Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who is popularly known as Veer Savarkar, was born on May 28, 1883, in Nashik; Savarkar was a freedom fighter, politician, lawyer, and writer and was popularly known for coining the term "Hindutva'

Several members of the senate, including those from the Yuva Sena, supported the proposal during the meeting. However, members of the Bombay University and College Teachers’ Union (BUCTU) remained resistant to the notion