Inside the Enemy Camp Veer Savarkar Translated by Mr. V.S.Godbole © Himani Savarkar, Savarkar Bhavan, Raja Thakur Path, Shanivar Peth, Pune. tel :+912025544751 Internet Rights are with Swatantryaveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak Trust, Dadar, Mumbai Inside the Enemy Camp Veer Savarkar Translated by Mr. V.S.Godbole Table of Contents Table of Contents...........................................................................2 1 CHAPTER ONE.....................................................................5 1.1 On board the ship s.s. Persia................................................................5 1.2 Experience of the Previous Travellers...................................................6 1.3 We need to change when we go abroad...............................................7 1.4 Harnamsingh.......................................................................................8 1.5 I changed the mind of Harnamsingh...................................................10 1.6 Mazzini (1805-1872)...........................................................................11 1.7 Mr. Etiquette........................................................................................14 1.8 Tranquility at night time.......................................................................14 1.9 Suez and Marseilles............................................................................15 2 CHAPTER TWO...................................................................17 2.1 When I reached London......................................................................17 2.2 Dadabhai Naoroji the grand old man of Indian politics (1825 - 1917).18 2.3 London Indian Society.........................................................................18 2.4 East India Association.........................................................................19 2.5 Dadabhai fails to get elected in the elections of British Parliament.....20 2.6 Dadabhai's new works - Poverty and un-British rule in India...............21 2.7 British and Unbritish............................................................................21 2.8 British Liberals and Conservatives......................................................22 2.9 Dadabhai enters British Parliament (1893)..........................................22 2.10 Wave of loyalty to the British...............................................................23 2.11 An ineffective / empty gesture.............................................................23 2.12 The Irish example................................................................................23 2.13 Personality of Dadabhai......................................................................24 2.14 Dadabha unkowingly paid tribute to Indian Revolutionaries................24 2.15 British Committee of the Indian National Congress.............................24 2.16 Then came 1897.................................................................................25 2.17 But in a far away place called Pune?..................................................25 2.18 Resolutions of the Congress and sparks of revolutionaries.................26 2.19 Mr. Hyndman.......................................................................................26 2.20 Shyamji Krishnavarma (1857 - 1930)..................................................27 2.21 Shyamji suddenly moves to England (1897).......................................30 2.22 Move made but not for active politics..................................................30 2.23 Shyamji's transformation.....................................................................30 2.24 Death of Herbert Spencer (1903)........................................................31 2.25 First political act of Shyamji.................................................................31 2.26 The paper Indian Sociologist...............................................................32 2.27 Founding of the Indian Home Rule Society.........................................33 2.28 Establishment of India House..............................................................34 2.29 But what is your programme?.............................................................34 2.30 Bipinchandra Pal (1858 - 1932) put forward above programme first...36 2.31 But Dadabhai was already talking of Self Government in 1904...........37 2.32 Why the word 'Home Rule' was not used?..........................................37 2.33 Time seeks revenge............................................................................38 2.34 Barrister Sardarsingh Rana.................................................................38 2.35 End of Dadabhai's Parliamentary Front (1906)...................................39 2.36 Morley becomes Secretary of State for India......................................39 2.37 First annual meeting of Home Rule Society........................................40 2.38 Surendranath Banerjee is arrested and fined. (1906).........................40 2.39 First meeting of indians in Paris: Beginning of India's role in International politics ................................................................. 41 2.40 Mrs Cama(Madam Bhikaji Rustum Cama) 1861 - 1937......................41 2.41 Indian youth in Britain at that time.......................................................42 2.42 Armed revolutionaries demanding complete independence did not exist 45 2.43 Arvindbabu Ghose..............................................................................46 2.44 Charuchandra Dutta............................................................................46 3 CHAPTER THREE...............................................................48 3.1 Peak of British Empire.........................................................................48 3.2 Only the revolutionaries were aware of the military might of the British. 50 3.3 My records in London C.I.D.................................................................52 3.4 Reports by Mr. Montgomery, I.C.S......................................................52 3.5 Rowlatt Report....................................................................................55 3.6 The story of Agamya Guru..................................................................56 3.7 Incredible work of Indian Revolutionaries............................................57 3.8 Indian History should not be written based solely on British C.I.D reports 57 4 CHAPTER FOUR.................................................................59 4.1 Joseph Mazzini: Biography and Politics..............................................59 4.2 Mazzini's influence on Indian Politics..................................................59 4.3 Secrecy for the sake of secrecy..........................................................60 4.4 I decide to translate Mazzini's work into Marathi.................................61 4.5 The Method that I adopted..................................................................61 4.6 Rajamanya vs Lokamanya..................................................................62 4.7 Why was the book dedicated to both?...............................................63 4.8 Mazzini, Garibaldi, Victor Emmanual and Cavour...............................68 5 CHAPTER FIVE...................................................................70 5.1 Establishment of Free India Society and writing of Indian War of Independence 1857......................................................................................70 5.2 Many thought an armed revolution was impossible.............................70 5.3 The example of 1857..........................................................................71 5.4 India Office Liabrary and records*.......................................................72 5.5 I was surprised by tenacity and discipline of the English.....................72 5.6 The librarian was outwitted..................................................................72 5.7 I was banned from India Office Library................................................73 5.8 The work was completed but…...........................................................74 History of the book.......................................................................74 Appendix A...................................................................................76 Appendix B...................................................................................80 Appendix C - Explanations...........................................................81 1 CHAPTER ONE 1.1 On board the ship s.s. Persia On 9 June 1906, I boarded the ship s.s Persia at Bombay to travel to London. Very soon, the ship left the shores of India. My friends and relations had gathered to see me off. I could no longer see them. I said to myself, “How sorry I am to say good bye to them. Is it possible that I will return to India in three years time and meet them again?” The ship gathered speed. The seashore could not be recognised any more. I was still looking at the direction of the shore. But the other passengers, who had also seen off their relatives, had already moved on and were busy finding their rooms and arranging their bags. Most of them were Europeans or Anglo-Indians. Some were returning to England with their families. All of them seem to be used to sea travel. There were some who were travelling for the first time, but they were with their friends. They were happy and were laughing. But for me it was my first travel over such a long distance and I had no friends with me. In those days very