Updated January 12, 2023
There are many freedom fighters of India who sacrificed their lives to get us freedom from foreign rulers. We got Independence after struggling for several years. Let us remember them on their Birthday. Here is the list of Freedom Fighters of India and their Date of Birth.
Alluri Sitaram Raju
Alluri fought against the British force like a courageous soldier, for 2 years without any help from state powers.
Date of Birth: On July 4, 1897 (not sure)
Date of Death: On May 7, 1924
Movement: Indian Independence movement
Ambika Chakrabarty
Ambika was a Bengali Revolutionary and a great freedom fighter of India. He is well-known for his political activism and revolutionary activities.
Date of Birth: On January 1, 1892
Date of Death: In 1962
Movement: Indian Independence movement
Sri Aurobindo Ghose
Aurbindo was a great freedom fighter, Poet, Philosopher, Yogi, Maharishi, and Spiritual leader. He was a journalist as well, editing publications like Vande Mataram.
Date of Birth: On August 15, 1872, in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, India.
Date of Death: On December 5, 1950
Movement: Indian Independence movement
Ashfaqulla Khan
A founding member of the HRA, Ashfaqulla was executed for taking part in the Kakori conspiracy.
Date of Birth: October 22, 1900, in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Date of Death: December 19, 1927
Movement: Indian Independence movement
Bhagat Singh
A socialist revolutionary and one of the greatest freedom fighters of India who worked with several revolutionary organizations and became prominent in the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA).
Date of Birth: September 27, 1907, in Lyallpur, Punjab, British India
Date of Death: March 23, 1931, in Lyallpur, Punjab, British India
Movement: Indian Independence movement
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Chatterjee is well-known for his famous composing Vande Mataram, also known as Bande Mataram (originally written in Sanskrit, personifying India as a mother goddess), which served as inspiration for the Indian freedom fighters and was eventually adopted as the country’s national anthem.
Date of Birth: July 23, 1856, in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
Date of Death: 1 August 1920 in Mumbai, India
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[The Father of Indian Unrest] A staunch nationalist, Tilak campaigned for complete Swaraj (self-rule).
Date of Birth: July 23, 1856, in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
Date of Death: 1 August 1920 in Mumbai, India
Birsa Munda
Birsa was the biggest and most iconic social reformer, leader, and one of the foremost freedom fighters.
Date of Birth: November 15, 1875, in the village of Ulihatu, earlier in the Lohardaga district of Bengal presidency and now in the Khunti district of Jharkhand.
Date of Death: June 9, 1900, at Ranchi jail.
Chandra Shekhar Azad
One of the greatest minds of the Indian Independence Movement, Azad was the founder of HSRA which produced many other freedom fighters. He was the mentor of many freedom fighters including Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram Rajguru.
Date of Birth: July 23, 1906, in Bhavra, Jhabua District, Madhya Pradesh, India
Date of Death: February 27, 1931, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Movement: Indian Independence movement
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
He was an Indian independence activist, lawyer, scholar, and subsequently the first president of India.
Date of Birth: December 3, 1884, in Zeradei, Bihar, India
Date of Death: February 28, 1963
Dr. Sarvepalli Radakrishan
Radhakrishnan was a Politician, Scholar, and Philosopher. He served as the Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962, and the second President of India from 1962 to 1967.
Date of Birth: September 5, 1888
Date of Death: April 17, 1975
Desh Bandhu Dr. Rajiv Dixit
Date of Birth: November 30, 1967
Date of Death: November 30, 2010
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Date of Birth: May 9, 1866, in Kothluk, Ratnagiri Dist., Maharastra, India
Date of Death: February 19, 1915, in Bombay, India
Jhansi Ki Rani Lakshmibai
Jhansi Ki Rani Lakshmibai was the queen of the Maratha princely state of Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, North India. She became a symbol of the Indian independence movement because of her strength, intelligence, courage, sacrifices, and progressive vision of women’s liberty in India in the nineteenth century.
Date of Birth: 19 November 1828 in Kashi,
Date of Death: 17 June 1858 in Gwalior, India
Movement: Indian Rebellion of 1857
Kalpana Datta
Datta was an Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary. She was a member of the armed independence movement led by Surya Sen, which carried out the Chittagong armory raid in 1930.
Date of Birth: On July 27, 1913, in Sripur, a village of Chittagong District in the Bengal Province of British India.
Date of Death: On February 8, 1995, in Calcutta.
Movement: Indian Independence movement, Chittagong armory raid
Kartar Singh Sarabha
A revolutionary, he helped with the Ghadar Party paper and the attempted Ghadar Mutiny.
