After matriculation in 1901, he took admission in Fergusson College of Poona. He was however more interested in India's freedom from British rule. The young college students in Poona were charged by the speeches by the patriots and political leaders like Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bhopatkar etc. The news papers in Poona were also actively participating in creating anti-British atmosphere in the society and appealing society’s feelings of Nationalism. Savarkar was the uncrowned leader of the youth in this movement. In 1905 he burnt the imported clothes as a token of India’s protest to imported clothes. In May 1904, he established an International Revolution Institute named "Abhinav Bharat". His instigating patriotic speeches and activities irritated the British Government. As a result his B.A. degree was withdrawn by the Government. Ganesh Savarkar :- This series of publications culminated in 1908 with the issue by Ganesh Savarkar of Fiowers 8 & 9 containing a clear incitement to war against the British. They resulted in the arrest of Ganesh Savarkar on the 28th February 1909 & his subsequent conviction & transportation but not before he had made arrangements for the reception in Bombay of a consignment of Browning pistols which were originally destined for Nashik.

Anant Kanhere :- The begining of 20th century witnessed increase in atrocities by Britishers on the innocent Indians . Lokmanya Tilak was put behind the bars for 6 years . Babarao alias Ganesh Damodar Savarkar was sentenced to life imprisonment for publishing the patriotic songs of his younger brother Vinayak Savarkar . Jackson , the then collector of Nashik , was responsible for prosecution of Babarao Savarkar . He tortured Waman Sakharam Khare , a well-known lawyer , so much that Khare lost his mental balance . The only 'offence ' of Khare was : he pleaded for revolutionaries.
All these incidences evoked a sharp reaction in the patriotic youths of Nashik . The last straw came when a British officer beat a farmer to death for not allowing his vehicle to overtake . When the situation was heating up to the boiling point , Jackson was transferred on promotion outside Nashik . Kanhere & his friends made up their minds : It's now or never !

Vinayak Narayan Deshpande :- He was 21 years old . He was a member of the secret organization. He was the First Assist ant teacher in the Panchvati school at Nashik. He was married. He conducted a handloom as an additional vocation. On the third floor of the building where this handloom was working there was an old darkroom, where Deshpande & others of the secret meetings. Deshpande had collected some explosives, which were kept in a box.

Shankar Ramchandra Soman :- He was a student aged 18 years.

Waman Daji Narayan Joshi :- He was 20 years old. He was a teacher in the Panchvati school.

Ganesh Vaidya :- He was the person who collected & stored explosives & weapons for the secret society. It was to him that Anant expressed his willingness to do something by way of retaliation against the barbarous conviction of Savarkar.

Dattatraya Pandurang Joshi :- He was a student at Aurangabad & a friend of Anant In the court , Anant Kanhere defended himself without any lawer. During the prosecution , he was calm & quiet . He was so much stable-both physically & mentally- that , according to the official records , he put on 15 pounds of weight during this period !