Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. An Anticolonial Revolutionary: Savarkar and the Colonial Police 25
6. 2. A Fearful Demagogue: Savarkar and the Muslim Question 85
7. 3. A Social Reformer: Savarkar and Caste 151
8. 4. A Nation’s Bard: Savarkar the Poet 232
9. 5. A Nationalist Historian: Savarkar and the Past 295
10. 6. A Legend in His Own Time: Savarkar and His Hagiography 360
11. Conclusion 412
12. Appendix 427
13. Bibliography 467
14. Index 489