The Whirlwind

Tag: Swadeshi

  • Vande Mataram Day: Through Savarkar’s Eyes

    Vande Mataram Day: Through Savarkar’s Eyes

    Every year, 7 September is observed as Vande Mataram Day, commemorating the pivotal role of this iconic song in India’s struggle for independence. The date recalls the decision of the Indian National Congress (INC) in 1905 to adopt Vande Mataram at the height of the Swadeshi Movement against the Partition of Bengal. More than a…

  • Bonfire of Foreign goods at Fergusson College, Poona

    Bonfire of Foreign goods at Fergusson College, Poona

    In 1905, being in his early twenties, Vinayak Damodar (Veer) Savarkar emerged as a fiery student leader in Poona, galvanizing youth against British imperialism. A staunch proponent of Swadeshi, Savarkar saw the boycott of foreign goods as the moral counterpart to the political opposition to the Partition of Bengal by Viceroy Lord Curzon planned to…