Mahatma Gandhi

Born on 2nd October 1869, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is revered

as Father of the Nation for his immense sacrifices for India. He not
only ushered India towards freedom, but he also became the inspiring
figure for many independence struggles and rights movements across
the world. Popularly called Bapu, Gandhi introduced the doctrine of
non-violence in India. According to him, independence was to be
achieved through a combination of non-violent movement and non-
co-operation with the British. The historic Non-Cooperation
movement, Dandi March and the Quit India movement were all
started under his leadership.
 Rani Lakshmi Bai

Rani Lakshmi Bai was the one who fought Britishers single-handedly
before sacrificing her life for the country. Married to Raja Gangadhar
Rao, Jhansi Ki Rani started a revolt against the colonial government
trying to capture the city. Her story of courage is often sung through a
poem glorifying her life.
 Subhash Chandra Bose

One of the greatest Indian freedom fighters that history witnessed was
none other than Subhas Chandra Bose. He was born on 23rd January
1897. He was a radical nationalist and his ultimate patriotism carved a
hero out of him. Bose disagreed with the ideals of non-violence
promoted by Gandhi, instead of believing that only armed revolt
could oust the British from India. The founder of the Forward Bloc,
he escaped the eyes of the British to ultimately reach Germany during
the second world war. He raised the Indian National Army (INA) and
with Japanese help, was able to free a portion of Indian territory from
the British in Manipur, but was ultimately defeated due to Japanese
surrender to the British. Although he is believed to have died in a
plane crash in 1945, his death remains shrouded in mystery to date.
 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Vallabhbhai Patel was born on 31st October 1875. A senior leader of

the Indian National Congress, he had an immense contribution to the
Indian freedom struggle as one of the most influential and strong-
minded Indian freedom fighters. He was one of the most influential
leaders of Gujarat, who organized peasant movements against the
British based on Gandhi‘s ideals of non-violence. One of the first
congress leaders to have accepted the British plan of partition for
India, he is remembered for his role in integrating the princely states
into the dominion of India. His efforts led to the integration of around
562 princely states. After independence, he served as the first home
minister and deputy prime minister of India.
 Jawaharlal Nehru

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was born on 14th November 1889. He was

the single child of Motilal Nehru and Swarup Rani Nehru. Nehru was
one of the most renowned barristers and was known for his
intellectual capabilities which soon made him one of the greatest
politicians India had ever seen. Nehru, under the approval of Gandhi,
his mentor, rose to become one of the most dominant figures in Indian
politics from the 1930s onwards. Nehru, after much deliberations,
accepted the partition proposal for India in 1947 and took oath as the
First Prime Minister of India after attaining independence. His
birthday on 14 November is widely celebrated in India as Children‘s
day.
 Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on 2nd October 1904 in the state of
Uttar Pradesh. He was conferred with the title of Shastri which in
English is termed as Scholar. At the age of only sixteen, he left his
studies to join the non-cooperation movement at the call of Gandhi.
Later, he graduated with a first-class degree from Kashi Vidyapeeth, a
national institution of higher education inaugurated by Gandhi. He
was one of the most proactive Indian freedom fighters who
participated in various movements such as the Quit India movement,
Civil Disobedience movement and other satyagrahas led by Mahatma
Gandhi. Lal Bahadur Shastri was incarcerated by the British for
considerable periods during his lifetime. Post attaining independence,
he first became the Home Minister and later was made the Prime
Minister of India in the year 1964.
 Bhagat Singh

Born in 1907, Bhagat Singh was among the extreme revolutionary

Indian freedom fighters. He was involved in a plot in 1928 to
assassinate James Scott, a British police superintendent to exact
revenge for the death of Lala Lajpat Rai. The plot failed when they
mistakenly killed another young police officer and Singh fled to
Lahore to escape from punishment. The following year, he, along
with his associates hurled a bomb at the Central Legislative Assembly
in Delhi in protest against the implementation of the Defence of India
Act and surrendered to the police. This great Indian freedom fighter
was sentenced to death by hanging by the British, and executed at the
age of only 23.
 Usha Mehta

Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, Usha Mehta was among the

youngest freedom fighters in the country. At the age of eight,
she participated in the ‗Simon Go Back‘ protest. She quit her
studies to be a part of the freedom struggle. She was even
arrested for running radio channels against the colonial
government.
 Kasturba Gandhi

Being the wife of the ‗Father of the Nation‘, only a handful of

people know that Kasturba Gandhi played a crucial role in
leading women in the struggle to achieve independence for
India. During the movement against Indigo planters, she made
people aware of health, hygiene, discipline, writing and reading.
Much like her husband, she raised her voice for civil rights.
 Aruna Asaf Ali

Aruna Asaf Ali was a part of the Salt Satyagraha movement

started by Mahatma Gandhi. She even led the Quit India
Movement and fought for the rights of the prisoners in the Tihar
jail. She was a woman who broke all stereotypes in her life to
live her life on her terms.
 Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu was called the Nightingale of India, who had a

crucial part in the Civil disobedience and Quit India movement.
She was the first woman to govern a state and the second
woman president of the Indian National Congress. Being a
prominent voice against Britishers, she was arrested many times.
 Dadabhai Naoroji

Born on 4th September 1825, was a Mathematics and Natural

Philosophy professor. He was educated at the Elphinstone
College in Bombay. He turned towards politics later in life and
became very active in the field. His opinion was unfavourable
and he felt that the British rule would leave and cause
irreparable damage to the Indian economy. In the years 1886,
1893 and 1906, Dadabhai Naoroji had the privilege of presiding
over the annual sessions of the Indian National Congress. This
later led to the nationalist movement in India.
 Bhikaji Cama

Bhikaji Cama or Madam Cama was one of the first women to

talk about women empowerment and equality. She led many
women into the freedom struggle of India. She unfurled the very
first version of the country‘s flag in 1907.
 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was the first woman in the cabinet, even
in the pre-independence era. She was the first woman Governor
of Maharashtra and President of the United Nations General
Assembly. She was a part of the Non-Cooperation Movement
and Quit India Movement.
 Kamala Nehru

Kamala Nehra was an Indian independence activist and was actively

involved in the Harilal Gandhi Movement of 1931. The Non-
Cooperation movement was organised in Allahabad, now called
Prayagraj, against the foreign liquor and cloth shops. Wife to the first
prime minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Kamala Nehru has many
colleges and hospitals named after her.
 Gulab Kaur

Gulab Kaur was a woman who left behind her marriage to fight the
Indian struggle for independence. She was an active participant in
mobilising masses for armed revolution. She acted as a journalist,
distributed arms among fighters and encouraged others to join Ghadar
Party, a group fighting British rule in India.
 Begum Hazrat Mahal

Begum Hazrat Mahal was a prominent figure in India‘s First War of

Independence, the revolt of 1857. She was the Begum of Awadh and
had worked closely with Nana Saheb and other revolutionaries.
 Tantia Tope

Tantia Tope was one of the famous revolutionaries of the Rebellion of

1857. Born in 1814, he led his soldiers to fight against the dominance
of British rule. He made General Windham leave Kanpur and helped
Rani Lakhsmi Bai reinstating Gwalior.
 Bipin Chandra Pal

Bipin Chandra Pal was a revolutionary born in 1858 during the

Biggest revolution against the British Army. He was a significant part
of the Indian National Congress and encouraged the abandonment of
foreign goods. He formed a trio with Lala Lajpat Rai and Bal
Gangadhar Tilak to be known as Lal-Bal-Pal where they executed
several revolutionary activities.
 Lala Lajpat Rai

Famously known as Punjab Kesari, he was one of the extremist

members of the Indian National Congress. He formed a trio with
Bipin Chandra Pal and Bal Gangadhar Tilak to be known as Lal-Bal-
Pal where they executed several revolutionary activities. He led the
Punjab Protest against the Jallianwala Incident and Non-Cooperation
Movement. He fought against the Simon Commission Protest and lost
his life because of a lathi charge by the Britishers
 Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a remarkable freedom fighter born in 1856.

