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Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Indian politician, barrister and academic (1901-1953)
Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Indian-Canadian Sikh separatist (1977–2023)
Surendranath Banerjee
Indian politician and scholar (1848–1925)
Swarnakumari Devi
Indian writer, editor, essayist, poet, novelist, musician and social worker (1855/1856-1932)
Agnivesh
Swami Agnivesh (born Vepa Shyam Rao; 21 September 193911 September 2020), was an Indian social activist and the founder of Arya Sabha, a political party based on the principles of Arya Samaj. He also served as a cabinet minister in the state of Haryana. He is best known for his work against bonded labour through the Bonded Labour Liberation Front, which he founded in 1981.
Rajiv Malhotra
Indian-American entrepreneur and author
Anuradha Ghandy
Indian politician (1954-2008)
Ila Mitra
Bangladeshi activist
Umar Khalid
Indian political activist
Jamuna Tudu
Indian environmental activist
Hardik Patel
Indian Political leader
Dasaradhi
Dasarathi Krishnamacharya (22 July 1925 – 5 November 1987), popularly known as Dasarathi, was an Indian Telugu poet and writer. He held the titles Abhyudhaya Kavi and Kalaprapurna. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetic work Timiramto Samaram () in 1974. Dasarathi also served as the Aasthana Kavi () of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Arifa Jan
Activist for rug making in India
Leishemba Sanajaoba
Indian politician and language activist
Peary Chand Mitra
author and journalist
Aroti Dutt
Indian social worker
Jean Drèze
Belgian-Indian economist
Prabhabati Bose
mother of Sarat Chandra Bose and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Kamala Pujari
Indian cultivator and farmer
Pushpa Preeya
Indian scribe, IT professional and volunteer
Mai Bakhtawar Shaheed
Indian farm worker (1880-1947) whose murder prompted legal reform
Jacinta Kerketta
Indian journalist, poet and activist
Sumitra Hazarika
Indian activist
Draupadi Ghimiray
Indian social activist
Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi
Chicago-based scholar
Soumya Reddy
politician
Aishe Ghosh
Indian student activist (born 1995)
Digamber Hansda
Indian Santal activist, academic and writer
Sharjeel Imam
Student activist
Daripalli Ramaiah
Indian Social Worker
Gurusaday Dutt
Indian writer, folk literature researcher and civil servant
Kisan Chachi
Indian farmer
Ria Sharma
Indian anti-acid activist
Ilina Sen
Indian activist
Mujtaba Hussain
Indian satirist and writer of Urdu literature and padma sri awarded.
Sunanda Rajendra Pawar
women's rights activist from India
Govindgiri
Govindgiri, also known as Govind Guru Banjara, (1858–1931) was a social and religious reformer in the early 1900s in the tribal border areas of present-day Rajasthan and Gujarat states in India. He is seen as having popularized the Bhagat movement, which was first started in the 18th century.
Alpesh Thakor
Indian politician
Monomohun Ghose
Barrister, social reformer
Bava Chelladurai
Indian writer, actor and activist
Waman Meshram
National President Of BAMCEF
Dharam Pal Saini
Indian educationist and social activist
Rajendra Pal Gautam
Indian politician
Rahul Verma
Indian social activist and founder of the Uday Foundation
Sumani Jhodia
Indian indigenous activist
Sulochana Dongre
Indian activist and feminist
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