Mainabai Savarkar (1886-1947) was an Indian freedom fighter. She was the sister of Indian revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. She died of old age in 1947 in the Indian state of Bombay (now Maharashtra).
Wiki/Biography
Mainabai Savarkar was born in 1886 (now 61 years old; at the time of his death) in Bagur, Nashik District, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Maharashtra, India).
family and caste
Mainabai Savarkar belongs to the Chitpavan Brahmin Hindu family of Maharashtra.
Parents and siblings
Mainabai Savarkar’s father’s name is Damodar Savarkar (late) and mother’s name is Radhabai Savarkar (late) . She has three brothers: Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, Narayanrao Savarkar and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Ganesh Damodar Savarkar is an Indian politician, activist, nationalist and founder of Abhinav Bharat Society. Narayanrao Savarkar was a freedom fighter, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar popularly known as Veer Savarkar was a revolutionary freedom fighter, an accomplished politician and an author. Vinayak was a pioneer of the political ideology “Hinduism”, which he developed while incarcerated in Ratnagiri Jail in Maharashtra in 1922. He is one of the important leaders of the Hindu Mahasabha. Savarkar died in 1966.
From left to right- Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Narayanrao Savarkar and Ganesh Damodar Savarkar
husband and children
Mainabai Savarkar was married as a child to Bhaskarrao Kale of Trimbakeshwar. The couple has three sons: Ambadas, Lakshman and Madhusudan. Ambadas and Lakshman are doctors while Madhusudan is a medical representative (MR).
religion
Mainabai Savarkar followed Hinduism.
die
In 1947, Mainabai Savarkar died at the age of 61 in Bombay State (now Maharashtra), India due to senile diseases.
Facts/Trivia
- Mainabai Savarkar is fondly called Mai by her close friends and family.
- She is also known as Mainatai Savarkar and Mai Kale.
- Many films have been released on the life of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, including Veer Savarkar (1983), Veer Savarkar (2001), How About Savarkar? ” (2015) and Swatantra Veer Savarkar (2023).
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Source: HIS Education