Born 19 July 1827 Nagwa, Ballia district, Ceded and Conquered Provinces, India Died 8 April 1857 (aged 29) Barrackpore, Calcutta, Bengal Province, British India Occupation Sepoy (soldier) in the 34th Bengal Native Infantry (BNI) regiment of the British East India Company Known for Mutineer / Indian independence fighter Main article: Indian Rebellion of 1857 Mangal Pandey was an Indian soldier who played a key part in events immediately preceding the outbreak of the Indian rebellion of 1857. He was a sepoy (sipahi) in the 34th Bengal Native Infantry (BNI) regiment of the British East India Company. While contemporary British opinion considered him a traitor and mutineer, Pandey is widely regarded as a hero in modern India. In 1984, the Indian government issued a postage stamp to commemorate him. His life and actions have also been portrayed in several cinematic productions.

15 August 1947 – 2 February 1958 Preceded by Post Created Succeeded by K.L. Shrimali Personal details Born 11 November 1888 Makkah, Hejaz Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Saudi Arabia) Died 22 February 1958 (aged 69) Delhi, India Cause of death Stroke Nationality Indian, Hijazi Political party Indian National Congress Spouse(s) Zulaikha Begum Awards Bharat Ratna Signature Maulana Sayyid Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed Azad (About this sound pronunciation ; 11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958) was an Indian scholar and the senior Muslim leader of the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement. Following India's independence, he became the first Minister of Education in the Indian government. He is commonly remembered as Maulana Azad; the word Maulana is an honorific meaning 'Our Master' , and he had adopted Azad (Free) as his pen name. His contribution to establishing the education foundation in India is recognised by celebrating his birthday as "

Born Sarojini Chattopadhyay 13 February 1879 Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India (now in Telangana, India) Died 2 March 1949 (aged 70) Lucknow, United Provinces, India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India) Nationality Indian Alma mater University of Madras King's College London Girton College, Cambridge Occupation Political activist, feminist, poet-writer Title Nightingale of India;[1] Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh Term 15 August 1947 – 2 March 1949 Predecessor Francis Verner Wylie Successor Hormasji Peroshaw Mody Political party Indian National Congress Movement Indian independence movement Spouse(s) Govindarajulu Naidu (1898–1949) Children Padmaja and four others Parent(s) Aghore Nath Chattopadhyay, Barada Sundari Devi Relatives Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Virendranath Chattopadhyay, Suhasini Chattopadhyay , Leela Naidu Sarojini Naidu (née Chattopadhyay, 1879–1949), also known by the sobriquet Nightingale of India,[1] was a poet and politician. Naidu served as

Born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 2 October 1869 Porbandar State, Kathiawar Agency, British Indian Empire[1] (now in Gujarat, India) Died 30 January 1948 (aged 78) New Delhi, Delhi, India Cause of death Assassination by shooting Resting place Ashes scattered in various rivers Other names Mahatma Gandhi, Bapu, Gandhiji Education barrister-at-law Alma mater Kathiawar High School, Rajkot, Samaldas College, Bhavnagar, University College, London Known for Leadership of Indian independence movement, philosophy of Satyagraha, Ahimsa or nonviolence, pacifism Movement Indian National Congress Spouse(s) Kasturba Gandhi Children Harilal Manilal Ramdas Devdas Parents Karamchand Gandhi (father) Putlibai Gandhi (mother) Signature Mohandas K. Gandhi signature.svg Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (/ˈɡɑːndi, ˈɡæn-/;[2] Hindustani: [ˈmoːɦənd̪aːs ˈkərəmtʃənd̪ ˈɡaːnd̪ʱi]; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent

Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, KCIE was an Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918. He is a recipient of the Indian Republic's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. Wikipedia Born: 15 September 1861, Muddenahalli Died: 12 April 1962, Bengaluru Awards: Bharat Ratna Education: College of Engineering, Pune (1883), University of Madras (1881) Books: Reconstructing India Parents: Venkatalakshmamma, Mokshagundam Srinivasa Shastry

