Lokmanya
Tilak - Lokmanya Tilak born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak, was an
Indian nationalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer and an
independence activist. He was the first leader of the Indian
Independence Movement. Tilak was one of the strongest advocates of
"Swaraj" (self-rule).
Lala
Lajpat Rai - Lala Lajpat Rai was one of the foremost leaders who
fought against British rule in India. He was popularly known as
Punjab Kesari (Lion of the Punjab). He was the founder ofthe Indian
Home League Society of America & became Congress President in
1920.
Rani Laxmibai
- Laxmibai, the Rani of Jhansi, born as Manikarnika, was the
queen & warrior of the Maratha-ruled Jhansi State, situated in
the north-central part of India. She was one of the leading figures
of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and became for Indian nationalists a
symbol of resistance to the British Raj.
Tatya Tope
- Ramachandra Pandurang Tope, better known by his nickname
Tatya Tope was an Indian leader in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and
one of its notable generals. He was defeated by General Napier's
British Indian troops at Ranod and after a further defeat at Sikar,
he was captured & executed by the British Government at Shivpuri
on 18 April 1859.
Nana Sahib
- Nana Sahib, born as Dhondu Pant, was an Indian Maratha
aristocrat, who led the rebellion in Cawnpore (Kanpur) during the
1857 uprising. Nana Sahib disappeared after the Company's recapture
of Cawnpore.
Sukhdev
- Sukhdev Thapar was a member of the Hindustan Socialist
Republican Association (HSRA) and organised revolutionary cells in
Punjab and other areas of North India. Sukhdev is best remembered
for his involvement in the Lahore Conspiracy Case. He was an
accomplice of Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru. On 23 March 1931,
all three men were hanged.
Rajguru
- Shivaram Hari Rajguru was an Indian revolutionary from
Maharashtra, known mainly for his involvement in the assassination
of a British Raj police officer. Rajguru became a colleague of
Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev and took part in the assassination of a
British police officer, J. P. Saunders, at Lahore in 1928. All three
were convicted of the charges and hanged on 23 March 1931.
Govind
Ballabh Pant - Govind Ballabh Pant was an Indian freedom fighter
and one of the architects of modern India. Pant was a key figure in
the movement for India's Independence and later a pivotal figure in
the Indian Government.
Subhash
Chandra Bose - Subhash Chandra Bose, affectionately
called as Netaji, was one of the most prominent leaders of Indian
freedom struggle. He founded Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) to
overthrow British Empire from India.
Dada Bhai
Navroji - Dadabhai Naoroji is fondly called as the "Grand
Old Man of India". He is viewed as the architect who laid the
foundation of the Indian freedom struggle. He was the first Indian
to become a professor of the college.
Veer Savarkar
- Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was an Indian pro-independence
activist, politician as well as a poet, writer and playwright. He
was associated with the India House and founded student societies
including Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India Society, as well
as publications espousing the cause of complete Indian independence
by revolutionary means.
Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is popularly known
as Iron Man of India. He played a leading role in the Indian freedom
struggle and became the first Home Minister of India. He is credited
with achieving political integration of India.
Mahatma
Gandhi - Mahatma Gandhi is known as the Father of the Nation.
Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to
independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom
across the world. His birthday, 2 October, is commemorated as Gandhi
Jayanti, a national holiday and world-wide as the International Day
of Nonviolence.
Chandrasekhar Azad
– Chandrasekhar Azad was an Indian revolutionary. He was
involved in the Kakori Train Robbery of 1925, in the attempt to blow
up the Viceroy's train in 1926, and at last the shooting of J.P.
Saunders at Lahore in 1928 to avenge the killing of Lala Lajpat Rai.
Bhagat Singh
- Bhagat Singh was an Indian socialist and a revolutionary.
He is considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries
of the Indian Independence Movement.
Bhagat Singh assassinated John Saunders, a British police
officer seeking revenge for the death of Lala Lajpat Rai. He threw
two bombs inside the Central Legislative Assembly. He was convicted
and hanged for his participation in the assassination, at the age of
23 in 1931.
Chitranjan Das
- Chittaranjan Das popularly called Deshbandhu was an Indian
politician and Founder-leader of the Swaraj Party in Bengal under
British rule. He was a leading figure in Bengal during the
Non-Cooperation Movement of 1919-1922 and initiated the ban on
British clothes. His legacy was carried forward by his disciples and notably by Subhas Chandra Bose.
Rashbihari Bose
- Rashbehari Bose was a revolutionary leader against the
British Raj in India and was one of the key organisers of the Ghadar
Revolution and later, the Indian National Army.
Bipin Chandra Pal
- Bipin Chandra Pal was an Indian nationalist. He is known as
the 'Father of Revolutionary Thoughts' in India and was one of the
freedom fighters of India. Along with Lala Lajpat Rai and Bal
Gangadhar Tilak he belonged to the Lal, Bal and Pal trio that was
associated with revolutionary activity. He was chief exponents of a
new national movement revolving around the ideals of Purna Swaraj,
Swadeshi, boycott and national education.
Khan Abdul
Ghaffar Khan - Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun political and
spiritual leader of India. Nicknamed "Frontier Gandhi".
Ghaffar Khan was a champion of women's rights and nonviolence.
Kasturba Gandhi
- Kasturba Mohandas Gandhi was the wife of Mahatma Gandhi.
Working closely with her husband, Kasturba Gandhi became a political
activist fighting for civil rights and Indian independence from the
British.
Sarojini
Naidu - Sarojini Naidu was a distinguished poet & a renowned
freedom fighter. She was famously known as Bharatiya Kokila (The
Nightingale of India). Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman to
become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first
woman to become the governor of a state in India.
Abdul
Kalam Azad - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was one of the foremost
leaders of Indian freedom struggle. He was also a renowned scholar,
and poet. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was posthumously awarded India's
highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna in 1992.
Pt.
Jawaharlal Nehru - Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister
of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after
independence. He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian
independence movement under the tutelage of Mahatma Gandhi and ruled
India from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until
his death in 1964.
Gopal
Krishna Gokhale - Gopal Krishna Gokhale was one of the pioneers
of the Indian national movement & the founder of the Servants of
India Society. He is also known as political guru of Mahatma Gandhi.
Dr. B. R.
Ambedkar - Babasaheb Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist,
politician and social reformer who inspired the campaigned against
social discrimination against Untouchables (Dalits). He was
Independent India's first law minister and the principal architect
of the Constitution of India.
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