Famously known for his quote, ‗Swaraj is my Birthright. He
published several rebellious newspapers and built schools to defy
British Rule. He was the third member of the Lal-Bal-Pal along with
Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal.
 Ashfaqulla Khan

Born on 22nd October 1900, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar

Pradesh, Ashfaqulla Khan grew up with the non-cooperation
movement going on at the forefront, led by Mahatma Gandhi. Just
when he was a young gentleman, Ashfaqulla Khan became
acquainted with Ram Prasad Bismil. He was one of the main
conspirators in the Chauri Chaura incident, which took place in
Gorakhpur. He was a strong advocate of independence and wanted the
British to leave India at any cost.
 Nana Sahib

Balajirao Bhat, commonly known as Nana Sahib, was born in

Bithoor (Kanpur District), Uttar Pradesh in May 1824. He was
the eighth Peshwa of India‘s Maratha Empire. Balaji Bajirao
was another name for him. Sahib was a key contributor to the
1857 revolt, leading a group of enthusiastic rebels. He overran
the British soldiers in Kanpur and endangered the British camp
by murdering the survivors. However, after defeating Nana
Saheb and his men, the British were able to retake Kanpur.
 Sukhdev

Sukhdev, who was born in 1907, was a brave revolutionary and

a key member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican
Association. Without a doubt, he was one of the most revered
figures of the Indian freedom struggle. He collaborated closely
with his colleagues Bhagat Singh and Shivram Rajguru. He was
accused of being involved in the assassination of British officer
John Saunders. Unfortunately, at the age of 24, he was caught
and hanged with Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru on March
23, 1931, in Punjab‘s Hussainwala.
 Kunwar Singh

Kunwar Singh was born in April 1777 to the Maharaja and

Maharani of Jagdispur (now in Bhojpur District, Bihar) to the
Maharaja and Maharani of Jagdispur. His name is often lost
amid the other more renowned names of the Revolt.
Nonetheless, his contribution to the First War of Independence
was enormous. Kunwar Singh led the uprising in Bihar. On July
25, 1857, he gained command of the sepoys stationed at
Danapur at the age of nearly 80. Kunwar Singh took over
Azamgarh in March 1858. He then went home and commanded
a successful fight near Jagdispur on July 23rd. The British,
headed by Captain le Grand, were beaten in this fight.
 Mangal Pandey

Mangal Pandey, a well-known Indian freedom fighter, is usually

recognized as the forerunner of the 1857 revolt against the
British, which is regarded as India‘s first battle of independence.
As a soldier in the East India Company‘s army‘s 34th Bengal
Native Infantry (BNI) regiment, he led the sepoy mutiny, which
eventually led to the 1857 uprising. Pandey and his fellow
sepoys rose up in revolt against the British commanders on
March 29, 1857, and even attempted to kill them. He was
arrested and sentenced to death on April 18. However,
anticipating a sepoy uprising, British officials executed him 10
days prematurely on April 8.
 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was born in 1883 and spent the rest
of his life as a dedicated activist and Indian revolutionary. He
established the Abhinav Bharat Society and the Free India
Society. Swatantryaveer Savarkar was his given name. As a
writer, he also penned a piece named ‗The Indian War of
Independence,‘ which provided wonderful information about
the 1857 Indian revolt.
 C. Rajagopalachari

C Rajagopalachari, born in 1878, was a lawyer by profession

before joining the Indian National Congress in 1906 and rising
through the ranks to become a recognizedCongress legislator.
Rajagopalachari was a towering figure in contemporary Indian
politics. He was a member of the Indian National Congress
during the pre-independence era and a staunch supporter of
Mahatma Gandhi. He was a fervent devotee of He also actively
engaged in Lajpat Rai‘s Non-Cooperation Movement.
 Ram Prasad Bismil

Ram Prasad Bismil was one of the most notable Indian

revolutionaries who fought British colonialism and made it
possible for the nation to breathe the air of freedom after eons of
struggle against the imperial forces, with a desire for freedom
and revolutionary spirit reverberating in every inch of his body
and poetry. Bismil, who was born in 1897, was a respected
member of the Hindustan Republican Association alongside
Sukhdev. He was also a participant in the infamous Kakori train
heist, for which the British government condemned him to
death.
 Chandra Shekhar Azad

