Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was born on 28 May 1883 in the Marathi Chitpavan Brahmin Hindu family of Damodar and Radhabai Savarkar in the village of Bhagur, near the city of Nashik, Maharashtra. He had three other siblings namely Ganesh, Narayan, and a sister named Maina. Savarkar began his political activities as a high school student and continued to do so at Fergusson College in Pune. He and his brother founded a  society called Abhinav Bharat Society. When he went to the United Kingdom for his law studies, he involved himself with organizations such as India House and the Free India Society. He also published books advocating complete Indian independence.  Savarkar, commonly known as 'Swatantryaveer Savarkar' in Marathi language, was an Indian independence activist and politician. He inspired the independence movements against the British Raj based on non-violent protests. He also influenced social reform movements and economic thinking in India. Savarkar was a true nationalist and freedom fighter. Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totalling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He was probably the longest held inmate of Cellular Jail for freedom struggle. Mahatma Gandhi  mentioned Veer Savarkar as a great patriot. Further, the name Port Blair glorifies the colonial raj. 

To honour the great son of India and to eliminate last remnants of colonial slavery, the Port Blair must be renamed as Savarkar Dweep.