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.

Quit India Movement :-

Historic Date : 09 August,1942

Katra Neel, Chandni Chowk,

Delhi

Chandni Chowk,

Delhi

On 09 August, 1942 protest was made at historic place outside Katra Neel, Chandni Chowk, Delhi by Sh. Nanak Chand Mishra S/o. Sh. Hanuman Parshad Mishra along with his associates.

During the course of firing, Sh. Nanak Chand Mishra sustained "Bullet Injuries".

On 15 August, 1972, Hon'ble Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi honoured Sh. Nanak Chand Mishra with "Tamrapatra" being Freedom Fighter.

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 recognised category by the Indian government covering those who took part in the movement; people in this category (can also include dependant family members)[1] get pensions and other benefits like special railway counters.[2]

Activists

NameBirthDeathActivity
Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone17101759was an early freedom fighter against the British presence in South India. He was born in Kattalankulam village in Tirunelveli district. He became a military leader in the town of Ettayapuram,and was defeated in battle there against the British forces and executed in 1759.
Siraj ud-Daulah17331757Fought against British troops on Battle of Plassey in 1757. He was the last independent Nawab of Bengal under Indian Mughal Empire. The end of his reign marked the start of British East India Company rule over Bengal, later India with almost all of the Indian subcontinent.
Tirot Sing18021835Fought against British attempt to take over the Khasi Hills.
Maruthanayagam17251764Fought with British troops on Madurai Fort in 1764.
Puli Thevar17151767Involved in a vendetta with the Nawab of Arcot who was supported by the British. Later rebelled against the British in the late 1750s and early 1760s.
Rani Velu Nachiyar 17301796Was a queen of Sivaganga estate from c. 1780–1790. She was the first queen to fight against the British and won the war and retained the land from the British in 1757. Moreover, she pardoned the British general and made him to run to save his life.
Veerapandiya Kattabomman 1760179918th-century Palayakarrar and chieftain from Panchalankurichi in Tamil Nadu. He refused to accept the sovereignty of the British East India Company and waged a war against them. He was captured by the British and was hanged at Kayathar on 16 October 1799.
Maruthu Pandiyar1748 & 17531801First to issue a proclamation of independence from the colonial British rule from Trichy Thiruvarangam Temple, Tamil Nadu.
Dheeran Chinnamalai17561805Dheeran Chinnamalai was one of the main commanders in the Polygar Wars in western Tamilnadu. Chinnamalai engaged in guerrilla warfare and defeated the British in battles at Cauvery in 1801, Odanilai in 1802 and Arachalur in 1804.
Ahmadullah Shah17871857Leader of various battles for freedom like Battle of Chinhat, Siege of Lucknow, Capture of Lucknow, Chapati Movement.
Mangal Pandey18271857Early martyr of Indian rebellion. Pandey was a soldier of the British Indian army, but rebelled against it. He was executed on 8 April 1857 in Barrackpore.
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai18721936He launched the first indigenous Indian shipping service between Tuticorin and Colombo with the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, competing against British ships.
Subramania Bharati18821921Wrote many fiery songs kindling patriotism and nationalism during Indian Independence movement.
Alluri Sitarama Raju18971924Leader of the Rampa Rebellion of 1922–1924.
Bhagat Singh19071931Worked with several revolutionary organisations and became prominent in the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA).
Aruna Asaf Ali19091996She is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement, 1942.
Shambhu Dutt Sharma19182016Joined 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 Prakasam18721957Pantulu was an Indian politician and freedom fighter, chief minister of the Madras Presidency, and subsequently became the 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.
Khudiram Bose18891908Bose 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 Azad19061931Azad ("The Free"), was 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 Das18691925Das founded the Swaraj party in Bengal, became leader in Non-cooperation Movement in Bengal.
Komaram Bheem19011940Bheem was a tribal leader who fought against the Asaf Jahi Dynasty for the liberation of Hyderabad. Komaram Bheem openly fought against the ruling Nizam government in a guerrilla campaign. He defied courts, laws, and any other form of Nizam authority, living off the sustenance of the forest. He took up arms against Nizam Nawab's soldiers, and fought Babi Jhari until his last breath.
Ram Prasad Bismil18971927Kakori conspiracy
Udham Singh18991940Shooting in Caxton Hall.
Hemu Kalani19231943Sabotage of railway track.
Ashfaqulla Khan19001927Kakori conspiracy
Sachindra Bakshi19041984Kakori conspiracy
Manmath Nath Gupta19082000Kakori conspiracy
Vasudev Balwant Phadke18451883Deccan Rebellion
Matangini Hazra18701942Active member of Quit India Movement, shot dead by British at the age of 71.
Anant Laxman Kanhere18911910Shooting of British officer Jackson.
Vanchinathan18861911Shooting of British Collector/District Magistrate Robert William Escourt Ashe.
