List of Indian independence activists
This is a list of individuals who campaigned against or are considered to have campaigned against colonial rule on the Indian sub-continent.
The Indian independence movement consisted of efforts by individuals and organizations from a wide spectrum of philosophies to obtain political independence from British, French and Portuguese rule through the use of a variety of methods.
Post-independence, "freedom fighter" is an officially recognized category by the Indian government covering those who took part in the movement; people in this category (can also include dependent family members)[1] receive pensions and other benefits such as special railway counters.[2]
List of Indian freedom fighters
Name | Birth | Death | Activity |
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Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone | 1728 | 1757 | He was defeated by the British with the help of Maruthanayagam's forces in 1757[3][4] He was the Indian's first freedom fighters.[5] |
Puli Thevar | 1715 | 1767 | Ruled Nerkattumsevval in Tirunelveli. Defeated the British and the Nawab of Arcot's forces and executed in 1767.[3] He was the second known Indian "Freedom Fighter". |
Velu Nachiyar | 1730 | 1796 | She was the first queen to fight against the British colonial power in India.[3][6] Her commander Kuyili was the first female suicide bomber.[6][7][8][9][10] |
Maruthu Pandiyar | 1748 | 1801 | Were proficient in aerodynamics and invented many variants of spears and Valari.[3] Were the first to issue a proclamation against the British.[11] |
Dheeran Chinnamalai | 1756 | 1805 | Engaged in guerrilla warfare and defeated the British in battles at Cauvery in 1801, Odanilai in 1802, and Arachalur in 1804. He was betrayed by his cook Nallapan and was captured by the British sepoys in 1805. He was hanged at Sankagiri Fort along with his two brothers on 31 July 1805 on the day of Aadi Perukku. |
Jayi Rajaguru | 1739 | 1806 | A prominent figure of the Indian independence movement in the state of Odisha. |
Pazhassi Raja | 1753 | 1805 | Used guerrilla warfare to fight the British in the Cotiote War (Kottayathu war) across a span of thirteen years from 1793 to 1806 to preserve the independence and unity of his kingdom. He was killed in 1805 in a gunfight at Mavila Thodu in the present-day Kerala-Karnataka border. |
Veerapandiya Kattabomman | 1760 | 1799 | Refused to accept the sovereignty of the British East India Company, Waged a war against the British.[3] |
Babu Kunwar Singh | 1777 | 1858 | A Rajput military commander in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. |
Kittur Chennamma | 1778 | 1829 | Was an Indian freedom fighter and Rani of the Kittur, a former princely state in Karnataka. 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, but was defeated in the third war and died imprisoned. |
Titumir | 1782 | 1831 | Was a freedom fighter who led a campaign against British rule in India during the 19th century. He eventually built a bamboo fort (Basher Kella in Bengali) in Narikelberia village, which passed into Bengali folk legend. After the storming of the fort by British soldiers, Titumir died of his wounds on 19 November 1831. |
Sangolli Rayanna | 1798 | 1831 | Was an Indian military chief officer from Karnataka. He was the army chief of the Kingdom of Kittur, ruled at the time by Rani Chennamma, and fought the British East India Company until his death. |
Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy | 1805 | 1847 | Led an uprising in Andhra Pradesh in 1846. He was executed by the British by hanging.[12] |
Ahmadullah Shah | 1787 | 1857 | Leader of various battles including the Battle of Chinhat, the Siege of Lucknow, the Capture of Lucknow, and the Chapati Movement. |
Mangal Pandey | 1827 | 1857 | Early martyr of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He was a soldier of the British Indian army, but rebelled against his commanders. He was executed on 8 April 1857 in Barrackpore. |
Dhan Singh Gurjar | 1820 | 1857 | Dhan Singh Gurjar, also known as Dhunna Singh, was the Indian kotwal (police chief) of Meerut, who participated in the 1857 rebellion and led initial actions against the British East India Company in Meerut. |