Chandra Shekhar Azad, born in 1906, was a close companion of

Bhagat Singh in the independence movement. He was also a
member of the Hindustan Republican Association and the
bravest and daring Indian freedom fighters against the British
authorities. After murdering several opponents during a battle
with British forces, he shot himself with his Colt pistol. He
promised he‘d never be caught alive by the British.
 Annie Besant

Known as the ―champion of human freedom‖, Annie Besant is

the dauntless Irish lady that defied all social norms and lived her
life unapologetically. A philosopher, social reformer, women‘s
rights activist, prolific writer, and orator, she continued to
challenge the conservative and conventional norms of the
society, vociferously voicing her mind and demanding reforms.
She is a prominent figure who played a tremendous role in
India‘s freedom struggle against the imperialistic rule of
England. Let us take a look into the life of this beacon of
resistance and how she managed to break all odds and live life
on her own terms!
 Savitribai Phule

Known as a pioneer when it comes to educating women,

Savitribai Jyotirao Phule (January 3, 1831, to March 10, 1897)
along with her husband Jyotirao Phule was eminent for her
consistent initiatives of women‘s education. Savitribai is known
as the first female teacher who taught in the first-ever all-girls
school in India. She dedicated all her life towards the upliftment
of the underprivileged and abolishing the caste system by
making the untouchables an equal part of the society. Hence, in
1852 she opened a school for the untouchable girls and became
the first lady teacher of India by teaching them for free.
 Kittur Rani Chennamma

Kittur Chennamma (1778 – 1829) was an Indian freedom fighter and

Rani of the Kittur, a former princely state in Karnataka. She is one of
the first women freedom fighters to have fought against the British
rule in India. She led an armed force against the British East India
Company in 1824 in defiance of the doctrine of lapse in an attempt to
maintain Indian control over the region. She was defeated in the third
war and was imprisoned at Bailhongal Fort where she died in 1829.
 Moulana Abdul Kalam Azad

Abdbul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-

Hussaini Azad (11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958) was an
Indian independence activist, Islamic theologian, writer and a
senior leader of the Indian National Congress. Following India's
independence, he became the First Minister of Education in the
Indian government. He is commonly remembered as Maulana
Azad; the word Maulana is an honorific meaning 'Our Master'
and he had adopted Azad (Free) as his pen name. His
contribution to establishing the education foundation in India is
recognised by celebrating his birthday as National Education
Day across India
 Veerapandiya Kattabomman

Veerapandiya Kattabomman was an 18th-century Tamil Palayakarrar

and king of Panchalankuruchi in Tamil Nadu, India. He refused to
accept the sovereignty of the British East India Company and waged a
war against them. He was captured by the British with the help of the
ruler of the kingdom of Pudukottai, Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman,
and at the age of 39 he was hanged at Kayathar on 16 October 1799.
 Rani Velu Nachiyar

Rani Velu Nachiyar (3 January 1730 – 25 December 1796) was

a queen of Sivaganga estate from c. 1780–1790. She was the
first Indian queen to wage war with the East India Company in
India. She is known by Tamils as Veeramangai ("brave
woman"). With the support of Hyder Ali's army, feudal lords,
the Maruthu Brothers, Dalit commanders, and Thandavarayan
Pillai, she fought the East India company.
 Pazhassi Raja

Pazhassi Raja (3 January 1753 – 30 November 1805) was

known as Kerala Varma and was also known as Cotiote Rajah
and Pychy Rajah. He was a warrior Hindu prince and de facto
head of the kingdom of Kottayam, otherwise known as Cotiote,
in Malabar, India, between 1774 and 1805. His struggles with
the British East India Company is known as the Cotiote War. He
is popularly known as Kerala Simham (Lion of Kerala) on
account of his martial exploits.
 Puli Thevar

Puli Thevar was a Tamil Polygar who ruled Nerkattumseval,

situated in the Sankarankoil taluk, Tenkasi,formerly Tirunelveli
Tamil Nadu. He is notable fighting against East India Company
at 1759 - 1761 in India. Ondiveeran and Venni Kaladi were the
generals of Thevar's army, to fight against the East India
company. He is known for the Polygars revolt against the
British. He maintained a good relationship with the Kingdom of
Travancore but later the allegiance was broken by one Yusuf
Khan.
 Surendranath Banerjee

