१८५७ का स्वातन्त्र्य समर (वीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर - अंग्रेजों द्वारा छपने से पूर्व प्रतिबन्धित महाग्रन्थ)

THE STORY OF THIS HISTORY
“ The Original Marathi Book is Dead!—Long live the Book!! ”
After the arrest of Veer Savarkar the manuscript of the
original Marathi book was handed over to Madam Cama in
Paris. She kept it in her safe in the Bank of France with a view
to placing it beyond the reach of the Agents of the British
Intelligence Department. But the invasion of France by the
Germans threw the Government of France itself into a hopeless
disorder. Madam Cama too, passed away. Consequently,
when a searching enquiry was made regarding the whereabouts
of the book no trace of the manuscript could be found. The
great Marathi tome was lost—no hope of its recovery was left.
Marathi literature had thus suffered an irreparable loss.
The Third Known English Edition of the History
As we are noting down only those editions of which we
have definite knowledge, leaving out of count those of which
rumour alone informs us, the next English edition we must
take cognizance of, is that which, after the re-emergence of
the revolutionary party on an all India basis, was printed
and published in two parts, of course secretly, under Veer
Bhagatsing’s lead. It was sold widely at high prices and the
proceeds went to swell the party funds. The few copies, almost
religiously preserved even at the risk of prosecution and per-
secution, which can be rarely found even today, belong, in the
main, to this edition. The conspiracy cases which followed
the arrest of Veer Bhagatsing and his leading comrades reveal-
ed the fact that copies of this book were found in searches
in the possession of almost all the accused and that this History
animated them to face martyrdom and guided them to chalk
out the revolutionary programme—to organise an armed revolt
to liberate our motherland !
The Indian National Army organised by Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose and the Fifth English Edition
The well-ascertained fifth edition came to light in the days
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