Book-Savarkar: A contested Legacy (1924-1966)

Book-Savarkar: A contested Legacy (1924-1966)

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.

Links:
https://penguin.co.in/book/savarkar-part-2-concluding-volume/#:~:text=A%20Contested%20Legacy%2C%201924%2D1966,-Vikram%20Sampath&text=Vikram%20Sampath-,Decades%20after%20his%20death%2C%20Vinayak%20Damodar%20Savarkar%20continues%20to%20uniquely,a%20proponent%20of%20’Hindutva’%3F