Freedom Fighters of India
“Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai, dekhna hai zor kitna baazu-e-qaatil me hai”
Freedom Fighters of India: These line still have the power to induce patriotism in the listener but imagine the time when we were fighting in all our might to gain Independence from the colonial powers, at that time when even a whisper against the crown was crushed there were some peoples who roared, who remained still on their demands,who made it known to the world that we are stubborn and no one can ensnare us, this Article is dedicated to all those breavehearts who devoted their every might to the Cause of Freedom.
The onset of 20th century saw the rebellion getting a new vigor, local leaders were rising, new philosophies and new Ideas came in prevalence, people started realizing that the chains of slavery can easily be melted if people remain united against the oppressor, the tyrants started fearing their Downfall ,”The sword of revlution is sharpened on the whettingstone of ideas”– Bhagat Singh, and the sword was really getting sharp day by day, it was all possible because of the freedom fighters, people started trusting them and they believed the dream of a free nation can become a reality soon if the resistance continues, and soon enough in 1947 we saw the dawn of Freedom bestowed upon us which was more like a gift of these freedom fighters to the new generation of new India.
Freedom Fighters of India: List of Freedom Fighters
Every effort made in the direction of Freedom is worth worshiping , every voice that raised against the oppressor is still loud, every idea, every philosophy is mighty , every person who worked for the freedom is a freedom Fighter and comparing their contribution will not be justifiable, but we don’t have a written record of all such personalities but below are some of the names who brought glory to the nation
No. | Name | Birth | Death |
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1 | Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone | 1710 | 1759 |
2 | Puli Thevar | 1715 | — |
3 | Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy | — | 1847 |
4 | Ahmadullah Shah | 1787 | 1857 |
5 | Mangal Pandey | 1827 | 1857 |
6 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai | 1872 | 1936 |
7 | Vallabhbhai Patel | 1875 | 1950 |
8 | Subramania Bharati | 1882 | 1921 |
9 | Alluri Sitarama Raju | 1897 | 1924 |
10 | Bhagat Singh | 1907 | 1931 |
11 | Aruna Asaf Ali | 1909 | 1996 |
12 | Shambhu Dutt Sharma | 1918 | 2016 |
13 | Tanguturi Prakasam | 1872 | 1957 |
14 | Khudiram Bose | 1889 | 1908 |
15 | Chandra Shekhar Azad | 1906 | 1931 |
16 | Chittaranjan Das | 1869 | 1925 |
17 | Komaram Bheem | 1901 | 1940 |
18 | Ram Prasad Bismil | 1897 | 1927 |
19 | Udham Singh | 1899 | 1940 |
20 | Hemu Kalani | 1923 | 1943 |
21 | Ashfaqulla Khan | 1900 | 1927 |
22 | Sachindra Bakshi | 1904 | 1984 |
23 | Manmath Nath Gupta | 1908 | 2000 |
24 | Vasudev Balwant Phadke | 1845 | 1883 |
25 | Matangini Hazra | 1870 | 1942 |
26 | Anant Laxman Kanhere | 1891 | 1910 |
27 | Vanchinathan | 1886 | 1911 |
28 | Krishnaji Gopal Karve | 1887 | 1910 |
29 | Ganesh Damodar Savarkar | 1879 | 1945 |
30 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar | 1883 | 1966 |
31 | Bagha Jatin | 1879 | 1915 |
32 | Batukeshwar Dutt | 1910 | 1965 |
33 | Sukhdev Thapar | 1907 | 1931 |
34 | Shivaram Rajguru | 1908 | 1931 |
35 | Roshan Singh | 1892 | 1927 |
36 | Prabhavati Devi | 1906 | 1973 |
37 | Pritilata Waddedar | 1911 | 1932 |
38 | Jatindra Nath Das | 1904 | 1929 |
39 | Durgawati Devi | 1907 | 1999 |
40 | Bhagwati Charan Vohra | 1904 | 1930 |
41 | Madan Lal Dhingra | 1883 | 1909 |
42 | Alluri Sitarama Raju | 1897 | 1924 |
43 | Kushal Konwar | 1905 | 1943 |
44 | Surya Sen | 1894 | 1934 |
45 | Ananta Singh | 1903 | 1979 |
46 | Ganesh Ghosh | 1900 | 1994 |
47 | Sri Aurobindo | 1872 | 1950 |
48 | Rash Behari Bose | 1886 | 1945 |
49 | Ubaidullah Sindhi | 1872 | 1944 |
50 | Lokenath Bal | 1908 | 1964 |
51 | Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee | 1895 | 1969 |
52 | Baikuntha Shukla | 1907 | 1934 |
53 | Ambika Chakrabarty | 1892 | 1962 |
54 | Badal Gupta | 1912 | 1930 |
55 | Dinesh Gupta | 1911 | 1931 |
56 | Benoy Basu | 1908 | 1930 |
57 | Rajendra Lahiri | 1901 | 1927 |
58 | Barindra Kumar Ghosh | 1880 | 1959 |
59 | Prafulla Chaki | 1888 | 1908 |
60 | Ullaskar Dutta | 1885 | 1965 |
61 | Bhupendra Kumar Datta | 1892 | 1979 |
62 | Ramesh Chandra Jha | 1925 | 1994 |
63 | Hemchandra Kanungo | 1871 | 1951 |
64 | Surendranath Tagore | 1872 | 1940 |
65 | Basawon Singh (Sinha) | 1909 | 1989 |
66 | Bhavabhushan Mitra | 1881 | 1970 |
67 | Bina Das | 1911 | 1986 |
68 | Kalpana Datta | 1913 | 1995 |
69 | Kartar Singh Sarabha | 1896 | 1915 |
70 | Shyamji Krishna Varma | 1857 | 1930 |
71 | Subhas Chandra Bose | 1897 | 1945 |
72 | Binod Bihari Chowdhury | 1911 | 2013 |
73 | Bhupendranath Datta | 1880 | 1961 |
74 | Amarendranath Chatterjee | 1880 | 1957 |
75 | Atulkrishna Ghosh | 1890 | 1966 |
76 | Subodh Roy | 1916 | 2006 |
77 | Maulvi Liaquat Ali | 1812 | 1892 |
78 | Asaf Ali | 1888 | 1953 |
79 | Rani of Jhansi | 1828 | 1858 |
80 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | 1869 | 1948 |
81 | Jawahar Lal Nehru | 1889 | 1964 |
82 | S. Satyamurti | 1887 | 1943 |
83 | Shaukat Ali | 1873 | 1938 |
84 | Sushila Chain Trehan | 1923 | 2011 |
85 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak | 1856 | 1920 |
86 | Bipin Chandra Pal | 1858 | 1932 |
87 | Lala Lajpat Rai | 1865 | 1928 |
88 | Alekh Patra | 1923 | 1999 |
Freedom Fighters of India: Freedom Fighters Of 1857
The revolt of 1857 was where the seed of independence were sown, some historians might call it a Sepoy mutiny but this revolt brought a paradigm change in the era of tyranny, the list given below include all the names that successfully led the revolt from their area.
