Last updated on November 29th, 2023 at 03:08 pm
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|---|---|
| Name | Savitri Devi Mukherji |
| Birth Name | Maximiani Julia Portason |
| Real Name | Savitri Devi Mukherji |
| Nick Name | Savitri Devi Maximine Portas |
| Profession | • Neo-Nazi activist • Animal rights activist • Writer |
| Famous for | Proclaiming Adolf Hitler to be an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu |
| Personal Life | |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 30-September-1905 |
| Birth Place | Lyon, France |
| Date of Death | 22 October 1982 |
| Place of Death | Sible Hedingham, Essex, UK |
| Age (At the time of death) | 77 Years |
| Death Cause | • Heart attack • Coronary thrombosis |
| Zodiac Sign | ♎ Libra |
| Nationality | • France (1905–1928; renounced) • Greece (1928–1982; death) |
| Food Habit | Vegetarian |
| Religion | Converted to Hinduism in 1932 |
| Educational Qualification | |
| College / Institute / University | The University of Lyon, France |
| Educational Qualification | • 1924: A master’s degree in Philosophy • 1929: A Master of Science degree in Chemistry • 1935: A PhD degree in Liberal Arts |
| Family and Parent’s Details | |
| Father | Maxim Portas (Greek-Italian) |
| Mother | Julia Portas (English) |
| Husband | Asit Krishna Mukherji (Indian astrologer & publisher of pro-Axis journals) |
| Partner, Girlfriend, and Affairs | |
| Marital Status | Widowed (at the time of death) |
| Marriage Date | 9 June 1939 |
| Relationship/Affairs | Francoise Dior (French socialite and neo-Nazi underground financier) |
Who is Savitri Devi Mukherji?
Savitri Devi Mukherji was a French (1905–1928; renounced), Greek (1928–1982; death), Neo-Nazi activist, Animal rights activist, and Writer born on Sep-1905 in Lyon, France
What was the age of Savitri Devi Mukherji at the time of her death?
Savitri Devi Mukherji was 77 years old at the time of his death.
Some exciting and lesser-known facts about Savitri Devi Mukherji
- She was a polyglot, fluent in eight languages (English, French, Modern Greek, Italian, German, Icelandic, Hindi, and Bengali) and having knowledge of some twenty others (Ancient Greek, Urdu, and other Indian languages).
- She was a highly educated woman, with two master’s degrees (in philosophy and chemistry) and a PhD in philosophy from the University of Lyons.
- She was a self-described “nationalist of every nation,” and embraced National Socialism in 1929 in Palestine.
- She traveled to India in 1932 to discover the supposed Aryan homeland for herself and settled in Calcutta, where she worked for the Hindu nationalist movement.
- During World War II, she served as a spy for the Axis powers, passing information she gleaned from the British in India to the Japanese.
- Savitri Devi was a vegetarian from a young age, and she also espoused ecologic views in her works. She wrote The Impeachment of Man in 1959 in India in which she espoused her views on animal rights and nature. According to her, human beings do not stand above animals; in her ecological views, humans are a part of the ecosystem and as a result, they should respect all life, including animals and the whole of nature. She always held radical views with regard to vegetarianism and believed that people who do not “respect nature or animals” should be executed.
