List of Freedom Fighters of India 1857 to 1947 State Wise

List of Freedom Fighters of India with all details of their notable activities for the freedom of the country, Check Indian Freedom Fighters List and state and name wise updated list of freedom fighters and eligible dependents drawing Samman Pension under SSY

List of Freedom Fighters of India: The British East India Company ruled India for almost 100 years from 1757 to 1857. For the first time, India Freedom Fighters struggled for Independence at mass level in 1857 which was named Indian Rebellion of 1857 or First War of Independence or Sepoy Mutiny which was lead by Mangal Pandey. The Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi, Bahadur Shah, Nana Saheb, Tatya Tope, Kunwar Singh, Man Singh, Bakht Khan, Begum Hazrat Mahal and many more freedom fighters fight together against British East India Company for freedom of India.

The India was under British Rule from 1857 to 1947. The Indian free fighters put efforts and struggled and even scarified their lives for the freedom of India from British rule. In 1900s for the first time, Bal Gangadhar Tilak started a campaign to boycott British goods and use only Indian goods.

Mahatma Gandhi declared strike against Rowlett Act in 1919 and Lala Lajpat Rai protested against Simon Commission in 1928. Bhagat Singh attempted to bomb the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi and participated in various revolt activities against British Raj. Mahatma Gandhi started Non-Cooperation movement in 1920 and Quit India Movement in 1942. Finally with all efforts of Indian freedom fighters, India got Independence on 15 August 1947. The list of Freedom Fighters of India is given below.

List of Freedom Fighters of India

On 15 August 2022 India commemorate, its 75 Independent Day. The theme of this Independence day is "Nation First, Always First". PM Modi has announced Azadi ka Amrit Mohatsav and Har Ghar Tiranga campaign from 13 August to 15 August 2022. Indian Freedom Fighters List with details of their notable activities is given in the table.

Name of Freedom FighterNotable Activities
Mohandas Karamchand GandhiFather of nation
Civil rights activist in South Africa
Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha
Non-violence
Civil disobedience
Quit India movement
Dr. B R AmbedkarFather of Constitution
First Law Minister of India
Dr. Rajendra PrasadFirst President of The Republic of India
Leader from Bihar
Sardar Vallabhbhai PatelActively participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement and Quit India Movement
Unified India
Jawaharlal NehruPre-eminent fighter
First Prime Minister of India
Bhagat SinghMost influential revolutionary
Rani GaidinliuNaga spiritual and political leader
Pingali VenkayyaDesigner of the flag on which our National Flag is based
Rani Laxmi BaiIndian Rebellion of 1857
Veerapandiya KattabommanWas an 18th-century Tamil chieftain.
He refused to accept the sovereignty of the British East India Company and waged war against them. 
He was captured by the British and was hanged on 16 October 1799
Mangal PandeyIndian Rebellion of 1857
Bakht KhanIndian Rebellion of 1857
Chetram JatavIndian Rebellion of 1857
Bahadur Shah ZafarIndian Rebellion of 1857
Begum Hazrat MahalIndian Rebellion of 1857
Asaf AliIndian national movement
Ashfaqulla KhanKakori conspiracy
Manmath Nath GuptaKakori conspiracy
Rajendra LahiriKakori conspiracy
Sachindra BakshiKakori conspiracy
Ram Prasad BismilKakori conspiracy
Roshan SinghKakori conspiracy
Jogesh Chandra ChatterjeeKakori conspiracy
Annie BesantStarting the Home Rule Movement
Bagha JatinThe Howrah-Shibpur conspiracy case
Kartar Singh SarabhaLahore conspiracy
Basawon Singh (Sinha)Lahore conspiracy case
Senapati BapatLeader of the Mulshi Satyagraha
Bhikaji CamaUnfurled the Indian flag at the International Socialist Conference at Stuttgart in Germany, 1907
Kanaiyalal Maneklal MunshiFounder of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Tirupur KumaranFounder of the Desa Bandhu Youth Association
Lakshmi SahgalOfficer of the Indian Army
Parbati GiriMother Teresa of Western Orissa
Kanneganti HanumanthuPalnadu Rebellion
Shyamji Krishna VarmaFounder of the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and The Indian Sociologist in London
Alluri Sitarama RajuRampa Rebellion 1922-1924
Sucheta KriplaniChief Minister of an Indian state (UP)
Founder of the All India Mahila Congress 1940
She sang Vande Mataram in the Constituent Assembly on 15th August 1947
Bhavabhushan MitraGhadar Mutiny
Chandra Shekhar AzadReorganised the Hindustan Republican Association under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) after the death of its founder
Subhas Chandra BoseWas twice elected President of the Indian National Congress.
The INA revealed Subhash Bose’s greatness as a military leader and an organiser. (He was not the founder of INA).
Chittaranjan DasLeader in Non-cooperation Movement from Bengal and Founder of Swaraj party
Prafulla ChakiThe Muzaffarpur killing
Khudiram BoseThe Muzaffarpur killing
Madan Lal DhingraThe assassination of Curzon Wyllie
Surya SenMastermind of Chittagong Armoury raid
Vinayak Damodar SavarkarOne of the leading figures of Hindu Mahasabha and the formulator of Hindu Nationalist Philosophy
Rash Behari BoseIndian National Army
Subodh RoyTebhaga movement
Ubaidullah SindhiSilk Letter Conspiracy
Tanguturi PrakasamThe first chief minister of the new Andhra state, created by the partition of Madras State along linguistic lines.
List of Freedom Fighters of India

Indian Freedom Fighters Names List

The below list of Freedom Fighters of India who have fought bravely with Britishers to get independence.

  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Kunwar Singh
  • Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
  • Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Tantia Tope
  • K. M. Munshi
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Bhagat Singh
  • Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • Nana Sahib
  • Chandra Shekhar Azad
  • C. Rajagopalachari
  • Abdul Hafiz Mohamed Barakatullah
  • Ashfaqulla Khan
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  • Lala Lajpat Rai
  • Ram Prasad Bismil
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Rani Lakshmi Bai
  • Bipin Chandra Pal
  • Chittaranjan Das
  • Begum Hazrat Mahal
  • Subhash Chandra Bose
  • Mangal Pandey
  • Sukhdev

Indian Freedom Fighters List PDF

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State Wise List of Freedom Fighters Pension Under SSSY

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