The admissions were made on Monday during his cross-examination by advocate Milind Pawar, appearing for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

During cross-examination, Satyaki Savarkar acknowledged that several other freedom fighters, including Bhagat Singh, did not file clemency pleas.

Savarkar's grandnephew told a Pune court that Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's mercy petitions to the British did not undermine the 'Veer' title bestowed upon him by the public.