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- 3. A senior leader of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Servants of India Society. Followed two overarching principles: non-violence and reform within existing government institutions
- 6. It was this hero who threw the first bomb on the British who were crushing India. The boy of sixteen defied the police. At the age of nineteen, he became a martyr, with the holy book the Bhagavadgita ( The Divine Song) in his hand and with the slogan ' Vande Mataram' on his lips
- 9. She was a prominent British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule.When World War I broke out in 1914, she helped launch the Home Rule League to campaign for democracy in India and dominion status within the Empire. This led to her election as president of the India National Congress in late 1917. After the war, she continued to campaign for Indian independence and for the causes of theosophy, until her death in 1933
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- 1. He was an Indian nationalist, journalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer and an independence activist. He was the first leader of the Indian Independence Movement. The British colonial authorities called him "Father of the Indian unrest.“ He was also conferred with the honorary title which literally means "accepted by the people (as their leader)".Was one of the first and strongest advocates of "Swaraj" (self-rule) and a strong radical in Indian consciousness
- 2. He was an Indian educationist and politician notable for his role in the Indian independence movement and his espousal of Hindu nationalism. He was the President of the Indian National Congress on four occasions and today is most remembered as the founder of the largest residential university in Asia and one of the largest in the world, having over 12,000 students across arts, sciences, engineering and technology, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at Varanasi in 1916
- 4. The pathan patriot who kissed the hangman's noose with the name of Allah on his lips. A youth endowed with a body of iron and will of steel, he dedicated everything to the service of India and of freedom and challenged the cunning and the strength of an empire
- 5. He was an Indian Maratha leader in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its more renowned generals. He was a personal adherent of Nana Saheb of Bithur. He progressed with the Gwalior contingent after the British reoccupation of Kanpur and forced General Windham to retreat from Kanpur. Later on, he came to the relief of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi and with her seized the city of Gwalior
- 7. In 1907, an International Socialist Conference held at Stuttgart, Germany, she unfurled the Indian tricolour and proposed “The continuance of British rule in Hindustan is excessively harmful and extremely dangerous for the true benefits of Hindi people. Hence all the avengers of democracy from across the world should assist in liberating the people who are staying in this exploited country and are one fifth of the total human population.This is the Flag of Independent Hindustan. Look, look it is now born. I appeal to all gentlemen to stand and salute the Flag.”
- 8. He was one of the founder members of the revolutionary organisation Hindustan Republican Association. A great poet-writer of Urdu and Hindi, who had also translated the books Catherine from English and Bolshevikon Ki Kartoot from Bengali. Several inspiring patriotic verses are attributed to him; these include the poem Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna.He was the brave leader of Kakori Rail Dacoity Episode