On November 14, 2016, National Geographic Channel was rebranded as simply National Geographic, dropping the "Channel" from its name. The 2000s: A New Reality, also narrated by Lowe, premiered on July 12, 2015. The ’90s: The Last Great Decade, a documentary series narrated by Rob Lowe, pulled in 1.10 million viewers, and was the second highest-rated July telecast in the National Geographic Channel rating history. National Geographic Channel logo (2005–2013) Its primary sister network worldwide, including the United States, is Nat Geo Wild, which focuses on animal-related programming, including the popular Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan.Īs of February 2015, National Geographic is available to approximately 86,144,000 pay television households (74% of households with television) in the United States. Like History (which was 50% owned by Disney through A&E Networks) and Discovery Channel, the channel features documentaries with factual content involving nature, science, culture, and history, plus some reality and pseudo-scientific entertainment programming. The flagship channel airs non-fiction television programs produced by National Geographic and other production companies. Under this order, many prisoners were also released from the Cellular Jail in Andaman, but the British government did not pardon Vinayak Savarkar and his elder brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar.Īfter this Savarkar's younger brother Narayan Rao Savarkar wrote a letter to Mahatma Gandhi on 18 January 1920, which was cited by Vikram Sampath in his book titled ‘Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past’.National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney General Entertainment Content and National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%), with the operational management handled by Walt Disney Television. This was a gift to the people of India because during the war many leaders, including Mahatma Gandhi, had taken an oath of allegiance to the British. In 1919, after the first World War, King George V of Britain issued an order, under which all political prisoners in prisons were pardoned. He served the terrible punishment for 10 years and during this time sent a total of six mercy petitions to the government in 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 19. However, there is a difference of opinion among historians about whether this letter should be considered only an apology or a war strategy because Savarkar knew that revolution cannot be brought by being imprisoned in jail and that it was important for him to get out. But after 3 days, his petition was rejected.Īfter this, on 14th November 1913, he filed another petition in which he assured not to rebel against the British government. During this sentence, Veer Savarkar was subjected to terrible torture, after which he wrote the first letter to the British government on 30th August 1911 and pleaded the British to waive his sentence. This proves that the British government at that time considered him to be his biggest enemy and he was one of the biggest revolutionaries of India.Īfter his arrest, he was sent to the Cellular Jail in Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the year 1911, which was then also known as Kala Pani Jail. He was also accused of trying to create a war-like situation by instigating a rebellion against the British government. One of the charges on Savarkar was the abetment to murder of Nashik Collector Jackson. Veer Savarkar was first arrested in London in 1909. But some people are arguing that when Mahatma Gandhi came to India from South Africa in the year 1915, how he advised Veer Savarkar to apologise. Veer Savarkar sent a total of 6 mercy petitions to the British government during the punishment of ‘Kala Pani’ out of which five petitions were sent between 19, while one petition was sent in 1920 on the suggestion of Mahatma Gandhi. They should know that Gandhi wrote an article supporting Savarkar and also appealed to the British for his release. There are some people who dislike Savarkar and do not want to acknowledge his friendship with Gandhi. Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary on Wednesday (October 13) discussed the truth behind Savarkar’s mercy petitions that he wrote to the British government while he served the ‘Kala Pani’ sentence. Naturally, the minister’s statement did not sit well with these people. There are some people who are bent on proving freedom fighter Veer Savarkar a coward. New Delhi: A controversy erupted today when Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at a book launch event said that it was Mahatma Gandhi who had advised Veer Savarkar to apologise to the British government.
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