Veer Savarkar Jyot unveiled at Port Blair Cellular Jail

To commemorate the 133rd birth anniversary of ‘Swatantra Veer’ Shri Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, a specially designed Veer Savarkar Jyot was unveiled in the premises of the Cellular Jail in Port Blair by BJP chief Amit Shah in the presence of Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan, on Saturday. 

Also present were B Ashok, Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Verghese Cherian, Director (Human Resource) Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Rajesh CEO IndianOil Foundation and other senior officials from A&N administration.

The Veer Savarkar Jyot has been erected by th IndianOil Foundation at the Cellular Jail in Port Blair as a lasting tribute to Savarkar’s immense contribution to India’s freedom struggle. This Jyot will be a permanently lit flame inside the premises of Cellular Jail with the help of LPG supplied by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd free of cost for this project.