26 January 1950 – 14 May 1962 Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru Vice President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Preceded by Position Established C. Rajagopalachari as the Governor General of India Succeeded by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Personal details Born 3 December 1884 Ziradie, Siwan, Bihar, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bihar) Died 28 February 1963 (aged 78) Patna, Bihar, India Nationality Indian Political party Indian National Congress Spouse(s) Rajvanshi Devi (d.1962) Alma mater University of Calcutta Religion Hinduism Awards Bharat Ratna Ribbon.svg Bharat Ratna (1962) Rajendra Prasad (About this sound listen ; 3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was the first President of the Republic of India.[1] An Indian political leader, lawyer by training, Prasad joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar. A supporter of Mahatma Gandhi, Prasad was imprisoned by British authorities during the Salt Satyagrah

Born 1898 Bhimunipatnam taluk, Visakhapatnam district Died 7 May 1924 (aged 26) Koyyur village, Visakhapatnam District Cause of death Shooting Resting place Krishna Devi Peta village, Visakhapatnam district Known for "Rampa Rebellion" of 1922–24 Alluri Sitarama Raju was an Indian revolutionary involved in the Indian independence movement. After the passing of the 1882 Madras Forest Act, its restrictions on the free movement of tribal peoples in the forest prevented them from engaging in their traditional Podu agricultural system, which involved shifting cultivation. Raju led the "Rampa Rebellion" of 1922–24, during which a band of tribal leaders and other sympathisers fought against the British Raj, which had passed the law. He was referred to as "Manyam Veerudu" ("Hero of the Jungles") by the local people. Raju led a protest movement in the border areas of the East Godavari and Visakhapatnam regions of Madras Presidency, in present-day Andhra

Born Subash Chandra Bose 23 January 1897 Cuttack, Orissa Division, Bengal Province, British India Died 18 August 1945 (aged 48)[1] Taihoku, Japanese Taiwan[1] Nationality Indian Education Ravenshaw Collegiate School, Cuttack Alma mater University of Calcutta University of Cambridge Known for Figure of Indian independence movement Title President of Indian National Congress (1938) Head of State, Prime Minister, Minister of War and Foreign Affairs of Provisional Government of Free India based in the Japanese-occupied Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1943–1945) Political party Indian National Congress 1921–1940, Forward Bloc faction within the Indian National Congress, 1939–1940 Spouse(s) or companion,[2] Emilie Schenkl (secretly married without ceremony or witnesses in 1937, unacknowledged publicly by Bose.[3]) Children Anita Bose Pfaff Parent(s) Janakinath Bose (father) Prabhavati Devi (mother) Relatives Bose family Signature Signature of Subhas Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose (23 Januar

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa শ্রীরামকৃষ্ণ পরমহংসদেব Ramakrishna.jpg at Dakshineswar Religion Hinduism Founder of Ramakrishna Order Philosophy Advaita Vedanta, Bhakti, Tantra Personal Nationality Indian Born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay 17 February 1836 Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in West Bengal, India) Died 16 August 1886 (aged 50) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India) Spouse Sarada Devi Guru Totapuri Disciple(s) Swami Vivekananda and others Honors Paramahamsa Quotation He is born in vain who, having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realise God in this very

Vivekananda in Chicago, September 1893. On the left, Vivekananda wrote: "one infinite pure and holy – beyond thought beyond qualities I bow down to thee".[1] Religion Hinduism Founder of Ramakrishna Mission Ramakrishna Math Philosophy Modern Vedanta,[2][3] Rāja yoga[3] Personal Nationality Indian Born Narendranath Datta 12 January 1863 Calcutta, British Raj Died 4 July 1902 (aged 39) Belur Math, Bengal Presidency, British Raj Guru Ramakrishna Disciple(s) Ashokananda, Virajananda, Paramananda, Alasinga Perumal, Abhayananda, Sister Nivedita, Swami Sadananda Literary works Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, My Master, Lectures from Colombo to Almora Influenced Subhas Chandra Bose, Aurobindo Ghose, Bagha Jatin, Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, Jawaharlal Nehru, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Jamsetji Tata, Nikola Tesla, Sarah Bernhardt, Emma Calvé, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Annie Besant, Romain Rolland, Narendra Modi, Anna Hazare Signature Swami-