List of Indian independence activists
Activists

List of Indian independence activists

Section Title: Activists
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Name	Birth	Death	Activity

B. R. Ambedkar	1891	1956	Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956), popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, was an Indian Jurist, economist, politician, social reformer, anthropologist, author, historian, sociologist, social scientist, educationist, freedom fighter, journalist, human rights activist, philosopher who inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement and campaigned against social discrimination towards the untouchables (Dalits), while also supporting the rights of women and labour.

Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone	1710	1759	Kone was an early freedom fighter against the British presence in South India. He was born in Kattalankulam village in Tirunelveli district of present day Tamil Nadu.

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.

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.

Raghunath Mahato	1738	1778	Fought against British East India Company in 1769 in Jangal Mahal.

Tilka Manjhi	Fought against British East India Company in 1784 in Bhagalpur, Bihar.

Rani Velu Nachiyar	1730	1796	Was a queen of Sivaganga estate from c. 1780–1790.

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.

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.

Tipu Sultan	1750	1799	He was one of the few South Indian kings to provide stiff resistance to British imperialism and sowed the seed of Indian independence in the hearts of generation to follow.

Tirot Sing	1802	1835	Fought against British attempt to take over the Khasi Hills.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 for the liberation of Hyderabad.

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.

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

Lala Lajpat Rai	1865	1928	Member of Swaraj

Alekh Patra	1923	1999	Member of Congress, sarvodaya, He participated in the freedom movement at the age of about 18. During the course of freedom struggle, he along with his friends, burnt down the police station of Nimapada in protest of British Raj.

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Shambhu Dutt Sharma (born 1918 - 2016) was an activist.

final_sentence: Shambhu Dutt Sharma (born 1918 - 2016) was an activist.