Date of Birth: In 1896 in Sarabha Village, Ludhiana, Punjab
Date of Death: In 1915 in Lahore, British India
Movement: Indian Independence movement, Ghadar Conspiracy
Khudiram Bose
One of the youngest revolutionary martyrs, he was executed following an attempted assassination bombing that accidentally killed two bystanders instead of his intended target, the Viceroy of Bengal.
Date of Birth: December 3, 1889
Date of Death: August 11, 1908
Lala Lajpat Rai
A staunch nationalist, he was a founding member of the swadeshi movement and campaigned for the complete Swaraj Swadeshi movement.
Date of Birth: 28 Jan 1865 in Jagraon, India
Date of Death: 17 Nov. 1928 in Lahore (now Pakistan, India)
Movement: The Indian independence movement
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Date of Birth: 2 October 1904 in Mughalsarai, United Provinces, British India
Date of Death: 11 January 1966 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR
Political party: Indian National Congress
Mangal Pandey
Pandey rebelled against his British Indian army commanders and was executed.
Date of Birth: 19 July 1827 in the village of Nagwa in district Ballia (Uttar Pradesh)
Date of Death: 8 April 1857 in Barrackpore, Calcutta, India
Movement: Indian Rebellion of 1857 [ First War of Indian Independence]
Mahatma Gandhi
He was the preeminent leader of nonviolent civil disobedience and led the final struggle of India to independence.
Date of Birth: October 2, 1869
Date of Death: January 30, 1948
Madan Lal Dhingra
An activist and revolutionary fighting against British colonial rule in India, Dhingra assassinated British official Curzon Wyllie.
Date of Birth: February 18, 1883
Date of Death: August 17, 1909
Ram Prasad Bismil
The founder of the HRA, Bismil led the Kakori conspiracy in an attempt to raise funds for revolutionary operations.
Date of Birth: In 1897
Date of Death: 18 Dec. 1927
Rajendra Nath Lahiri
A revolutionary, Lahiri participated in Gonda Jail, United Provinces the Kakori conspiracy.
Date of Birth: 29 June 1901 in Pabna District, Bengal Presidency
Date of Death: 17 December 1927 (aged 26) in Gonda Jail, United Provinces
Movement: The Indian independence movement
Shivaram Rajguru
A revolutionary, Rajguru was an HSRA member and assassinated a British police officer in the Indian Imperial Police.
Date of Birth: August 24, 1908, in Maharashtra
Date of Death: March 23, 1931, in Lahore, Punjab, British India
Movement: Indian Independence movement
Sachindra Bakshi
A member of the HRA, he took part in the Kakori conspiracy.
Date of Birth: December 25, 1904, in Benares.
Date of Death: 23 November 1984 (aged 79) in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Movement: Indian Independence Movement
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
The Iron man of India fought for independence and Unified India into one sovereign Nation.
Date of Birth: October 31, 1875, in Nadiad, Gujarat, British India
Date of Death: 15 December 1950 (aged 75) in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Movement: Indian Independence Movement
Subhash Chandra Bose
A nationalist, he founded the Indian Legion in Nazi Germany and revamped the Indian National Army in Imperial Japan.
Date of Birth: January 23, 1897, in Cuttack, Orissa
Date of Death: 18 August 1945 (Not Confirmed – Missing from 18 august 1945 under British Conspiracy)
Movement: Indian independence movement activism and reorganizing and leading the Indian National Army
Sukhdev
A revolutionary, he was a senior member of HSRA and participated in several actions before his execution.
Date of Birth: 15 May 1907 in Ludhiana, Punjab, British India
Date of Death: 23 March 1931 (aged 23) in Lahore, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan)
Movement: Indian Independence movement
Tantia Tope
He was a general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its notable leaders.
Date of Birth: In 1814 in Yeola
Date of Death: 18 April 1859 in Shivpuri
Movement: Indian Rebellion of 1857 [ First War of Indian Independence]
Thakur Roshan Singh
Thakur was a great revolutionary and freedom fighter of India. He sacrificed everything close to his heart like other freedom fighters to free India from British Raj.
Date of Birth: January 22, 1892, in the United Provinces of British India now Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh
Date of Death: 19 December 1927 (aged 35) in United Provinces of British India
Movement: The Indian independence movement
Udham Singh
A revolutionary assassin, he was executed for the Caxton Hall shooting.
Date of Birth: December 26, 1899, in Sangrur Dist, Punjab, India
Date of Death: July 31, 1940, in Pentonville Prison, United Kingdom
Movement: Indian Independence movement
Vinoba Bhave
Date of Birth: September 11, 1895
Date of Death: November 15, 1982
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
He was an Independence activist, politician, and Hindu Nationalist. He published books advocating complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. One of the books he published was called The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857.
Date of Birth: May 28, 1883, in Bhagur, India
Date of Death: February 26, 1966, in Mumbai, India
Movement: Indian Independence Movement