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai | 1872 | 1936 | Launched the first indigenous Indian shipping service between Tuticorin and Colombo with the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, competing against British ships.[13] |
Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar | 1908 | 1963 | Arrested and jailed in Tamil Nadu by the British. Close Aid of Subhas Chandra Bose. |
Seth Harchandrai Vishandas | 1862 | 1928 | Sindhi politician and influential mayor of Karachi who fought for Muslim-Hindu unity and the Indian independence movement, particularly in opposing the Simon Commission of 1912, its boycott vote during which he died. |
Vallabhbhai Patel | 1875 | 1950 | Founding father of the Republic of India who played a leading role in the country's struggle towards independence and integration of united India. |
B. R. Ambedkar | 1891 | 1956 | Founding father of the Republic of India and the architect of the Indian Constitution. |
Subramania Bharati | 1882 | 1921 | Wrote many patriotic and nationalistic songs during the Indian independence movement. |
Alluri Sitarama Raju | 1897 | 1924 | Leader of the Rampa Rebellion of 1922. |
Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi | 1888 | 1963 | Founder of the Khaksar Movement in British India. |
Bhagat Singh | 1907 | 1931 | Worked with several revolutionary organisations and became prominent in the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA). |
Aruna Asaf Ali | 1909 | 1996 | Widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement, 1942. |
Shambhu Dutt Sharma | 1918 | 2016 | Joined the Quit India Movement in 1942. Hon. General Secretary of GSB (Gandhian Satyagraha Brigade). Founder of Transparency International India. Sharma's team was known as Gandhian Seva Brigade. |
Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu | 1872 | 1957 | An Indian politician and freedom fighter, chief minister of the Madras Presidency, and first chief minister of the new Andhra State, created by the partition of Madras State along linguistic lines. He was also known as Andhra Kesari (Lion of Andhra). The Andhra Pradesh government declared his birth anniversary a state festival. |
Swami Shraddhanand | 1856 | 1926 | Started a protest in front of a posse of Gurkha soldiers at the Clock Tower in Chandni Chowk, then was allowed to proceed.[14] |
Khudiram Bose | 1889 | 1908 | Planted bombs near British government officials and police stations. Due to his activities against the British, he was arrested and hanged. At the time of his hanging, he was 18 years, 8 months 8 days old, making him one of the youngest revolutionaries in India. |
Chandra Shekhar Azad | 1906 | 1931 | An Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) after the death of its founder, Ram Prasad Bismil, and three other prominent party leaders, Roshan Singh, Rajendra Nath Lahiri and Ashfaqulla Khan. |
Chittaranjan Das | 1869 | 1925 | Founded the Swaraj party in Bengal, and became the leader of the Non-cooperation Movement in Bengal. |
Komaram Bheem | 1901 | 1940 | A tribal leader who fought for the liberation of Hyderabad. |
Ram Prasad Bismil | 1897 | 1927 | Kakori conspiracy |
Udham Singh | 1899 | 1940 | Involved in the Caxton Hall shooting. |
Hemu Kalani | 1923 | 1943 | Involved in a sabotage of a railway track. |
Ashfaqulla Khan | 1900 | 1927 | Kakori conspiracy |
Sachindra Bakshi | 1904 | 1984 | Kakori conspiracy |
Manmath Nath Gupta | 1908 | 2000 | Kakori conspiracy |
Vasudev Balwant Phadke | 1845 | 1883 | Deccan Rebellion |
Matangini Hazra | 1870 | 1942 | Active member of the Quit India Movement, shot dead by British at the age of 71. |
Anant Laxman Kanhere | 1891 | 1910 | Shooting of British officer Jackson. |
Vanchinathan | 1886 | 1911 | Shooting of British Collector/District Magistrate Robert Ashe. |
Krishnaji Gopal Karve | 1887 | 1910 | Shooting of British officer Jackson. |
Bagha Jatin | 1879 | 1915 | The Howrah-Sibpur conspiracy case, Indo-German Conspiracy. |
Batukeshwar Dutt | 1910 | 1965 | Central Assembly Bomb Case 1929. |
Sukhdev Thapar | 1907 | 1931 | Central Assembly Bomb Case 1929 |