Place | Leaders of the Revolt of 1857 |
Lucknow | Begum Hazrat Mahal, Birjis Qadir, Ahmadullah |
Delhi | Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan |
Barrackpore | Mangal Pandey |
Bihar | Kunwar Singh, Amar Singh |
Faizabad | Maulvi Ahmadullah |
Jhansi | Rani Laxmibai |
Bijnaur | Mohammad Khan |
Allahabad & Banaras | Maulvi Liyakat Ali |
Farrukhabad | Tufzal Hasan Khan |
Muradabad | Abdul Ali Khan |
Kanpur | Tantia Tope |
Mandsor | Firoz Shah |
Rajasthan | Jaidayal Singh and Hardayal Singh |
Kullu | Raja Pratap Singh |
Assam | Kandapareshwar Singh, Manorama Datta |
Orissa | Surendra Shahi, Ujjwal Shahi |
Gorakhpur | Rajadhar Singh |
Female Freedom Fighters of India
In the colonial era females were deprived of most of the rights on one side the whole country was enslaved by Britishers but females were tied with chains of patriarchy but even at that time there were woman who put the country first and presented a solid resistance, enlisted below are some of those women who became the voice of Freedom .
RANI LAKSHMI BAI | SAROJINI NAIDU | KASTURBA GANDHI | KAMALA NEHRU | JHALKARI BAI |
BEGUM HAZRAT MAHAL | KITTUR RANI CHENNAMMA | RANI GAIDINLIU | MATANGINI HAZRA | UDA DEVI |
MOOLMATI | ARUNA ASAF ALI | KANAKLATA BARUA | TARA RANI SRIVASTAVA | MADAM BHIKAIJI CAMA |
ANNIE BESANT | CAPTAIN LAXMI SEHGAL | AMMU SWAMINATHAN | UMABAI KUNDAPUR | SUCHETA KRIPLANI |
KAMALADEVI CHATTOPADHYAY | VIJAYALAKSHMI PANDIT | SAVITRI BAI PHULE | BEGUM ROYEKA | DURGA BAI DESHMUKH |
Freedom Fighters of India: Tribal Freedom Fighters of India
Every social group of country was burning in the same hell , all have different problems but one solution ; Freedom, and the tribal were not untouched from the struggle of freedom , they particiapated in large numbers to make the Dream of Freedom come true.
S. No. | Name | Movement |
1 | Tilka Manjhi | The Manjhi Revolt of 1785 |
2 | Budhu Bhagat | Larka Rebellion of 1832 |
3 | Tirot Sing | The Khasi Rebellion of 1833 |
4 | Telanga Kharia | Telanga Kharia Revolt, 1850-1880 |
5 | Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu | Santhal Hul of 1855-57 |
6 | Nilamber and Pitamber | Revolt against the East India Company in 1857, Palamu |
7 | Veer Surendra Sai | 1857 Rebellion of Sambalpur |
8 | Thamman-Dora and Alluri Seetharama Raju | The Koya Revolt, 1862 and 1922-1924 |
9 | Diva-Kishun Soren | Soren Revolt 1872 |
10 | Pa Togan Sangma | Garo Attack against the British Occupation, 1872 |
11 | Govind Guru | Bhagat Movement 1883 |
12 | The Tribal Movement of Gujarat | Vedcchi Movement, 1885-1947 |
13 | Thangal General | Anglo-Manipur War, 1891 |
14 | Paona Brajabashi | Khongjom Battle of 1891 |
15 | Birsa Munda | Munda Rebellion, 1899 |
16 | Matmur Jamoh | Resistance against British Rule in Adi Land (beginning 1909), leading to the Anglo-Abor War of 1911 |
17 | Gunda Dhur | 1910 Rebellion of the Dhurwas of Kanger forest in Bastar |
18 | Jatra Bhagat | Tana Bhagat Movement, 1920-1921 |
19 | Malati Mem | Anti-opium campaign in tea gardens, 1921 |
20 | Haipou Jadonang | Leader of the Naga Nationalist Movement, 1930s |
21 | Laxman Naik | Koraput Revolt, 1942 |
22 | Rajmohini Devi | Rajmohini Devi Movement, 1951 |
23 | Narayan Singh | Hero of the First War of Independence of Chhattisgarh, 1856-1857 |