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He turned resistance into a movement of ordinary people, using non-cooperation, civil disobedience and peaceful protest against colonial rule.

A young revolutionary who gave his life to the cause of independence and became a lasting symbol of courage, sacrifice and resistance.

Close comrade of Bhagat Singh in the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, executed alongside him for the assassination of a British police officer.

One of the three young revolutionaries hanged together in 1931, remembered for his role in the armed resistance against colonial rule.

He believed freedom demanded determined action and organised the Indian National Army to fight colonial rule.

She refused to surrender Jhansi and became one of the strongest symbols of resistance during the uprising of 1857.

He played a major role in India's freedom movement and later helped bring hundreds of princely states into the independent Indian Union.

He spent years in prison for his participation in the freedom movement and later became independent India's first Prime Minister.

He devoted himself to revolutionary resistance and became one of the most recognised young faces of India's struggle against British rule.

She used both her voice and political leadership to mobilise people and encourage women to become part of the national movement.

He turned the demand for self-rule into a powerful political force and helped spread nationalist ideas among ordinary Indians.

An elderly participant in the Quit India Movement whose courage became a symbol of how ordinary people stood against colonial repression.

Remembered as one of the early figures associated with the uprising of 1857 against British military and political control.

Executed at just 18, one of the youngest revolutionaries to be hanged by the British, remembered for his fearless defiance of colonial rule.

He carried the memory of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre for two decades before avenging it in London, becoming a lasting symbol of resolve.

A revolutionary thinker and writer imprisoned for over a decade in the Cellular Jail, Andaman, for advocating armed resistance to colonial rule.

He used economic evidence to expose the exploitation of India under colonial rule and gave the national movement an important intellectual foundation.

He believed political freedom required education, reform and public participation, influencing a younger generation of nationalists.

He became one of the strongest nationalist voices of his generation and demanded greater political action against colonial rule.

He strongly supported Swadeshi, national education and political resistance during a more assertive phase of India's freedom movement.

A scholar, journalist and political leader who opposed colonial rule and strongly advocated unity during India's freedom struggle.

She became a powerful advocate of Home Rule and used writing, speeches and political organisation to demand self-government.

He organised a powerful non-violent movement among the Pashtun people and demonstrated the strength of disciplined peaceful resistance.

She became one of the recognisable faces of resistance during the Quit India Movement and continued political activity despite repression.

She helped operate the secret Congress Radio, carrying news and messages when colonial censorship attempted to silence the movement.

Poet and revolutionary who believed independence demanded direct resistance and was prepared to sacrifice his life for that belief.

He worked alongside revolutionary comrades and became a powerful symbol of friendship and unity across religious communities.

Known as Masterda, he organised revolutionary resistance in Chittagong and became an important figure in the armed struggle.

He led tribal communities against colonial policies in the forest regions of present-day Andhra Pradesh.

One of the earliest Indian rulers to lead an armed rebellion against the British East India Company, decades before the 1857 uprising.

She unfurled an early version of India's independence flag on foreign soil and campaigned internationally for the cause of freedom.

He was active in underground resistance during the Quit India Movement and remained a lifelong voice for democratic accountability.

Jailed multiple times during the freedom struggle, he later became independent India's second Prime Minister, remembered for his humility and resolve.

One of the important military leaders of 1857 who continued resistance across central India even after the uprising weakened.

He participated in the national movement, endured imprisonment and later became independent India's first President.

He participated actively in nationalist politics and helped carry the movement through the difficult transition toward independence.