Sir Surendranath Banerjee often known as Rashtraguru (10 November

1848 – 6 August 1925) was Indian nationalist leader during the
British Rule. He founded a nationalist organization called the Indian
National Association and was one of the founding members of the
Indian National Congress. Surendranath supported Montagu–
Chelmsford Reforms, unlike Congress, and with many liberal leaders
he left Congress and founded a new organisation named Indian
National Liberation Federation in 1919.
 Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Gopal Krishna Gokhale (9 May 1866 – 19 February 1915) was

an Indian 'moderate' political leader and a social reformer during
the Indian independence movement. Gokhale was a senior
leader of the Indian National Congress and the founder of the
Servants of India Society. Through the Society as well as the
Congress and other legislative bodies he served in, Gokhale
campaigned for Indian self-rule and for social reforms. He was
the leader of the moderate faction of the Congress party that
advocated reforms by working with existing government
institutions, and a major member of the Poona Association or
the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha.
 Khudiram Bose

Khudiram Bose (3 December 1889 – 11 August 1908) was an

Indian revolutionary from Bengal Presidency who opposed
British rule of India. For his role in the Muzaffarpur Conspiracy
Case, along with Prafulla Chaki, he was sentenced to death and
subsequently executed, making him one of the youngest martyrs
of the Indian Independence Movement.
 Prafulla Chandra Chaki

Prafulla Chandra Chaki (alias Dinesh Chandra Roy) (10

December 1888 – 1 May 1908) was an Indian revolutionary
associated with the Jugantar group of revolutionaries who
carried out assassinations against British colonial officials in an
attempt to secure Indian independence.
 Bhupendranath Datta

Bhupendranath Datta (4 September 1880 – 25 December 1961)

was an Indian revolutionary and later a noted sociologist and
anthropologist. He associated Rishi Aurobindo in his political
works. In his youth, he was closely associated with the Jugantar
movement, serving as the editor of Jugantar Patrika till his
arrest and imprisonment in 1907. In his later revolutionary
career, he was privy to the Indo-German Conspiracy. His elder
brother was Swami Vivekananda.
 Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5

December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yoga guru,
maharishi, poet, and Indian nationalist. He was also a journalist,
editing newspapers such as Vande Mataram. He joined the
Indian movement for independence from British colonial rule,
until 1910 was one of its influential leaders, and then became a
spiritual reformer, introducing his visions on human progress
and spiritual evolution.
 Barindra Kumar Ghosh

Barindra Kumar Ghosh or Barindra Ghosh, or, popularly, Barin

Ghosh (5 January 1880 – 18 April 1959) was an Indian
revolutionary and journalist. He was one of the founding
members of Jugantar Bengali weekly, a revolutionary outfit in
Bengal. Barindra Ghosh was a younger brother of Sri
Aurobindo.
 Bagha Jatin

Bagha Jatin or Baghajatin (born Jatindranath Mukherjee 7 December

1879 – 10 September 1915), was an Indian independence activist. He
was the principal leader of the Jugantar party that was the central
association of revolutionary independence activists in Bengal.
 Basanta Kumar Biswas

Basanta Kumar Biswas (6 February 1895 – 11 May 1915) was an

Indian pro-independence activist involved in the Jugantar group who,
in December 1912, played a role in the bombing of the Viceroy's
parade in what came to be known as the Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy.

