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"We are told that Herr Hitler has a plan for invading the British Isles. This has often been thought of before. I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once more able to defend our island home to outlive the menace of tyranny if necessary for years, if necessary alone."
"Brendan Gleeson - Winston Churchill"
"Adrian Scarborough - Sawyers"
"Clive Mantle - Walter H. Thompson"
"Jack Shepherd - Neville Chamberlain"
"Donald Sumpter - Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax"
"Iain Glen - King George VI"
"James D'Arcy - Jock Colville"
"Bill Paterson - Clement Attlee"
"Bruce Alexander - Duff Cooper"
"Janet McTeer - Clementine Churchill"
"Michael Elwyn - w:Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Moran"
"Robert Pugh - w:Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay"
"Terrence Hardiman - Richard Pim"
"Garrick Hagon - Harry Hopkins"
"Len Cariou - Franklin D. Roosevelt"
"Patrick Malahide - Bernard Montgomery"
"Geoffrey Kirkness - Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke"
"Philip McGough - Aneurin Bevan"
"Michael Pennington - Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet"
"Aleksey Petrenko - Joseph Stalin"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.