6500km away from Delhi, Savarkar jumped in the sea, PM Modi remembered

Last update:February 11, 2025, 22:13 IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Marsile in the final stages of visit to France, where he will pay tribute to the martyred Indian soldiers in the First World War with President Macron.

Paris. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to Marsile in the final phase of his three -day visit to France. On Wednesday, he will go to the Mazargues War cemetery with French President Emmanuel Macron, where he will pay tribute to the Indian soldiers who were martyred in the First World War. The purpose of the visit of Marsile is to organize a diplomatic summit with prominent colleagues outside Paris, just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi took him to Jaipur last year. Prime Minister Modi and Macron will inaugurate the new Consul General of India at Marsile. However, this port city has a significant relationship with India’s freedom struggle.

Prominent freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar or Veer Savarkar dared to run to India on 8 July 1910 while taking a British ship Moriya to India. Savarkar slipped from a porthole and floated on the shore. He was caught by the French police officers and then handed over to the British on the ship. Savarkar’s attempt to escape led to diplomatic tension between France and Britain.

Veer Savarkar’s return violation of international law
France alleged that the return of freedom fighter Veer Savarkar violated international law, as proper extradition procedures were not followed in this case. The case was then produced in the Permanent Arbitration Court, which ruled in 1911 that there was irregularity in his arrest, but Britain was not obliged to return him to France. The French government argued that handing over Savarkar to British authorities was a violation of international law, as proper extradition procedures were not followed.

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Savarkar should have been given to France
France said that ‘Savarkar should have been subjected to the French legal process’. French officials argued that Savarkar, who fled to French Earth in Marsile, should have been subjected to French legal processes, not to be handed over to the British without proper procedure. The French press and human rights organizations criticized the incident, calling it a violation of French sovereignty and international legal criteria and called it irregular and unfair extradition.