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[edit]
Name | Birth | Death | Activity | Source | |
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Rani Velu Nachiyar | 1730 | 1796 | first queen to fight for the freedom from the British in India. She granted powers to the Marudu brothers to administer the country in 1780 | ||
Maruthu Pandiyar | 1748 | 1801 | First to issue a proclamation of independence from the colonial British rule in act | ||
Bal Gangadhar Tilak | 1856 | 1920 | First leader of the Indian Independence Movement | ||
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai | 1872 | 1936 | Wrote many fiery songs kindling patriotism and nationalism during Indian Independence movement | ||
Subramania Bharati | 1882 | 1921 | First leader of the Indian Independence Movement | ||
Khudiram Bose | 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 | ||
Bhagat Singh | 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 1857 | ||
Bakht Khan | 1797 | 1859 | Indian Rebellion 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 | Revolt 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 |