The following is the list of honorary titles given to various Indian leaders during Indian independence struggle.
Honorary title | Meaning | Statesman | Photos |
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Azad | "Free" (Urdu) Figuratively = "The Freed Soul" | Chandra Shekhar Tiwari [1] [2] | ![]() |
• Babasaheb
| "The Respected Father" (Marathi). "Baba" = "father" and "Saheb" = "sir" "Captain of the Voiceless" (Marathi) (Hindi). | Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar [4] [5] | ![]() |
• Bacha Khan • Badshah Khan • Fakhr-e-Afghan • Sarhadi Gandhi | "Bacha Khan " = "King of Chiefs" "Badshah Khan" = Master King of Kings "Pride of Afghans" (Urdu) "Fakhr" = "Pride" and "Afghan" = "Afghan" "Frontier Gandhi" (Hindi) "Sarhad" = "Frontier" (North-West Frontier Province) and "Gandhi" = "Gandhi" | Abdul Ghaffar Khan [6] | ![]() |
Bihar Kesari | "Lion of Bihar" (Hindi/Sanskrit) "Bihar" = "Bihar" and "Kesari" = "Lion" | Shri Krishna Sinha [7] [8] | ![]() |
Bihar Vibhuti | "Sacred Ash of Bihar" (Hindi). "Bihar" = "Bihar" and " Vibhuti " = "Sacred Ash" | Anugrah Narayan Sinha [9] | ![]() |
Deenabandhu | "Friend of the Poor" (Bengali). "Deen" = "Poor" and "Bandhu" = "Friend". | Charles Freer Andrews [10] [11] | ![]() |
Deshabandhu | "Friend of Country" (Bengali). "Desh" = "Country" and "Bandhu" = "Friend". | Chittaranjan Das [12] | ![]() |
• Deshanayak • Netaji | "Captain of the Country" (Bengali). "Respected Leader" (Hindi). | Subhash Chandra Bose | ![]() |
Deshapriya | "Beloved of the country" (Bengali). "Desh" = "Country" and "Priya" = "Beloved". | Jatindra Mohan Sengupta [14] | ![]() |
Desh Ratna | "Jewel of the Country" (Hindi). "Desh" = "country" and "Ratna" = "jewel" | Rajendra Prasad [15] [16] | ![]() |
• Gurudev • Kobiguru • Biswakobi • The Bard of Bengal | "Divine Teacher" (Bengali) (Hindi). " Guru " = "Teacher" and "Deva" = "divine". | Rabindranath Tagore [17] [18] | ![]() |
Lokmanya | "Revered by the People" (Marathi). "Lok" = "People" and "Manya" = "Revered". | Bal Gangadhar Tilak [19] | ![]() |
Loknayak | "Captain of the People" (Hindi). "Lok" = "People" and "Nayak" = "Captain". | Jayaprakash Narayan [20] [21] | |
Mahamana | "Great Heart" (Hindi). "Mahan" = "great" and "Mana" = "thought/heart". | Madan Mohan Malaviya [22] | ![]() |
Mahatma | "Great Soul" (Sanskrit). "Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "Soul". | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi [23] | ![]() |
Mahatma | "Great Soul" (Sanskrit). "Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "soul". | Jyotirao Govindrao Phule [24] [25] | ![]() |
Maulana | "Guardian" (Arabic). | Abul Kalam Azad [26] | ![]() |
Chacha | "Paternal Uncle" (Hindi) | Jawaharlal Nehru [27] [28] | ![]() |
Punjab Kesari | "Lion of Punjab" (Hindi) "Punjab" = "Punjab" and "Kesari" = "Lion" | Lala Lajpat Rai | ![]() |
Sardar | "Commander" (Persian). "Sar" = "Head" and "dar" = "Holder". | Vallabhbhai Patel [29] [30] | ![]() |
Shaheed-e-Azam | "Greatest Martyr" (Urdu). "Shaheed" = "Martyr" and "Azam" = "Greatest". | Bhagat Singh [31] [32] | ![]() |
Swantanryaveer or Veer | "Brave Freedom Fighter" (Marathi). "Swantanrya" = "Freedom" and "Veer" = "Brave" | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar | ![]() |
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