Alumnis incl S. Radhakrishnan, PC Alexander, Indira Krishnamurthy Nooyi, General Sundarji, TT.Krishnamachari, John Mathai, Shanmugham Chetty, Prakash Karat, T.N. Seshan, Mammen Mappillai, Prathap Reddy, Malcolm Adiseshiah, Gemini Ganesan, Prathap Pothan, David Davidar, Sashi Kumar and many others. Hats off to my alma mater!!
Among the luminaries of Pune's Fergusson College is also Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who joined this college in 1902, but whose name has been ommitted from the list. Jaganniwas Iyer
Re: Re: The missing name!
by Jaganniwas Iyer on Jun 20, 2013 05:48 PM
The reply to your first question is: the biography of Veer Savarkar. As to the second question, studying in a British institution by itself doesn't make one a traitor. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose studied at Revenshaw College, Cuttack, and was by no stretch of imagination a traitor. Though I entirely agree with your observation about MK Gandhi and Nehru, who were stooges of the British. While the milieu of an educational institution does have a role, it is more the character and sanskaras of an individual that shape him. As to "what was Savarkar doing in a British college", all educational institutions post-1857 were established and run by the British. Jaganniwas Iyer
