Famous Indian Freedom Fighters

Dr. Rajendra Prasad, son of Mahadev Sahai, was born in Zeradei village in Bihar on December 3, 1884. Being the youngest in a large joint family he was greatly loved and was strongly attached to his mother and elder brother Mahendra. He was married when he was barely 12 years old to Rajvanshi Devi.He was […]

Born on August 1, 1882, Tandon had his education in Lahore. He entered the legal profession in 1906. He joined the Congress in 1899 even as a student. He was associated with the Congress committee which inquired into the Jallianwalla Bagh incident. He was imprisoned in 1928 for active participation in the non-cooperation movement. He

Father of the most powerful political leader i.e. Jawaharlal Nehru, Motilal Nehru was born on May 6, in the year 1861 in Delhi in a Kashmiri Brahmin family and was son of Gangadhar and Jeevarani. He couldn’t even see his father as he died before his birth. It was Nehru’s elder brother Nandlal in Allahabad

Morarji Desai was born on February 29, 1896 in Bhadeli village, now in the Bulsar district of Gujarat. His father was a school teacher and a strict disciplinarian. From his childhood, young Morarji learnt from his father the value of hard work and truthfulness under all circumstances. He was educated St. Busar High School and

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or more respectfully known as the Mahatma, the father of the Indian nation was born in the town of Porbander in Gujarat on 2 October, 1869. He had his schooling in nearby Rajkot, where his father served as the adviser to the local ruler.At thirteen he was married to Kasturba. His father

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was born in the year 1888 in Mecca. His forefather’s came from Herat (a city in Afghanistan) in Babar’s days. Azad was a descendent of a lineage of learned Muslim scholars, or maulanas. His father’s name was Maulana Khairuddin and his mother was the daughter of Sheikh Mohammad Zaher Watri.In 1890,

Master Tara Singh, a veteran Akali leader and freedom fighter, was a prominent figure in Sikh politics for more than forty years, was born on 24th June, 1885 in village Haryal, Tehsil Gujarkhan, Distt. Rawalpindi now in Pakistan. His earlier name was Nanak Chand. His father Bakshi Gopi Chand was a village patwari and belonged

Manilal was second of Gandhiji’s four sons. He was born in Porbandar after Gandhiji returned from his educational tour of England, on October 28, 1892, and came to South Africa as a young child when Gandhiji decided he was going to stay in South Africa for more than the year he was contracted for. By

Mangal Pande July 19, 1827-8 April 1857),  also known as Shaheed Mangal Pandey, was a sepoy (soldier) in the 34th Regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry (BNI) of the British East India Company.Pande was born in the village of Nagwa in district Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. He joined the British East India Company forces in 1849

Born in 1899, Mahavir Tyagi was an Indian freedom fighter and famous parliamentarian from the state of Uttar Pradesh. Tyagi was educated in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He joined the British Indian Army and was posted in Persia but resigned after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of April 13, 1919. He was court martialled in Quetta (capital

Ranade was born on January 16, 1842. At the age of six, Ranade was sent to a Marathi school in Kolhapur, and in 1851, when he was nine, he was transferred to an English school. Ranade completed his schooling at the Elphinston Institute, Bombay. His academic performance was so good that within a year he

Gandhiji made many men and they in their turn made the Mahatma what he was. One of these was Mahadev Desai who worked as Gandhiji’s secretary for 25 years with unmatched devotion and affection.He was born on 1 January 1892 at the Village of Saras in Olpad Taluka of Surat district, where his father Haribhai

Madan Mohan Malaviya was among the great patriots of the nation. He was the man of multiple personalities. He was an educationist with a vision, a dedicated journalist and an active social reformer. Moreover, he was into the profession of law; he was a reluctant lawyer but was effective in his work and proved his

Madan Lal Dhingra was a revolutionary studying in England, where he murdered Sir Curzon Wylie, a British MP, which is hailed as one of the first acts of revolution in the Indian independence movement in the 20th century. Madan Lal Dhingra was born in 1887 to a prosperous Hindu family in the province of Punjab.

Madam Bhikaji Cama was born to a wealthy Parsi family on September 24, 1861. Her father Sorabji Framji Patel was a well known merchant. From the very beginning, she was rebellious by nature. She received good education in English and at the same time learnt various languages. Even when she was young, she had a