Freedom fighters of India
India was under the British rule for long 200 years before independence. We got independence finally on 15 august, 1947 after prolonged struggle and sacrifices of our freedom fighters. We read stories and events of the freedom fighters whose selfless contribution and constant struggle brought freedom. When we think about freedom fighters the names that come in our mind are Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawarlal Nehru, Bhagat Singh, Lal Bahadur Shashtri, Khudiram Bose, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and so on. They worked constantly without thinking about their own life and struggled till making India a uniform country. Beside the freedom fighters there are numerous patriots who contributed in the freedom movement of India. In fact, there are poets and writers who tried to instigate the fire of seeking freedom from the British raj through their writings. In this article, candidate will learn much about the freedom fighters of India and their struggling history.
India earned freedom after constant struggle and sacrifice of the great freedom fighters and national heroes. All freedom fighters have to go through a series of battles, torture, struggles, movements and uprisings for bringing ultimate independence. It is difficult to give list of top level freedom fighters as there is no parameter to analyse a freedom fighter. All freedom fighters’ contribution is equally valuable who played major roles in freedom movement in their individual ways. Freedom fighters and their struggle history are significant parts of Indian history of competitive exam. Candidates must have detailed knowledge about the complete history of India’s freedom movement and how freedom fighters struggled during those hard days. They bore brutal torture for long from cruel British rule, even they spend nights in jail and had to move in disguise for fulfilling their mission. Some freedom fighters sacrificed their life but they did not bow down in front of the British rule. Students will find details about some elected freedom fighters in this article which are much important from exam perspective.
Sr. No. |
Freedom Fighters Names |
(1) |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
(2) |
Dr.Rajendra Prasad |
(3) |
Lal Bahadur Shastri |
(4) |
Sardar Vallabhbhai Bhai Patel |
(5) |
Bhagat Singh |
(6) |
Subhas Chandra Bose |
(7) |
Mahatma Gandhi |
(8) |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
(9) |
Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
(10) |
Chandra Shekhar Azad |
(11) |
Dadabhai Naoroji |
(12) |
Tantia Tope |
(13) |
Bipin Chandra Pal |
(14) |
Lala Lajpat Rai |
(15) |
Ashfaqullah Khan |
(16) |
Nana Sahib |
(17) |
Sukhdev |
(18) |
Kunwar Singh |
(19) |
Mangal Pandey |
(20) |
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar |
(21) |
Rani Lakshmi Bai |
(22) |
Begum Hazrat Mahal |
(23) |
Kasturba Gandhi |
(24) |
Kamla Nehru |
(25) |
Vijay Laxmi Pandit |
(26) |
Sarojini Naidu |
(27) |
Aruna Asaf Ali |
(28) |
Madam Bhikaji Cama |
(29) |
Kamla Chattopadhyay |
(30) |
Sucheta Kriplani |
(31) |
Annie Besant |
(32) |
Kittur Chennamma |
(33) |
Savitribai Phule |
(34) |
Usha Mehta |
(35) |
Lakshmi Sahgal |
(36) |
Dr. B.R Ambedkar |
(37) |
Rani Gaidinliu |
(38) |
Prafulla Chaki |
(39) |
Chittaranjan Das |
(40) |
Bhavabhushan Mitra |
(41) |
Alluri Sitarama Raju |
(42) |
Kanneganti Hanumanthu |
(43) |
Parbati Giri |
(44) |
Tirupur Kumaran |
(45) |
Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi |
(46) |
Senapati Bapat |
(47) |
Basawon Singh (Sinha) |
(48) |
Kartar Singh Sarabha |
(49) |
Bagha Jatin |
(50) |
Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee |
(51) |
Roshan Singh |
(52) |
Pingali Venkayya |
(53) |
Veerapandiya Kattabomman |
(54) |
Sachindra Bakshi |
(55) |
Rajendra Lahiri |
(56) |
Manmath Nath Gupta |
(57) |
Bahadur Shah Zafar |
(58) |
Chetram Jatav |
(59) |
Bakht Khan |
FAQs:
- In which part students have to study about stories of freedom fighters?
Answer. Students will have to study about freedom fighters in history part which carries larger part of general awareness in competitive examination.
- Do students require to study about freedom fighters and their individual struggles?
Answer. Yes, students should definitely read about specific struggle history of all freedom fighters for answering all types of questions.