Biswas was one of the illustrious names of the early pro-

independence activists of Bengal and the entire country. He was
expert in bomb making and was initiated into revolutionary
movement by Jugantar leaders Amarendranath Chattopadhyaya and
Rash Behari Bose.
 Rash Behari Bose

Rash Behari Bose ( 25 May 1886 – 21 January 1945) was an Indian

revolutionary leader against the British Raj. He was one of the key
organisers of the Ghadar Mutiny and founded the First Indian
National Army during World War 2 based on militarization policy of
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. He founded the Japanese branch of the
Hindu Mahasabha in 1938 The Indian National Army(INA) was
formed in 1942 under Rash Behari Bose which he later handed over
as the Indian National Army to Subhas Chandra Bose. Rash Behari
Bose remained the Supreme Advisor of INA led by Subhash Chandra
Bose.
 Rajendra Prasad

Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an

Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist,
journalist & scholar who served as the first president of
Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian
National Congress during the Indian Independence Movement
and became a major leader from the region of Bihar and
Maharashtra. Prasad was imprisoned by British authorities
during the Salt Satyagraha of 1931 and the Quit India movement
of 1942. After the constituent assembly 1946 elections, Prasad
served as Minister of Food and Agriculture in the central
government.
 Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Abdul Ghaffar Khan (6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), also

known as Bacha Khan (or Badshah Khan and honourably addressed
as Fakhr-e-Afghan, was a Pashtun, Indian freedom
fighterindependence activist, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar
resistance movement against British colonial rule in India. He was a
political and spiritual leader known for his nonviolent opposition and
lifelong pacifism; he was a devout Muslim and an advocate for
Hindu–Muslim unity in the Indian subcontinent. Due to his similar
ideologies and close friendship with Mahatma Gandhi, Khan was
nicknamed Sarhadi Gandhi (the Frontier Gandhi).
 Shivaram Rajguru

Shivaram Hari Rajguru (24 August 1908 – 23 March 1931) was

an Indian revolutionary from Maharashtra (then Bombay State),
known mainly for his involvement in the assassination of a
British police officer named John Saunders. He was an active
member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
(HSRA) and on 23 March 1931, he was hanged by the British
government along with his associates Bhagat Singh and
Sukhdev Thapar.
 V. V. S. Aiyar

Varahaneri Venkatesa Subramaniam Aiyar (2 April 1881 – 3

June 1925), also known as V. V. S. Aiyar, was an Indian
revolutionary from Tamil Nadu who fought against British
colonial rule in India. His contemporaries include Subramanya
Bharathi and V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, who subscribed to
militant forms of resistance against the British colonial
government. He went into exile in Pondicherry, then under
French rule, when his militant activities attracted a warrant for
his arrest from the British colonial government.
 Shyamji Krishna Varma

Shyamji Krishna Varma (4 October 1857 – 30 March 1930) was an

Indian revolutionary fighter, an Indian patriot, lawyer and journalist
who founded the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and The
Indian Sociologist in London. A graduate of Balliol College, Krishna
Varma was a noted scholar in Sanskrit and other Indian languages. He
pursued a brief legal career in India and served as the Divan of a
number of Indian princely states in India. He had, however,
differences with Crown authority, was dismissed following a
supposed conspiracy of British colonial officials at Junagadh and
chose to return to England. An admirer of Dayanand Saraswati's
approach of cultural nationalism, and of Herbert Spencer, Krishna
Varma believed in Spencer's dictum: "Resistance to aggression is not
simply justified, but imperative"
 Madan Lal Dhingra

Madan Lal Dhingra (18 February 1883 — 17 August 1909) was

an Indian revolutionary, pro-independence activist. While
studying in England, he assassinated William Hutt Curzon
Wyllie, a British official.
 Chempakaraman Pillai

Chempakaraman Pillai, alias Venkidi, (15 September 1891 – 26 May

1934) was an Indian-born political activist and revolutionary. Born in
Thiruvananthapuram, he left for Europe as a youth, where he spent
the rest of his active life as an Indian nationalist and revolutionary.
 Akkamma Cherian

Akkamma Cherian was an Indian independence activist from

Travancore (Kerala), India. She was popularly known as the Jhansi
Rani of Travancore. In February 1938, the Travancore State Congress
was formed and Akkamma gave up her teaching career to join the
struggle for liberty.\
 Surya Sen

Surya Sen, also called Surya Kumar Sen (22 March 1894 – 12
January 1934), was an Indian revolutionary who was influential in the
Indian independence movement against British rule in India and is
best known for leading the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid.
 Jatindra Nath Das

Jatindra Nath Das (27 October 1904 – 13 September 1929), better

known as Jatin Das, was an Indian independence activist and
revolutionary who worked to make India independent from the British
Raj and was a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican
Association. He died in the Lahore Central Jail after a 63-day hunger
strike.
 Bhikaiji Cama

Bhikaiji Rustom Cama (24 September 1861 – 13 August 1936) or

simply as, Madam Cama, was one of the prominent figures in the
Indian independence movement.

