Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (), Marathi pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[ʋinaːjək saːʋəɾkəɾ]]]; 28 May 1883 – 26 February 1966) was an Indian politician, activist, and writer<!-- do not add "freedom fighter" or other non-neutral terms here; see WP:LABEL -->. Savarkar developed the Hindu nationalist political ideology of Hindutva while imprisoned at Ratnagiri in 1922. He was a leading figure in the Hindu Mahasabha. He started using the honorific prefix Veer ("brave") since he wrote his autobiography. Savarkar joined the Hindu Mahasabha and popularized the term Hindutva (Hinduness), previously coined by Chandranath Basu, to create a collective "Hindu" identity as an essence of Bharat (India). Savarkar was an atheist. Wikipedia
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