Krishnaji Gopal Karve18871910Shooting of British officer Jackson.
Ganesh Damodar Savarkar18791945Armed movement against the British.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar18831966Father of Hindu Nationalism, was jailed at Cellular Jail in 1911.
Bagha Jatin18791915The Howrah-Sibpur conspiracy case, Indo-German Conspiracy.
Batukeshwar Dutt19101965Central Assembly Bomb Case 1929.
Sukhdev Thapar19071931Central Assembly Bomb Case 1929
Shivaram Rajguru19081931Murder of a British police officer J. P. Saunders.
Roshan Singh18921927Kakori conspiracy, Bamrauli Action
Pritilata Waddedar19111932Pahartali European Club attack
Jatindra Nath Das19041929Hunger strike and Lahore conspiracy case
Durgawati Devi19071999Running the bomb factory.
Bhagwati Charan Vohra19041930Philosophy of the Bomb
Madan Lal Dhingra18831909Assassination of Curzon Wyllie.
Alluri Sitarama Raju18971924Rampa Rebellion of 1922
Kushal Konwar19051943Train sabotage at Sarupathar.
Surya Sen18941934President of Indian National Congress Chittagong Branch, mastermind of Chittagong armoury raid.
Ananta Singh19031979Chittagong armoury raid
Ganesh Ghosh19001994Chittagong armoury raid
Sri Aurobindo18721950Alipore bomb case
Rash Behari Bose18861945Indian National Army
Ubaidullah Sindhi18721944Silk Letter Conspiracy
Lokenath Bal19081964Chittagong armoury raid
Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee18951969Kakori conspiracy
Baikuntha Shukla19071934Assassination of Phanindra Nath Ghosh, a British government approver.
Ambika Chakrabarty18921962Chittagong armoury raid
Badal Gupta19121930Attack at Writers Building
Dinesh Gupta19111931Attack at Writers Building
Benoy Basu19081930Attack at Writers Building
Rajendra Lahiri19011927Kakori conspiracy
Barindra Kumar Ghosh18801959Alipore bomb case
Prafulla Chaki18881908The Muzaffarpur killing.
Ullaskar Dutta18851965Alipore bomb case
Bhupendra Kumar Datta18921979Member of Anushilan Samiti.
Ramesh Chandra Jha19251994Sugauli police station robbery.
Hemchandra Kanungo18711951Alipore bomb case
Surendranath Tagore18721940Involved in the Swadeshi movement in Bengal, in opposition to the 1905 partition of Bengal.
Basawon Singh (Sinha)19091989Lahore conspiracy case
Bhavabhushan Mitra18811970Ghadar Mutiny
Bina Das19111986Attempted to assassinate the Bengal Governor Stanley Jackson.
Kalpana Datta19131995Indian Independence Movement, also part of the Chittagong armoury raid planning.
Kartar Singh Sarabha18961915Most famous accused in the Lahore conspiracy trial.
Shyamji Krishna Varma18571930Founded the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and "The Indian Sociologist" in London.
Subhas Chandra Bose18971945Founded the Indian Legion and revamped the Indian National Army.
Binod Bihari Chowdhury19112013Chittagong armoury raid
Bhupendranath Datta18801961Indo-German Conspiracy, member of Anushilan Samiti.
Amarendranath Chatterjee18801957Indo-German Conspiracy
Atulkrishna Ghosh18901966Indo-German Conspiracy
Subodh Roy19162006Chittagong armoury raid, Tebhaga movement
Maulvi Liaquat Ali18121892Captured Khusro Bagh in Allahabad and declared "independence" of India.
Asaf Ali18881953Indian national movement
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi18691948Was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
Jawahar Lal Nehru18891964First prime minister of India, a paramount leader of Indian independence under the tutelage of M. K. Gandhi
S. Satyamurti18871943Mayor 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, Member of the Indian Legislative Assembly.[3]
Shaukat Ali 18731938Maulana, "Shaukat Ali", his brother "Mohammad Ali" and their mother "Bi Amman", played an incredible role in the freedom movement of India against the British Imperialism. These brave freedom fighters were unmitigated champions of Hindu-Muslim unity who endorsed the Hindus and the Muslims to fight together in the struggle for independence from the British forgetting their religious feelings and thinking only they are Indians, they were the ambassadors of Hindu-Muslim Unity. They were arrested and imprisoned from 1921 to 1923 for his support to Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress during the Non-Cooperation Movement (1919–1922).[4]
Sushila Chain Trehan19232011Leading member of Arya Samaj who fought for women's rights.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak18561920Tilak was one of the first and strongest advocates of Swaraj ("self-rule") and a strong radical in Indian consciousness.
Bipin Chandra Pal18581932Member of Swaraj
Lala Lajpat Rai18651928Member of Swaraj

References

  1. ↑ PTI (2016-08-18). "Pension of freedom fighters hiked by Rs 5,000". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  2. ↑ Lisa Mitchell (2009). Language, Emotion, and Politics in South India: The Making of a Mother Tongue. Indiana University Press. p. 193. ISBN 0-253-35301-7.
  3. ↑ S, SATYAMURTI; Indian Political Leader, 56, Long Active in Civil Disobedience, NYTimes (subscription required)
  4. ↑ Brief History of Shaukat Ali,,


Bhagat Singh Born 1907[a] Banga, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) Died 23 March 1931 (aged 23) Lahore, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) Organization Naujawan Bharat Sabha Hindustan Socialist Republican Association Kirti Kisan Party Movement Indian Independence movement

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