Honorary titles of Indian leaders

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The following is the list of honorary titles given to various Indian leaders during Indian independence struggle.

Honorary titleMeaningStatesmanPhotos
Azad"Free" (Urdu)

Figuratively = "The Freed Soul"

Chandra Shekhar Tiwari [1] [2] Chandrasekhar Azad.jpg
• Babasaheb


• Mooknayak

"The Respected Father" (Marathi). "Baba" = "father" and "Saheb" = "sir"

"Captain of the Voiceless" (Marathi) (Hindi).
"Mook" = "Voiceless" and "Nayak" = "Captain". [3]

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar [4] [5]
Dr. Ambedkar 1.jpg
• 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] Abdul Ghaffar Khan-cropped.jpg
Bihar Kesari"Lion of Bihar" (Hindi/Sanskrit)

"Bihar" = "Bihar" and "Kesari" = "Lion"

Shri Krishna Sinha [7] [8] Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg
Bihar Vibhuti"Sacred Ash of Bihar" (Hindi).
"Bihar" = "Bihar" and " Vibhuti " = "Sacred Ash"
Anugrah Narayan Sinha [9] Bihar Vibhuti Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha,first Bihar Dy Chief Minister.jpg
Deenabandhu"Friend of the Poor" (Bengali).
"Deen" = "Poor" and "Bandhu" = "Friend".
Charles Freer Andrews [10] [11] C F Andrews.jpg
Deshabandhu"Friend of Country" (Bengali).
"Desh" = "Country" and "Bandhu" = "Friend".
Chittaranjan Das [12] Chittaranjan Das 2.jpg
• Deshanayak

• Netaji

"Captain of the Country"

(Bengali).
"Desh" = "Country" and "Nayak" = "Captain". [13]

"Respected Leader" (Hindi).
"Neta" = "Leader" and "Ji" = an honorary suffix.

Subhash Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose NRB.jpg
Deshapriya"Beloved of the country" (Bengali).
"Desh" = "Country" and "Priya" = "Beloved".
Jatindra Mohan Sengupta [14] Deshapriya Jatindra Mohan Sengupta.jpg
Desh Ratna"Jewel of the Country" (Hindi).
"Desh" = "country" and "Ratna" = "jewel"
Rajendra Prasad [15] [16] Rajendra Prasad (Indian President), signed image for Walter Nash (NZ Prime Minister), 1958 (16017609534).jpg
• Gurudev

• Kobiguru

• Biswakobi

• The Bard of Bengal

"Divine Teacher" (Bengali) (Hindi).
" Guru " = "Teacher" and "Deva" = "divine".
Rabindranath Tagore [17] [18] Rabindranath Tagore unknown location.jpg
Lokmanya"Revered by the People" (Marathi).
"Lok" = "People" and "Manya" = "Revered".
Bal Gangadhar Tilak [19] Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856-1920).webp
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] Mahamana Malaviya.jpg
Mahatma "Great Soul" (Sanskrit).
"Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "Soul".
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi [23] Mahatma-Gandhi, studio, 1931.jpg
Mahatma "Great Soul" (Sanskrit).
"Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "soul".
Jyotirao Govindrao Phule [24] [25] Mahatma Jotirao Phule.jpg
Maulana "Guardian" (Arabic). Abul Kalam Azad [26] Abul Kalam Azad 1.jpg
Chacha "Paternal Uncle" (Hindi) Jawaharlal Nehru [27] [28] Jnehru.jpg
Punjab Kesari"Lion of Punjab" (Hindi)

"Punjab" = "Punjab" and "Kesari" = "Lion"

Lala Lajpat Rai Mahatma Lala Lajpat Rai.jpg
Sardar "Commander" (Persian).
"Sar" = "Head" and "dar" = "Holder".
Vallabhbhai Patel [29] [30] Sardar patel (cropped).jpg
Shaheed-e-Azam"Greatest Martyr" (Urdu).
"Shaheed" = "Martyr" and "Azam" = "Greatest".
Bhagat Singh [31] [32] Bhagat Singh 1929.jpg
Swantanryaveer
or
Veer
"Brave Freedom Fighter" (Marathi).
"Swantanrya" = "Freedom" and "Veer" = "Brave"
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar V. D. Savarkar.jpg

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