Mumbai, May 5 -- Savarkar Sadan in Shivaji Park, the erstwhile residence of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar which served as the venue for meetings that altered the course of India's history, may soon be pulled down to make way for a new building. Three independent sources confirmed to HT that some residents had consented to redevelopment of the property and some had even sold their apartments to a developer. "The exterior of the building looks alright as it has been painted recently. But internally, the structure is crumbling and there are frequent instances of water seepage," said one of the three sources who requested anonymity. The Swatantryaveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak Trust is trying to get more space on the mezzanine floor of the redeveloped building for a larger museum dedicated to Savarkar; they also want to retain the name, Savarkar Sadan, for the mezzanine floor, the sources added. But some Savarkar's followers are opposed to redevelopment of the property and have approached courts and government bodies seeking heritage status and a 'monument of national importance' tag for the building. Savarkar Sadan was constructed as a two-storey bungalow in 1938. In the 1980s and early 1990s, three floors were added to the bungalow.P4...