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Mahatma Gandhi
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.
Anna Hazare
Indian activist (born 1937)
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Indian political leader and social reformer (1866–1915)
Lakshmi Sahgal
officer in the Indian National Army (INA) and former presidential candidate of India
Madan Mohan Malaviya
Indian educator and politician
Rani Velu Nachiyar
Indian queen and freedom fighter
Jyotirao Phule
Indian social reformer (1827-1890)
Birsa Munda
Indian tribal freedom fighter (1875–1900)
Mahmud Hasan Deobandi
Indian Muslim scholar and independence activist (1851–1920)
Alluri Sita Rama Raju
Indian tribal leader and revolutionary (1897–1924)
Mohan Singh
Indian politician and military general (1909-1989)
Har Dayal
Indian revolutionary (1884–1939)
Vasudev Balwant Phadke
Indian revolutionary (1845–1883)
Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari
former president of the Indian National Congress (1880–1936)
Janaky Athi Nahappan
Founding member:Malaysian Indian Congress/one of the earliest women involved in: Malaysian independence (1925-2014)
Pandurang Shastri Athavale
Indian philosopher, spiritual leader and social reformer (1920–2003)
Durgawati Devi
Indian revolutionary (1907-1999)
Veer Surendra Sai
Indian activist (1809-1884)
Shah Karamat Ali Jaunpuri
Indian Islamic scholar
Shah Nawaz Khan
Army General and Member of parliament (1914-1983)
Bhai Parmanand
Indian politician (1876–1947)
Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi
Pakistani academic (1888–1963)
Suhasini Ganguly
Indian freedom fighter (1909–1965)
Veerapandiya Kattabommu
Indian activist (1760-1799)
Sushila Didi
Indian female freedom fighter
Neera Arya
officer in the Indian National Army
Pandurang Mahadev Bapat
Indian revolutionary (1880–1967)
Azimullah Khan
Afghan revolutionary, man behind the Indian War of Independence
A. C. N. Nambiar
Indian diplomat
Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi
Indian freedom fighter and political activist (1900-1966)
Rasammah Bhupalan
Malaysian freedom fighter, teacher and social activist
Umaji Naik Khomane
Indian activist (1791-1832)
Laxmi Indira Panda
Indian revolutionary (b. 1930, d. 2008)
Naseem Mirza Changezi
Indian independence activist
Vijay Singh Pathik
Indian activist
Tiruppur Kumaran
Indian revolutionary (1904-1932)
Dudu Miyan
Bangladeshi muslim leader
Kuyili
Veeramangai Kuyili (29 November 1749 —7 October 1780) was an army commander of queen Velu Nachiyar who participated in campaigns against the East India Company in the 18th century. She is considered the first suicide bomber and "first woman martyr" in Indian history.
Prem Sahgal
Indian revolutionary (1917–1992)
Bhagwati Charan Vohra
Indian revolutionary
Giani Pritam Singh Dhillon
Indian freedom fighter
Bhagat Ram Talwar
Indian revolutionary
Bhai Bhagwan Singh
Indian politician
Kishori Lal
Indian revolutionary
Bakshi Jagabandhu
freedom fighter
Chakhi Khuntia
Brahmin service provider of Odisha
Nathu Dhobi
Indian freedom fighter
Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar
Indian politician (1891–1980)
Telanga Kharia
Indian Tribal freedom fighter (1806-1880)
Rao Gopal Dev
Indian revolutionary (1829–1862)
John Thivy
Indian National Army personnel, Malayan Indian politician and former lawyer
Abdur Rab Jaunpuri
Indian Islamic scholar
Nagnath Naikwadi
Indian independence activist
Ram Nath Puri
Indian-American freedom fighter best known as the editor of Circular-i-Azadi
Puli Thevar
Indian historical figure
A. M. Nair
involved in the Indian independence movement
Durjan Singh
leader of Chuar rebellion
Abdurrahman Peşaveri
Turkish soldier, journalist and diplomat born in Peshawar
Banwari Lal
Indian revolutionary
Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri
Indian Islamic scholar