Savarkar flew on bulbul's wings, claims Karnataka textbook, triggers outrage
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Reports of Karnataka's textbook revision committee inserting a new paragraph about Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in history textbooks has triggered massive outrage. Many have expressed disappointment with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for allegedly attempting to 'rewrite history' by saying that Savarkar flew on the wings of a bird to visit India when he was imprisoned in an Andaman jail.