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Savarkar's mercy petitions to British rulers in original form dug out from National Archives

In an email alert, Prof Shamsul Islam has released orginal petitions to the British betting forgiveness in 1913, 1914 and 1920. Sourced from the National Archives of India, he says, these have been made available for the first time in the original form.
"The credit to gather all these goes to Amit Indurkar and his friends who are intensely involved in unearthing anti-national and anti-humanity documents of Savarkar", he adds.
Click here  for the link to the documents

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