Shivaram Rajguru | 1908 | 1931 | Associate of Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev Thapar in the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. Involved in the assassination of a British police officer J. P. Saunders. |
Roshan Singh | 1892 | 1927 | Kakori conspiracy, Bamrauli Action |
Prabhavati Devi | 1906 | 1973 | Gandhian leader. Wife of activist Jayaprakash Narayan. |
Pritilata Waddedar | 1911 | 1932 | Pahartali European Club attack |
Jatindra Nath Das | 1904 | 1929 | Hunger strike and Lahore Conspiracy Case |
Durgawati Devi | 1907 | 1999 | Involved in running a bomb factory. |
Bhagwati Charan Vohra | 1904 | 1930 | Known for Philosophy of the Bomb |
Madan Lal Dhingra | 1883 | 1909 | Assassination of Curzon Wyllie. |
Alluri Sitarama Raju | 1897 | 1924 | Rampa Rebellion of 1922 |
Kushal Konwar | 1905 | 1943 | Train sabotage at Sarupathar. |
Surya Sen | 1894 | 1934 | President of Indian National Congress Chittagong Branch, mastermind of Chittagong armoury raid. |
Ananta Singh | 1903 | 1979 | Chittagong armoury raid |
Ganesh Ghosh | 1900 | 1994 | Chittagong armoury raid |
Sri Aurobindo | 1872 | 1950 | Alipore bomb case |
Rash Behari Bose | 1886 | 1945 | Indian National Army |
Ubaidullah Sindhi | 1872 | 1944 | Silk Letter Conspiracy |
Lokenath Bal | 1908 | 1964 | Chittagong armoury raid |
Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee | 1895 | 1969 | Kakori conspiracy |
Baikuntha Shukla | 1907 | 1934 | Assassination of Phanindra Nath Ghosh, a British government approver. |
Ambika Chakrabarty | 1892 | 1962 | Chittagong armoury raid |
Badal Gupta | 1912 | 1930 | Attack at Writers' Building |
Dinesh Gupta | 1911 | 1931 | Attack at Writers Building |
Benoy Basu | 1908 | 1930 | Attack at Writers Building |
Rajendra Lahiri | 1901 | 1927 | Kakori conspiracy |
Barindra Kumar Ghosh | 1880 | 1959 | Alipore bomb case |
Prafulla Chaki | 1888 | 1908 | The Muzaffarpur killing. |
Ullaskar Dutta | 1885 | 1965 | Alipore bomb case |
Bhupendra Kumar Datta | 1892 | 1979 | Member of Anushilan Samiti. |
Ramesh Chandra Jha | 1925 | 1994 | Sugauli police station robbery. |
Hemchandra Kanungo | 1871 | 1951 | Alipore bomb case |
Surendranath Tagore | 1872 | 1940 | Involved in the Swadeshi movement in Bengal, in opposition to the 1905 partition of Bengal. |
Basawon Singh (Sinha) | 1909 | 1989 | Lahore conspiracy case |
Bhavabhushan Mitra | 1881 | 1970 | Ghadar Mutiny |
Bina Das | 1911 | 1986 | Attempted to assassinate the Bengal Governor Stanley Jackson. |
Kalpana Datta | 1913 | 1995 | Involved in the Indian Independence Movement; also part of the Chittagong armoury raid planning. |
Kartar Singh Sarabha | 1896 | 1915 | Most famously accused in the Lahore Conspiracy trial. |
Shyamji Krishna Varma | 1857 | 1930 | Founded the Indian Home Rule Society, the India House and The Indian Sociologist in London. |
Subhas Chandra Bose | 1897 | 1945 | Founded the Indian Legion and revamped the Indian National Army. |
Binod Bihari Chowdhury | 1911 | 2013 | Chittagong armoury raid |
Bhupendranath Datta | 1880 | 1961 | Indo-German Conspiracy, member of Anushilan Samiti. |
Amarendranath Chatterjee | 1880 | 1957 | Indo-German Conspiracy |
Atulkrishna Ghosh | 1890 | 1966 | Indo-German Conspiracy |
Subodh Roy | 1916 | 2006 | Chittagong armoury raid, Tebhaga movement |
Maulvi Liaquat Ali | 1812 | 1892 | Captured Khusro Bagh in Allahabad and declared the "independence" of India. |
Asaf Ali | 1888 | 1953 | Indian national movement |
Rani of Jhansi | 19 November 1828, Varanasi | 18 June 1858, Gwalior | One of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Became a symbol of resistance to the British Raj for the Indian nationalists. |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | 1869 | 1948 | Father of the Nation, was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. |
Goverdhan Lal Arya | 1922 | 2005 | Prominent Indian independence activists from the central province Inspired by the Arya Samaj. He led many trade unions and Mills strikes against Britishers. |
