Weird History
Freedom Fighters of India
"One individual may die for an idea; but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives. That is how the wheel of evolution moves on and the ideas and dreams of one nation are bequeathed to the next." – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. This list of Indian freedom fighters honors the independence leaders that dedicated their lives for the cause of Indian independence. They are ranked in order of popularity by thousands of people in India and around the world.
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- 1Age: 90
- Birthplace: Rameswaram, India
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam ( (listen); 15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an aerospace scientist who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in ...more - 2Dec. at 23 (1907-1931)
- Birthplace: Jaranwala Tehsil
Bhagat Singh (Punjabi pronunciation: [pə̀ɡət̪ sɪ́ŋɡ] (listen) 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian socialist revolutionary whose two acts of dramatic violence against the British in India and ...more - 3Dec. at 29 (1827-1857)
- Birthplace: Nagwa, India
Mangal Pandey (19 July 1827 – 8 April 1857) was an Indian soldier who played a key part in events immediately preceding the outbreak of the Indian rebellion of 1857. He was a sepoy (sipahi) in the ...more - 4Dec. at 39 (1863-1902)
- Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Swami Vivekananda (Bengali: [ʃami bibekanɔndo] (listen); 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta (Bengali: [nɔrendronatʰ dɔto]), was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the ...more - 5Dec. at 29 (1828-1858)
- Birthplace: Varanasi, India
Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi (pronunciation ; 19 November 1828 – 18 June 1858), was the queen of the princely state of Jhansi in North India currently present in Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh, ...more - 6
Chandrashekhar Azad
- 7Dec. at 30 (1897-1927)
- Birthplace: Shahjahanpur, India
Ram Prasad Bismil pronunciation (11 June 1897 – 19 December 1927) was an Indian revolutionary who participated in Mainpuri conspiracy of 1918, and the Kakori conspiracy of 1925, and struggled ...more - 8Dec. at 61 (1904-1966)
- Birthplace: Varanasi, India
Lal Bahadur Shastri (pronounced [laːl bəˈɦaːdʊr ˈʃaːstri], listen , 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was the 2nd Prime Minister of India and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress political ...more - 9Dec. at 40 (1899-1940)
- Birthplace: Sunam, India
Udham Singh (26 December 1899 – 31 July 1940), was a revolutionary belonging to the Ghadar Party best known for his assassination in London of Michael O' Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of the ...more - 10Dec. at 75 (1875-1950)
- Birthplace: Gujrat City, Nadiad, India
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), popularly known as Sardar Patel, was an Indian politician. He served as the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was an Indian ...more - 11
Kalam
- 12Dec. at 63 (1865-1928)
- Birthplace: Dhudike, India
Lala Lajpat Rai pronunciation , (28 January 1865 – 17 November 1928) was an Indian freedom fighter. He played a pivotal role in the Indian Independence movement. He was popularly known as Punjab ...more - 13Dec. at 22 (1908-1931)
- Birthplace: Rajgurunagar (Khed), India
Shivaram Hari Rajguru (24 August 1908 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian revolutionary from Maharashtra, known mainly for his involvement in the assassination of a British Raj police officer. On 23 March ...more - 14Dec. at 23 (1907-1931)
- Birthplace: Ludhiana, India
Sukhdev Thapar (15 May 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian revolutionary. He was a senior member of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. He was hanged on 23 March 1931 at the age of 23. His ...more - 15Dec. at 64 (1856-1920)
- Birthplace: Chikhli, India
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (or Lokmanya Tilak, pronunciation ; 23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920), born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak, was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an independence activist. He was one ...more - 16Dec. at 48 (1897-1945)
- Birthplace: Cuttack, India
Subhas Chandra Bose (23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian nationalist whose defiant patriotism made him a hero in India, but whose attempt during World War II to rid India of British rule ...more - 17Dec. at 56 (1540-1597)
- Birthplace: Kumbhalgarh, India
Pratap Singh I (pronunciation ) (9 May 1540 – 19 January 1597) popularly known as Maharana Pratap, was the 13th king of Mewar, a region in north-western India in the present day state of Rajasthan. - 18
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
- 19Dec. at 18 (1889-1908)
- Birthplace: Habibpur, India
Khudiram Bose (also spelled Khudiram Bosu or Khudiram Basu) (ক্ষুদিরাম বসু, 3 December 1889 – 11 August 1908) was a Bengali revolutionary who opposed British rule. Khudiram, along with Prafulla ...more - 20Dec. at 45 (1814-1859)
- Birthplace: Yeola, India
Tantia Tope was a general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its notable leaders. He was born as Ramachandra Panduranga to a Marathi Deshastha Brahmin family and took on the title Tope, ...more - 21Dec. at 48 (1866-1915)
- Birthplace: Ratnagiri, India
Gopal Krishna Gokhale pronunciation (9 May 1866 – 19 February 1915) was an Indian political leader and a social reformer during the Indian Independence Movement. Gokhale was a senior leader of the ...more - 22Dec. at 86 (1888-1975)
- Birthplace: Thiruttani, India
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan listen (5 September 1888 – 17 April 1975) was an Indian philosopher and statesman who served as the first Vice President of India (1952–1962) and the second President of ...more - 23Dec. at 78 (1884-1963)
- Birthplace: Ziradei (community development block)
Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was the first President of India, in office from 1950 to 1962. He was an Indian political leader and lawyer by training. Prasad joined the Indian ...more - 24
Chhatrapati Sambhaji
- 25Dec. at 70 (1879-1949)
- Birthplace: Hyderabad, India
Sarojini Naidu was an Indian independence activist and poet who earned the sobriquet of Nightingale of India. She was born in a Bengali Hindu family in Hyderabad. She was educated in Chennai, London ...more
