoda on 4 December 1888.
7. Her brother, Veer Savarkar, developed the political concept of 'Hindutva' while confined at Ratnagiri in 1922.
8. Veer Savarkar was a prominent figure in the Hindu Mahasabha political party.
9. Her husband Bhaskarrao Kale bore the educational expenses of Veer Savarkar and helped him gain admission to Fergusson College in Pune.
10. She faced constant surveillance by the British along with her entire family.
11. When a mob descended on Savarkar Sadan after Gandhi's assassination, she bravely faced it with a stick in her hand.
12. She supported Veer Savarkar's household work and social reform campaigns while maintaining her own role as a freedom fighter.
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