List of Indian independence activists

This is a listing of people who campaigned against or are considered to have campaigned against colonial rule on the Indian sub-continent.

The Indian independence movement consisted of efforts by individuals and organizations from a wide spectrum of philosophies to obtain political independence from British, French and Portuguese rule through the use of a variety of methods.

Activists

Name	Birth	Death	Activity	Source
Maruthu Pandiyar	15 December 1748	1801 October 24	First to issue a proclamation of independence from the colonial British rule
Gomdhar Konwar	---	----	Declared Independence of Assam from British rule but latter arrested and prisoned
Bal Gangadhar Tilak	1856 July 23	1920 August 1	First leader of the Indian Independence Movement
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai	1872 September 5	1936 November 18	wrote many fiery songs kindling patriotism and nationalism during Indian Independence movement
Subramania Bharati	1882 December 11	1921 September 11	First leader of the Indian Independence Movement
Khudiram Bose	1889 December 3	1908 August 11	The Muzaffarpur killing
Chandra Shekhar Azad	1906 July 23	27 February 1931	Kakori Conspiracy
Ram Prasad Bismil	1897 June 11	19 December 1927	Kakori Conspiracy
Bhagat Singh	1907 September	23 March 1931	Central Assembly Bomb Case 1929
Udham Singh	1899 December 26	31 July 1940	Shooting in Caxton Hall
Hemu Kalani	1923 March 23	21 January 1943	Sabotage of Railway Track
Ashfaqulla Khan	1900 October 22	19 December 1927	Kakori Conspiracy
Sachindra Bakshi	1904 December 25	23 November 1984	Kakori Conspiracy
Manmath Nath Gupta	1908 February 7	26 October 2000	Kakori Conspiracy
Vasudev Balwant Phadke	1845 November 4	17 February 1883	Deccan Rebellion
Anant Laxman Kanhere	1891	1910 April 19	Shooting of British Officer Jackson
Krishnaji Gopal Karve	1887	1910 April 19	Shooting of British Officer Jackson
Ganesh Damodar Savarkar	1879 13 June	March 16, 1945	Armed movement against the British
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar	1883 May 28	26 February 1966	Father of Hindu Nationalism
Bagha Jatin	1879 December 7	10 September 1915	The Howrah-Sibpur conspiracy case, Hindu–German Conspiracy
Batukeshwar Dutt	1910 November 18	July 20, 1965	Central Assembly Bomb Case 1929
Sukhdev Thapar	1907 May 15	23 March 1931	Central Assembly Bomb Case 1929
Shivaram Rajguru	1908 August 24	23 March 1931	Murder of a British police officer, J. P. Saunders
Roshan Singh	1892 January 22	19 December 1927	Kakori Conspiracy, Bamrauli Action
Pritilata Waddedar	1911 May 5	23 September 1932	Pahartali European Club attack
Jatindra Nath Das	1904 October 27	13 September 1929	Hunger strike and Lahore conspiracy case
Durgawati Devi	1907 October 7	15 October 1999	Running the bomb factory 'Himalayan Toilets'
Bhagwati Charan Vohra	1904 July 4	28 May 1930	Philosophy of Bomb
Madan Lal Dhingra	1883 September 18	17 August 1909	Curzon Wyllie's assassination
Alluri Sitarama Raju	1897	7 May 1924	Rampa Rebellion of 1922
Kushal Konwar	1905	15 June 1943	Train sabotage Sarupathar
Surya Sen	1894 March 22	12 January 1934	Chittagong Armoury Raid
Ananta Singh	1903 December 1	25 January 1979	Chittagong armoury raid
Sri Aurobindo	1872 August 15	5 December 1950	Alipore Bomb Case
Rash Behari Bose	1886 May 25	21 January 1945	Indian National Army
Ubaidullah Sindhi	1872 March 10	August 22, 1944	Silk Letter Conspiracy
Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee	1895	1969	Kakori Conspiracy
Baikuntha Shukla	1907	May 14, 1934	Assassination of Phanindra Nath Ghosh, a government Approver
Ambika Chakrabarty	1892	6 March 1962	Chittagong armoury raid
Badal Gupta	1912	8 December 1930	Attack at Writers Building
Dinesh Gupta	1911 December 6	7 July 1931	Attack at Writers Building
Benoy Basu	1908 September 11	13 December 1930	Attack at Writers Building
Rajendra Lahiri	1901	1927 December 17	Kakori Conspiracy
Barindra Kumar Ghosh	1880 January 5	18 April 1959	Alipore Bomb Case
Prafulla Chaki	1888 December 10	1908	The Muzaffarpur killing
Ullaskar Dutta	1885 April 16	May 17, 1965	Alipore Bomb Case
Ramesh Chandra Jha	1925 May 8	April 7, 1994	Sugauli police station robbery
Hemchandra Kanungo	1871	1951	Alipore Bomb Case
Basawon Singh (Sinha)	1909 March 23	7 April 1989	Lahore conspiracy case
Bhavabhushan Mitra	1881	27 January 1970	Ghadar Mutiny
Bina Das	1911 August 24	26 December 1986	Attempted to Assassinate the Bengal Governor Stanley Jackson
Kalpana Datta	1913 July 27	1995 February 8	Indian Independence Movement also part of the Chittagong Armoury Raid Planning
Kartar Singh Sarabha	1896 May 24	November 16, 1915	Most famous accused in the Lahore conspiracy trial
Shyamji Krishna Varma	1857 October 4	March 30, 1930	Founded the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and The Indian Sociologist in London.
Khudiram Bose	1889 December 3	August 11, 1908	One of the youngest revolutionaries in the India. At the time of his hanging, he was 18 years, 8 months 8 days old.