Arun Shourie Releases Book "The New Icon: Savarkar and the Facts" in February 2025.

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In February 2025, a book titled "The New Icon: Savarkar and the Facts" was authored by Arun Shourie, a scholar, author, and former Minister for Disinvestment, Communications, and Information Technology (IT).


      - Published by Penguin Random House India (PRHI), the book analyzes various myths surrounding Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, an Indian freedom fighter, activist, writer, and President of Hindu Mahasabha.

     

     

Main Point :-   (i) He served as an economist with the World Bank (WB) from 1967 to 1976 and as Editor of the Indian Express (IE) from 1987 to 1990.

      (ii) He was a nominated Member of Parliament (MP) and held the position of Minister of Disinvestment, Communications, and IT in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet.

(iii) He was honored with the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts in 1982. In 1990, he received the Padma Bhushan for Literature and Education.

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