1. He was the first freedom fighter who described the 1857 struggle as the First war of Indian Independence. Before that and even now the Macaulayputras call it the Indian Mutiny.
2. He was an inspiration for many freedom fighters like Rashbihari Bose, Madanlal Dhingra, Anant Kanhere, even Netaji.
3. He was the only person who was sentenced 2 Life Imprisonment which was a total time of 50 years. Unheard in even those times and can never be compared with the cosy makeshift jails which M K Gandhi or J M Nehru were placed.
4. Out of the 50 years he spent 11 years in Andaman, later in his life was under continuous police surveillance and was restricted to Ratnagiri.
5. After a torturous journey of 11 years at Kala Pani any other fellow from amongst the Brown Sahib's would have not survived but V D Savarkar went on to challenge the menace of untouchability in Ratnagiri.
6. He himself has written about his mercy petitions in his autobiography माझी जन्मठेप which you must read the translation in english is by the name My Transportation for Life.
7. He will always remain an intellectual fountain head for people who want Bharat to remain Bharat and not allow the brown sahibs destroy the world's oldest civilization.
