Indian nationalists

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and to later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā, first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.

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.

Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the member of parliament (MP) for Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress.

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and politician who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates of the Constituent Assembly of India and the first draft of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau. Ambedkar served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He later renounced Hinduism and converted to Buddhism, inspiring the Dalit Buddhist movement.

Indian barrister, leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the Republic of India (1875-1950)

Indian nationalist leader (1897-1945)

Indian politician and writer (1888–1958)

Indian self-rule activist (1856–1920)

Indian revolutionary (1907–1931)

Pashtun independence activist against British rule in India

Indian politician and activist (1878–1972)

Indian author and politician (1865-1928)

Indian activist and socialist and revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer (1906–1931)

Indian politician (1896-1974)

Indian politician (1903-1975)

Second Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Indian Maharaja (1863–1939)

Indian poet and fighter for independence (1900-1927)

Indian writer

Indian dissident

Indian freedom fighter (1909–1965)

Nationalist, political leader (1907–1973)

Indian revolutionary

Indian freedom fighter and political activist (1900-1966)

Indian YouTuber

Indian Bengali revolutionary

Indian politician

Political leader (1909-2000)

Indian politician and nationalist barrister (1881-1934)

Indian activist