Savarkar’s repeated warnings since 1954 turned out to be opportune and prophetic, even as India received a decisive drubbing in the India–China War of 1962. Nehru died a dejected man in 1964 after this fatal blow to his failed diplomacy and misplaced trust in China. Savarkar displayed his animosity, departing from his characteristic nature and maintaining a deafening silence, not sending any public statement condoning Nehru’s death.