Bhikaiji Cama was born in Calcutta in a large, affluent Parsi

Zoroastrian family. Her parents, Sorabji Framji Patel and Jaijibai
Sorabji Patel, were well known in the city, where her father Sorabji—
a lawyer by training and a merchant by profession—was an influential
member of the Parsi community.
 Bhagwati Charan Vohra

Bhagwati Charan Vohra (15 November 1903 – 28 May 1930) was an

Indian marxist revolutionary, associated with Hindustan Socialist
Republican Association. He was an ideologue, organiser, orator and a
campaigner.
 Roshan Singh

Thakur Roshan Singh (22 January 1892 — 19 December 1927) was

an Indian revolutionary, born in the village of Nabada in
Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh in A katheriya Rajput family,
who was sentenced in the Bareilly shooting case during the Non
Cooperation Movement of 1921–22. After release from Bareilly
Central Jail, he joined the Hindustan Republican Association in 1924.
Although he had not taken part in the Kakori conspiracy of August
1925, he was arrested and tried in January 1926 by the then British
Government, for a murder carried out during the Bamrauli dacoity in
December 1924. He was sentenced to death, along with Ram Prasad
Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan and Rajendra Lahiri. He was executed at
Malaka/Naini Jail in the Allahabad district.
 Lakshmi Sahgal

Lakshmi Sahgal (born Lakshmi Swaminathan; 24 October 1914 – 23

July 2012) was a revolutionary of the Indian independence
movement, an officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister
of Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind government. Lakshmi is
commonly referred to in India as Captain Lakshmi, a reference to her
rank when taken prisoner in Burma during the Second World War.
 Alluri Sitarama Raju

Alluri Sitarama Raju (4 July 1897 or 1898 – 7 May 1924) was an

Indian revolutionary who waged an armed campaign against British
colonial rule in India. Born in present-day Andhra Pradesh, he
became involved in opposing the British in response to the 1882
Madras Forest Act, which effectively restricted the free movement of
Adivasis (tribal communities) in their forest habitats and prevented
them from practicing a traditional form of agriculture known as podu.
Rising discontent towards the British led to the Rampa Rebellion of
1922, in which he played a major part as a leader. Mustering a force
combined of Adivasis, farmers and sympathizers to their cause, he
engaged in guerilla campaigns against the British colonial authorities.
 Komaram Bheem

Komaram Bheem (1900/1901–1940), alternatively Kumram Bheem,

was a revolutionary leader in Hyderabad State of British India from
the Gond tribes. Bheem in association with other Gond leaders led a
protracted low intensity rebellion against the feudal Nizams of
Hyderabad in the eastern part of the princely state during the 1930s
which contributed in the culmination of the Telangana Rebellion of
1946.
 Sachindra Nath Sanyal

Sachindra Nath Sanyal (3 April 1890 — 7 February 1942) was an

Indian revolutionary and co-founder of the Hindustan Republican
Army (HRA, which after 1928 became the Hindustan Socialist
Republican Association) that was created to carry out armed
resistance against the British Empire in India. He was a mentor for
revolutionaries like Chandra Shekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh.
 Pandurang Mahadev Bapat

Pandurang Mahadev Bapat (12 November 1880 – 28 November

1967), popularly known as Senapati Bapat, was a figure in the Indian
independence movement. He acquired the title of Senapati, meaning
commander, as a consequence of his leadership during the Mulshi
satyagraha. In 1977, the Indian government issued a postage stamp to
commemorate him.
 K. B. Hedgewar

Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (1 April 1889 – 21 June 1940), also

known by his moniker Doctorji, was an Indian physician and the
founding Sarsanghachalak (or "Chief") of the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Hedgewar founded the RSS in Nagpur
in 1925, based on the ideology of Hindutva with the intention of
creating a Hindu Rashtra. He studied at Neel City High School in
Nagpur, from where he was expelled singing "Vande Mataram" in
violation of the circular issued by the then British colonial
government
 Anugrah Narayan Sinha

