Honorary titles of Indian leaders

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The following is the list of

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).
"Neta" = "Leader" and "Ji" = an honorary suffix.

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]

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