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | 1875 | 1950 | Popularly known as Sardar Patel, was an Indian politician. He served as the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was an Indian barrister, a senior leader of the Indian National Congress, and a founding father of the Republic of India. Played a leading role in the country's struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation. |
Jawahar Lal Nehru | 1889 | 1964 | Founding father of India, an Indian independence activist, and subsequently, the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after Independence. |
S. Satyamurti | 1887 | 1943 | Mayor of Madras, President of the Madras District Congress Party Committee, Advocate of the High Court of Madras, Senior Advocate of the Federal Court of India, Deputy leader of the Congress party, and Member of the Indian Legislative Assembly.[15] |
Shaukat Ali | 1873 | 1938 | Played a role in the freedom movement of India against the British Imperialism along with his brother "Mohammad Ali" and their mother "Bi Amman". These freedom fighters were champions of Hindu–Muslim unity who endorsed the Hindus and the Muslims to fight together in the struggle for India‘s independence. They were arrested and imprisoned from 1921 to 1923 for their support of Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress during the Non-Cooperation Movement (1919–1922).[16] |
Sushila Chain Trehan | 1923 | 2011 | Leading member of Arya Samaj who fought for women's rights. |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak | 1856 | 1920 | One of the first and strongest advocates of Swaraj ("self-rule") and a strong radical of Indian consciousness. |
Bipin Chandra Pal | 1858 | 1932 | Member of Swaraj. |
Lala Lajpat Rai | 1865 | 1928 | Member of Swaraj. |
Alekh Patra | 1923 | 1999 | Member of Congress, sarvodaya, who participated in the freedom movement at the age of 18. |
Accamma Cherian | 1909 | 1982 | Popularly known as the Jhansi Rani of Travancore. |
Rosamma Punnoose | 1913 | 2013 | Indian independence activist, politician and lawyer. |
Annie Mascarene | 1902 | 1963 | Indian freedom fighter and Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. |
Titusji | 1905 | 1980 | One of the 78 marchers selected by Mahatma Gandhi to take part in the 1930 Dandi March. |
George Joseph (Kerala) | 1887 | 1938 | A lawyer and Indian independence activist. One of the earliest and among the most prominent Syrian Christians from Kerala to join the freedom struggle. |
T. V. Thomas | 1910 | 1977 | One of the first generation trade union leaders in Kerala and was actively involved in the Indian independence movement. |
Madhusudan Das | 1848 | 1934 | A well-known leader from the Christian community in Odisha, popularly known as "Utkal Gourab". He was the first graduate and advocate of Odisha. |
Kali Charan Banerjee | 1847 | 1907 | A talented orator and representative of the Bengali Christian community. He joined the Indian National Congress in 1885 and regularly addressed the Congress's annual sessions in moulding the policy of national movement. |
Bhagat Singh | 28 September 1907 | 23 March 1931 | An Indian socialist revolutionary whose two acts of dramatic violence against the British in India and execution at age 23 made him a folk hero of the Indian independence movement. |
Sukhdev Thapar | 15 May 1907 | 23 March 1931 | An Indian revolutionary. A senior member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, he participated in several actions alongside Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru, and was hanged by the British authorities on 23 March 1931. |
Shivaram Rajguru | 24 August 1908 | 23 March 1931 | An Indian revolutionary from Maharashtra, known mainly for his involvement in the assassination of a British Raj police officer. He also fought for the independence of India. |
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee | 27 June 1838 | 8 April 1894 | Indian novelist from Naihati, Kolkata, poet and journalist. He was the composer of Vande Mataram, originally in Sanskrit stotra personifying India as a mother goddess and inspiring activists during the Indian Independence Movement. |
Kazi Nazrul Islam| | 25 May 1899 | 29 August 1976 | Indian Novelist and Poet from Churulia.
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