Himani Ashok Savarkar (31 March 1947 – 11 October 2015) was an Indian politician and

Hindutva Hindutva () is the predominant form of Hindu nationalism in India. The term was formulated as a political ideology by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1923. It is used by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), the ...

Activist. She was daughter of

Gopal Godse Gopal Vinayak Godse (d. 26 November 2005) was a Hindutva activist convicted of conspiring to Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, assassinate Mahatma Gandhi in 1948. Biography A 2021 book about Gandhi's assassination stated that Gopal Godse worked a ...

, niece of

Nathuram Godse Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949) was the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. He was a Hindu nationalist from Maharashtra who shot Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range at a multi-faith prayer meeting in Birla ...

. She was a leader of

Abhinav Bharat Abhinav Bharat is a Hindu militant organization founded by retired Indian Army Major Ramesh Upadhyay in 2006 in Pune, India. It has a large base in Madhya Pradesh. The organization is believed to be the revived form of the pre-Independence era Ab ...

and Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha. She was married to Ashok Narayan Savarkar nephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

Early life

Himani Ashok Savarkar was born as Asilatha Godse to Gopal Godse in Pune, Maharashtra.

Career

Savarkar was an architect by profession but joined active Politics in 2000, she fought and gone unsuccessful in the 2004 Indian general elections from Kasba Peth Lok Sabha constituency and

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election The 13th Assembly elections were held in Maharashtra, India on October 13, 2009. The ruling Democratic Front (Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)) contested the elections against the alliance of Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJ ...

from Kothrud Assembly constituency representing Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahsabha.

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