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.

Quit India Movement :-

Historic Date : 09 August,1942

Katra Neel, Chandni Chowk,

Delhi

Chandni Chowk,

Delhi

On 09 August, 1942 protest was made at historic place outside Katra Neel, Chandni Chowk, Delhi by Sh. Nanak Chand Mishra S/o. Sh. Hanuman Parshad Mishra along with his associates.

During the course of firing, Sh. Nanak Chand Mishra sustained "Bullet Injuries".

On 15 August, 1972, Hon'ble Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi honoured Sh. Nanak Chand Mishra with "Tamrapatra" being Freedom Fighter.

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.

Post-Independence, "Freedom fighter" is an officially recognised category by the Indian government covering those who took part in the movement; people in this category (can also include dependant family members) get pensions and other benefits like special railway counters.

Activists

Name	Birth	Death	Activity
Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone	1710	1759	was an early freedom fighter against the British presence in South India. He was born in Kattalankulam village in Tirunelveli district. He became a military leader in the town of Ettayapuram,and was defeated in battle there against the British forces and executed in 1759.
Siraj ud-Daulah	1733	1757	Fought against British troops on Battle of Plassey in 1757. He was the last independent Nawab of Bengal under Indian Mughal Empire. The end of his reign marked the start of British East India Company rule over Bengal, later India with almost all of the Indian subcontinent.
Tirot Sing	1802	1835	Fought against British attempt to take over the Khasi Hills.
Maruthanayagam	1725	1764	Fought with British troops on Madurai Fort in 1764.
Puli Thevar	1715	1767	Involved in a vendetta with the Nawab of Arcot who was supported by the British. Later rebelled against the British in the late 1750s and early 1760s.
Rani Velu Nachiyar	1730	1796	Was a queen of Sivaganga estate from c. 1780–1790. She was the first queen to fight against the British and won the war and retained the land from the British in 1757. Moreover, she pardoned the British general and made him to run to save his life.
Veerapandiya Kattabomman	1760	1799	18th-century Palayakarrar and chieftain from Panchalankurichi in Tamil Nadu. He refused to accept the sovereignty of the British East India Company and waged a war against them. He was captured by the British and was hanged at Kayathar on 16 October 1799.
Maruthu Pandiyar	1748 & 1753	1801	First to issue a proclamation of independence from the colonial British rule from Trichy Thiruvarangam Temple, Tamil Nadu.
Dheeran Chinnamalai	1756	1805	Dheeran Chinnamalai was one of the main commanders in the Polygar Wars in western Tamilnadu. Chinnamalai engaged in guerrilla warfare and defeated the British in battles at Cauvery in 1801, Odanilai in 1802 and Arachalur in 1804.
Ahmadullah Shah	1787	1857	Leader of various battles for freedom like Battle of Chinhat, Siege of Lucknow, Capture of Lucknow, Chapati Movement.
Mangal Pandey	1827	1857	Early martyr of Indian rebellion. Pandey was a soldier of the British Indian army, but rebelled against it. He was executed on 8 April 1857 in Barrackpore.
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai	1872	1936	He launched the first indigenous Indian shipping service between Tuticorin and Colombo with the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, competing against British ships.
Subramania Bharati	1882	1921	Wrote many fiery songs kindling patriotism and nationalism during Indian Independence movement.
Alluri Sitarama Raju	1897	1924	Leader of the Rampa Rebellion of 1922–1924.
Bhagat Singh	1907	1931	Worked with several revolutionary organisations and became prominent in the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA).
Aruna Asaf Ali	1909	1996	She is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement, 1942.
Shambhu Dutt Sharma	1918	2016	Joined Quit India movement in 1942. Hon. General Secretary of GSB (Gandhian Satyagraha Brigade). Founder of Transparency International India. Sharma's team was known as Gandhian Seva Brigade.
Tanguturi Prakasam	1872	1957	Pantulu was an Indian politician and freedom fighter, chief minister of the Madras Presidency, and subsequently became the first chief minister of the new Andhra state, created by the partition of Madras State along linguistic lines. He was also known as Andhra Kesari (Lion of Andhra). The Andhra Pradesh government declared his birth anniversary a state festival.
Khudiram Bose	1889	1908	Bose planted bombs near British government officials and police stations. Due to his activities against the British, he was arrested and hanged. At the time of his hanging, he was 18 years, 8 months 8 days old, making him one of the youngest revolutionaries in India.
Chandra Shekhar Azad	1906	1931	Azad ("The Free"), was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) after the death of its founder, Ram Prasad Bismil, and three other prominent party leaders, Roshan Singh, Rajendra Nath Lahiri and Ashfaqulla Khan.
Chittaranjan Das	1869	1925	Das founded the Swaraj party in Bengal, became leader in Non-cooperation Movement in Bengal.
Komaram Bheem	1901	1940	Bheem was a tribal leader who fought against the Asaf Jahi Dynasty for the liberation of Hyderabad. Komaram Bheem openly fought against the ruling Nizam government in a guerrilla campaign. He defied courts, laws, and any other form of Nizam authority, living off the sustenance of the forest. He took up arms against Nizam Nawab's soldiers, and fought Babi Jhari until his last breath.
Ram Prasad Bismil	1897	1927	Kakori conspiracy
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
Matangini Hazra	1870	1942	Active member of Quit India Movement, shot dead by British at the age of 71.
Anant Laxman Kanhere	1891	1910	Shooting of British officer Jackson.
Vanchinathan	1886	1911	Shooting of British Collector/District Magistrate Robert William Escourt Ashe.
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.
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 British 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
Surendranath Tagore	1872	1940	Involved in the Swadeshi movement in Bengal, in opposition to the 1905 partition of Bengal.
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	Founded the Indian Legion and revamped the Indian National Army.
Binod Bihari Chowdhury	1911	2013	Chittagong armoury raid
Bhupendranath Datta	1880	1961	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
Maulvi Liaquat Ali	1812	1892	Captured Khusro Bagh in Allahabad and declared "independence" of India.
Asaf Ali	1888	1953	Indian national movement
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi	1869	1948	Was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
Jawahar Lal Nehru	1889	1964	First prime minister of India, a paramount leader of Indian independence under the tutelage of M. K. Gandhi
S. Satyamurti	1887	1943	Mayor of Madras, President of the Madras District Congress Party Committee, Advocate of the High Court of Madras, Senior Advocate of the Federal Court of India, Deputy leader of the Congress party, Member of the Indian Legislative Assembly.
Shaukat Ali	1873	1938	Maulana, "Shaukat Ali", his brother "Mohammad Ali" and their mother "Bi Amman", played an incredible role in the freedom movement of India against the British Imperialism. These brave freedom fighters were unmitigated champions of Hindu-Muslim unity who endorsed the Hindus and the Muslims to fight together in the struggle for independence from the British forgetting their religious feelings and thinking only they are Indians, they were the ambassadors of Hindu-Muslim Unity. They were arrested and imprisoned from 1921 to 1923 for his support to Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress during the Non-Cooperation Movement (1919–1922).
Sushila Chain Trehan	1923	2011	Leading member of Arya Samaj who fought for women's rights.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak	1856	1920	Tilak was one of the first and strongest advocates of Swaraj ("self-rule") and a strong radical in Indian consciousness.
Bipin Chandra Pal	1858	1932	Member of Swaraj
Lala Lajpat Rai	1865	1928	Member of Swaraj

References

Bhagat Singh Born 1907[a] Banga, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) Died 23 March 1931 (aged 23) Lahore, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) Organization Naujawan Bharat Sabha Hindustan Socialist Republican Association Kirti Kisan Party Movement Indian Independence movement