List of Indian independence activists
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This is a listing of people 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.
Activists
Name | Birth | Death | Activity | Source | |
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Uddesh | 1715 | 1767 | Puli Thevar is considered the first Indian to rebel against the British rule. He fought between the 1750s and late 1760s. | ||
Aayush | 1748 | 1801 | First to issue a proclamation of independence from the colonial British rule in act | ||
Nakul | 1915 | 1920 | First leader of the Indian Independence Movement | ||
Pranshoo | 1872 | 1936 | Wrote many fiery songs kindling patriotism and nationalism during Indian Independence movement | ||
Punit | 1882 | 1921 | First leader of the Indian Independence Movement | ||
Rathi | 1889 | 1908 | The Muzaffarpur killing, One of the youngest revolutionaries in the India. At the time of his hanging, he was 18 years, 8 months 8 days old | ||
Chandra Shekhar Azad | 1906 | 1931 | Kakori conspiracy | ||
Chittaranjan Das | 1869 | 1925 | founder of Swaraj party in Bengal, leader in Non-cooperation Movement from Bengal | ||
Ram Prasad Bismil | 1897 | 1927 | Kakori conspiracy | ||
Rushil | 1907 | 1931 | Central Assembly Bomb Case 1929 | ||
Udham Singh | 1899 | 1940 | Shooting in Caxton Hall | ||
Hemu Kalani | 1923 | 1943 | Sabotage of 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 | ||
Anant Laxman Kanhere | 1891 | 1910 | Shooting of British officer Jackson | ||
Krishnaji Gopal Karve | 1887 | 1910 | Shooting of British officer Jackson | ||
Ganesh Damodar Savarkar | 1879 | 1945 | Armed movement against the British | ||
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar | 1883 | 1966 | Father of Hindu Nationalism Was jailed at Cellular Jail in 1911 | ||
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 | Murder of a British police officer J. P. Saunders | ||
Roshan Singh | 1892 | 1927 | Kakori conspiracy, Bamrauli Action | ||
Pritilata Waddedar | 1911 | 1932 | Pahartali European Club attack | ||
Jatindra Nath Das | 1904 | 1929 | Hunger strike and Lahore conspiracy case | ||
Durgawati Devi | 1907 | 1999 | Running the bomb factory 'Himalayan Toilets' | ||
Bhagwati Charan Vohra | 1904 | 1930 | 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 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 | ||
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 | Indian Independence Movement, also part of the Chittagong armoury raid planning | ||
Kartar Singh Sarabha | 1896 | 1915 | Most famous accused in the Lahore conspiracy trial | ||
Shyamji Krishna Varma | 1857 | 1930 | Founded the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and The Indian Sociologist in London. | ||
Subhas Chandra Bose | 1897 | 1945 | Founder of the Indian National Army. Subhas Chandra Bose should be excluded from this list....He is Nation's Hero, not just a freedom fighter | ||
Binod Bihari Chowdhury | 1911 | 2013 | Chittagong armoury raid | ||
Bhupendranath Datta | 1880 | 1861 | 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 | ||
Begum Hazrat Mahal | 1820 | 1879 | Indian Rebellion of 1857 | ||
Bakht Khan | 1797 | 1859 | Indian Rebellion of 1857 | ||
Maulvi Liaquat Ali | 1812 | 1892 | Captured Khusro Bagh in Allahabad and declared "independence" of India | ||
Asaf Ali | 1888 | 1953 | Indian national movement | ||
Mangal Pandey | 1827 | 1857 | Indian Rebellion of 1857 | ||
Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy | 1810 | 1847 | one of the first revolts in India against British occupation with 2000 soldiers | ||
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | 1869 | 1948 | 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. He is also known The Father of The Nation | ||
Chetram Jatav | Unknown | Indian Rebellion of 1857 | |||
Jawahar Lal Nehru | 1889 | 1964 | first prime minister of india, a paramount leader of indian independence under the tuteage of M.K.Gandhi | ||
Khudiram Bose | First martyr of Indian freedom struggle, was hanged by the British. |
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