Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was an Indian politician, activist and writer. Savarkar developed the Hindu nationalist political ideology of Hindutva while confined at Ratnagiri in 1922. He was a leading figure in the Hindu Mahasabha. From Wikipedia
The General Purposes Committee will decide on the installation of portraits of Savarkar, Saraswati, and Malviya in the Assembly galleries during its upcoming meeting.