Indian independence activists

Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a principal leader of the Indian nationalist movement in the 1930s and 1940s. Upon India's independence in 1947, he served as the country's first prime minister for 16 years. Nehru promoted parliamentary democracy, secularism, and science and technology during the 1950s, powerfully influencing India's arc as a modern nation. In international affairs, he steered India clear of the two blocs of the Cold War. A well-regarded author, he wrote books such as Letters from a Father to His Daughter (1929), An Autobiography (1936) and The Discovery of India (1946), that have been read around the world.

Indian religious, social, and educational reformer, and humanitarian

Political activist and Islamic ideologist (1838–1897)

Pashtun independence activist against British rule in India

Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights (1895-1982)

Indian lawyer and politician (1861–1931)

British Ornithologist and Founder of the Indian National Congress (1829–1912)

Sri Lankan Tamil metaphysician (1877–1947)

Greek-French writer (1905-1982)

Nepalese politician and writer (1914-1982)

Indian politician (1903-1975)

Indian activist (1900–1957)

Indian scholar, social reformer and author (1842-1901)

American journalist, writer, Comintern spy (1892-1950)

Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar

Indian communist politician and theorist and first Chief Minister of Kerala state (1909-1998)

Madeleine Slade (22 November 1892 – 20 July 1982), also known as Mirabehn or Meera Behn, was a British supporter of the Indian Independence Movement who in the 1920s left her home in England to live and work with Mahatma Gandhi. She devoted her life to human development and the advancement of Gandhi's principles.

Christian missionary in India, close friend of Mahatma Gandhi

prominent lawyer, Indian independence movement activist and politician

Indian independence activist and an Urdu language poet

Indian businessman (1872-1936)

Indian politician (1907–1980)

ruler from Bihar who led a rebellion against the British

Indian Odia-language writer

Indian actor (1922-2004)

Nationalist, political leader (1907–1973)

Indian female freedom fighter

Indian politician

Indian revolutionaries

Indian politician (1913–1991)

leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1787-1858)

Marathi revolutionary

Indian activist , Indian Robinhood

Indian assassin

Indian Muslim scholar (1910-1987)

Indian independence activist, writer, and social activist

Indian Islamic Scholar & Politician

Indian medical doctor, family planning advocate, and suffragist

Indian Muslim scholar

Indian Dalit writer, politician and social worker

Indian activist (1901–1976)

Sri Lankan politician

Indian independence activist, filmmaker, photographer, writer

Indian politician (1910–1977)

Indian politician

Indian Muslim scholar

Indian activist (1890–1955)

Personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi (1899–1982)

administrator, politician, unionist

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officer in the Indian National Army (1914-2006)

Indian Islamic scholar and activist

Indian freedom fighter and legislator and journalist (1901-1951)

Indian freedom fighter

Sri Lankan politician (1916–1996)

Bengali religious scholar and political activist

Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (1919-1980)

Polish writer and social activist (1888–1971)

Indian sociologist

Indian Marxist theoritician