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
Uddesh	1715	1767	Puli Thevar is considered the first Indian to rebel against the British rule. He fought between the 1750s and late 1760s.
Aayush	1748	1801	First to issue a proclamation of independence from the colonial British rule in act
Nakul	1915	1920	First leader of the Indian Independence Movement
Pranshoo	1872	1936	Wrote many fiery songs kindling patriotism and nationalism during Indian Independence movement
Punit	1882	1921	First leader of the Indian Independence Movement
Rathi	1889	1908	The Muzaffarpur killing, One of the youngest revolutionaries in the India. At the time of his hanging, he was 18 years, 8 months 8 days old
Chandra Shekhar Azad	1906	1931	Kakori conspiracy
Chittaranjan Das	1869	1925	founder of Swaraj party in Bengal, leader in Non-cooperation Movement from Bengal
Ram Prasad Bismil	1897	1927	Kakori conspiracy
Rushil	1907	1931	Central Assembly Bomb Case 1929
Udham Singh	1899	1940	Shooting in Caxton Hall
Hemu Kalani	1923	1943	Sabotage of railway track
Ashfaqulla Khan	1900	1927	Kakori conspiracy
Sachindra Bakshi	1904	1984	Kakori conspiracy
Manmath Nath Gupta	1908	2000	Kakori conspiracy
Vasudev Balwant Phadke	1845	1883	Deccan Rebellion
Anant Laxman Kanhere	1891	1910	Shooting of British officer Jackson
Krishnaji Gopal Karve	1887	1910	Shooting of British officer Jackson
Ganesh Damodar Savarkar	1879	1945	Armed movement against the British
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar	1883	1966	Father of Hindu Nationalism Was jailed at Cellular Jail in 1911
Bagha Jatin	1879	1915	The Howrah-Sibpur conspiracy case, Indo-German Conspiracy
Batukeshwar Dutt	1910	1965	Central Assembly Bomb Case 1929
Sukhdev Thapar	1907	1931	Central Assembly Bomb Case 1929
Shivaram Rajguru	1908	1931	Murder of a British police officer J. P. Saunders
Roshan Singh	1892	1927	Kakori conspiracy, Bamrauli Action
Pritilata Waddedar	1911	1932	Pahartali European Club attack
Jatindra Nath Das	1904	1929	Hunger strike and Lahore conspiracy case
Durgawati Devi	1907	1999	Running the bomb factory 'Himalayan Toilets'
Bhagwati Charan Vohra	1904	1930	Philosophy of the Bomb
Madan Lal Dhingra	1883	1909	Assassination of Curzon Wyllie
Alluri Sitarama Raju	1897	1924	Rampa Rebellion of 1922
Kushal Konwar	1905	1943	Train sabotage at Sarupathar
Surya Sen	1894	1934	President of Indian National Congress Chittagong Branch, mastermind of Chittagong armoury raid
Ananta Singh	1903	1979	Chittagong armoury raid
Ganesh Ghosh	1900	1994	Chittagong armoury raid
Sri Aurobindo	1872	1950	Alipore bomb case
Rash Behari Bose	1886	1945	Indian National Army
Ubaidullah Sindhi	1872	1944	Silk Letter Conspiracy
Lokenath Bal	1908	1964	Chittagong armoury raid
Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee	1895	1969	Kakori conspiracy
Baikuntha Shukla	1907	1934	Assassination of Phanindra Nath Ghosh, a government Approver
Ambika Chakrabarty	1892	1962	Chittagong armoury raid
Badal Gupta	1912	1930	Attack at Writers Building
Dinesh Gupta	1911	1931	Attack at Writers Building
Benoy Basu	1908	1930	Attack at Writers Building
Rajendra Lahiri	1901	1927	Kakori conspiracy
Barindra Kumar Ghosh	1880	1959	Alipore bomb case
Prafulla Chaki	1888	1908	The Muzaffarpur killing
Ullaskar Dutta	1885	1965	Alipore bomb case
Bhupendra Kumar Datta	1892	1979	Member of Anushilan Samiti
Ramesh Chandra Jha	1925	1994	Sugauli police station robbery
Hemchandra Kanungo	1871	1951	Alipore bomb case
Basawon Singh (Sinha)	1909	1989	Lahore conspiracy case
Bhavabhushan Mitra	1881	1970	Ghadar Mutiny
Bina Das	1911	1986	Attempted to assassinate the Bengal Governor Stanley Jackson
Kalpana Datta	1913	1995	Indian Independence Movement, also part of the Chittagong armoury raid planning
Kartar Singh Sarabha	1896	1915	Most famous accused in the Lahore conspiracy trial
Shyamji Krishna Varma	1857	1930	Founded the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and The Indian Sociologist in London.
Subhas Chandra Bose	1897	1945	Founder of the Indian National Army. Subhas Chandra Bose should be excluded from this list....He is Nation's Hero, not just a freedom fighter
Binod Bihari Chowdhury	1911	2013	Chittagong armoury raid
Bhupendranath Datta	1880	1861	Indo-German Conspiracy, member of Anushilan Samiti
Amarendranath Chatterjee	1880	1957	Indo-German Conspiracy
Atulkrishna Ghosh	1890	1966	Indo-German Conspiracy
Subodh Roy	1916	2006	Chittagong armoury raid, Tebhaga movement
Begum Hazrat Mahal	1820	1879	Indian Rebellion of 1857
Bakht Khan	1797	1859	Indian Rebellion of 1857
Maulvi Liaquat Ali	1812	1892	Captured Khusro Bagh in Allahabad and declared "independence" of India
Asaf Ali	1888	1953	Indian national movement
Mangal Pandey	1827	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857
Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy	1810	1847	one of the first revolts in India against British occupation with 2000 soldiers
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi	1869	1948	was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. He is also known The Father of The Nation
Chetram Jatav	Unknown		Indian Rebellion of 1857
Jawahar Lal Nehru	1889	1964	first prime minister of india, a paramount leader of indian independence under the tuteage of M.K.Gandhi
Khudiram Bose			First martyr of Indian freedom struggle, was hanged by the British.