Anugrah Narayan Sinha (18 June 1887 – 5 July 1957), known as

Bihar Vibhuti, was an Indian nationalist statesman, participant in
Champaran Satyagraha, Gandhian & one of the architects of modern
Bihar, who was the first Deputy Chief Minister and the Finance
Minister of the Indian state of Bihar (1946–1957). He was also a
Member of the Constituent Assembly of India, which was elected to
write the Constitution of India and served in its first Parliament as an
independent nation.
 Amrit Kaur

Dame Rajkumari Bibiji Amrit Kaur (2 February 1887 – 6 February

1964) was an Indian activist and politician. Following her long-lasting
association with the Indian independence movement, she was
appointed the first Health Minister of India in 1947 and remained in
office until 1957. During her tenure, Kaur ushered in several
healthcare reforms in India and is widely remembered for her
contributions to the sector and her advocacy of women's rights. Kaur
was also a member of the Constituent Assembly of India, the body
that framed the Constitution of India.
 Udham Singh

Udham Singh (born Sher Singh; 26 December 1899 — 31 July 1940)

was an Indian revolutionary belonging to Ghadar Party, best known
for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of
the Punjab in India, on 13 March 1940. The assassination was done in
revenge for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar in 1919, for
which O'Dwyer was responsible. Singh was subsequently tried and
convicted of murder and hanged in July 1940.
 Anant Laxman Kanhere

Anant Laxman Kanhere was an Indian independence fighter. He was

born in a Brahmin family. On 21 December 1909, he shot the
Collector of Nashik in British India. The murder of Jackson was an
important event in the history of Nashik and the Indian revolutionary
movement in Maharashtra.
 Madan Lal Dhingra

Madan Lal Dhingra (18 February 1883 — 17 August 1909) was an

Indian revolutionary, pro-independence activist. While studying in
England, he assassinated William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, a British
official.
 Har Dayal

Lala Har Dayal Mathur (14 October 1884 – 4 March 1939) was an
Indian nationalist revolutionary and freedom fighter. He was a
polymath who turned down a career in the Indian Civil Service. His
simple living and intellectual acumen inspired many expatriate
Indians living in Canada and the U.S. in their campaign against
British rule in India during the First World War.
 Batukeshwar Dutt

Batukeshwar Dutt (18 November 1910 – 20 July 1965) was an Indian

socialist revolutionary and independence fighter in the early 1900s.
He is best known for having exploded two bombs, along with Bhagat
Singh, in the Central Legislative Assembly in New Delhi on 8 April
1929. After they were arrested, tried and imprisoned for life, he and
Singh initiated a historic hunger strike protesting against the abusive
treatment of Indian political prisoners, and eventually secured some
rights for them. He was also a member of the Hindustan Socialist
Republican Association.
 Subramania Bharati

Subramania Bharathiyar (11 December 1882 – 11 September

1921) was a Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence
activist, social reformer and polyglot. Popularly known as
"Mahakavi Bharathi" ("Great Poet Bharathi"), he was a pioneer
of modern Tamil poetry and is considered one of the greatest
Tamil literary figures of all time. His numerous works included
fiery songs kindling patriotism during the Indian Independence
movement. He fought for the emancipation of women, against
child marriage, vehemently opposed the caste system, and stood
for reforming society and religion. He was also in solidarity
with Dalits and Muslims.
 Hemchandra Kanungo

Hemchandra Das Kanungo (12 June 1871 – 8 April 1951) was an

Indian nationalist and a member of the Anushilan Samiti. Kanungo
travelled to Paris in 1907, where he learnt the technique of assembling
picric acid bombs from exiled Russian revolutionaries. Kanungo's
knowledge was disseminated throughout Indian nationalist
organisations in the Raj and abroad. In 1908, Kanungo was one of the
principal co-accused with Aurobindo Ghosh in the Alipore Bomb
Case (1908–09). He was sentenced to transportation for life in the
Andamans, but was released in 1921.