The following is the list of honorary titles given to various Indian leaders during Indian independence struggle.
| Honorary title | Meaning | Statesman | Photos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azad | "Free" (Urdu) Figuratively = "The Freed Soul" | Chandra Shekhar Tiwari[1] [2] | ||
| • 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] | ||
| • 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] | ||
| Bihar Kesari | "Lion of Bihar" (Hindi/Sanskrit)"Bihar" = "Bihar" and "Kesari" = "Lion" | Shri Krishna Sinha[7] [8] | ||
| Bihar Vibhuti | "Sacred Ash of Bihar" (Hindi). "Bihar" = "Bihar" and "Vibhuti" = "Sacred Ash" | Anugrah Narayan Sinha[9] | ||
| Deenabandhu | "Friend of the Poor" (Bengali). "Deen" = "Poor" and "Bandhu" = "Friend". | Charles Freer Andrews[10] [11] | ||
| Deshabandhu | "Friend of Country" (Bengali). "Desh" = "Country" and "Bandhu" = "Friend". | Chittaranjan Das[12] | ||
| • Deshanayak• Netaji | "Captain of the Country"(Bengali). "Desh" = "Country" and "Nayak" = "Captain".[13] "Respected Leader" (Hindi). | Subhash Chandra Bose | ||
| Deshapriya | "Beloved of the country" (Bengali). "Desh" = "Country" and "Priya" = "Beloved". | Jatindra Mohan Sengupta[14] | ||
| Desh Ratna | "Jewel of the Country" (Hindi). "Desh" = "country" and "Ratna" = "jewel" | Rajendra Prasad[15] [16] | ||
| • Gurudev• Kobiguru • Biswakobi • The Bard of Bengal | "Divine Teacher" (Bengali) (Hindi). "Guru" = "Teacher" and "Deva" = "divine". | Rabindranath Tagore[17] [18] | ||
| Lokmanya | "Revered by the People" (Marathi). "Lok" = "People" and "Manya" = "Revered". | Bal Gangadhar Tilak[19] | ||
| 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] | ||
| Mahatma | "Great Soul" (Sanskrit). "Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "Soul". | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[23] | ||
| Mahatma | "Great Soul" (Sanskrit). "Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "soul". | Jyotirao Govindrao Phule[24] [25] | ||
| Maulana | "Guardian" (Arabic). | Abul Kalam Azad[26] | ||
| • Pandit • Chacha | "Scholar" (Hindi/Sanskrit)"Uncle" (Hindi) | Jawaharlal Nehru[27] [28] | ||
| Punjab Kesari | "Lion of Punjab" (Hindi)"Punjab" = "Punjab" and "Kesari" = "Lion" | Lala Lajpat Rai | ||
| Sardar | "Commander" (Persian). "Sar" = "Head" and "dar" = "Holder". | Vallabhbhai Patel[29] [30] | ||
| Shaheed-e-Azam | "Greatest Martyr" (Urdu). "Shaheed" = "Martyr" and "Azam" = "Greatest". | Bhagat Singh[31] [32] |