Question: Who is the author of the book Savarkar: A contested Legacy (1924-1966)?
(a) Vikram Sampath
(b) Salman Rushdie
(c) Salman Khurshid
(d) R K Narayan
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- Historian Vikram Sampath has authored the second and concluding volume of the book on the life and works of Veer Savarkar titled “Savarkar: A contested Legacy (1924-1966)”.
- The book will hit the market on July 26, 2021, under the publication of Penguin Random House India.
- The first volume, “Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past” was released in 2019 and covered Savarkar”s life from his birth in 1883 to his conditional release from prison in 1924.
- The second volume will bring to light the life and works of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, from 1924 to 1966, the year he died.