Honorary titles of Indian leaders
The following is the list of honorary titles given to various Indian leaders during Indian independence struggle.
| Honorary title | Meaning | Statesman | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azad | "Free" (Urdu)
Figuratively = "The Freed Soul" |
Chandra Shekhar Tiwari | |
| • Babasaheb
|
"The Respected Father" (Marathi). "Baba" = "father" and "Saheb" = "sir" "Captain of the Voiceless" (Marathi) (Hindi). |
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar | |
| • 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 | |
| Bihar Kesari | "Lion of Bihar" (Hindi/Sanskrit)
"Bihar" = "Bihar" and "Kesari" = "Lion" |
Shri Krishna Sinha | |
| Bihar Vibhuti | "Sacred Ash of Bihar" (Hindi). "Bihar" = "Bihar" and "Vibhuti" = "Sacred Ash" |
Anugrah Narayan Sinha | |
| Deenabandhu | "Friend of the Poor" (Bengali). "Deen" = "Poor" and "Bandhu" = "Friend". |
Charles Freer Andrews | |
| Deshabandhu | "Friend of Country" (Bengali). "Desh" = "Country" and "Bandhu" = "Friend". |
Chittaranjan Das | |
| • Deshanayak
• Netaji |
"Captain of the Country"
(Bengali). "Respected Leader" (Hindi). |
Subhash Chandra Bose | |
| Deshapriya | "Beloved of the country" (Bengali). "Desh" = "Country" and "Priya" = "Beloved". |
Jatindra Mohan Sengupta | |
| Desh Ratna | "Jewel of the Country" (Hindi). "Desh" = "country" and "Ratna" = "jewel" |
Rajendra Prasad | |
| • Gurudev
• Kobiguru • Biswakobi • The Bard of Bengal |
"Divine Teacher" (Bengali) (Hindi). "Guru" = "Teacher" and "Deva" = "divine". |
Rabindranath Tagore | |
| Lokmanya | "Revered by the People" (Marathi). "Lok" = "People" and "Manya" = "Revered". |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak | |
| Loknayak | "Captain of the People" (Hindi). "Lok" = "People" and "Nayak" = "Captain". |
Jayaprakash Narayan | |
| Mahamana | "Great Heart" (Hindi). "Mahan" = "great" and "Mana" = "thought/heart". |
Madan Mohan Malaviya | |
| Mahatma | "Great Soul" (Sanskrit). "Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "Soul". |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | |
| Mahatma | "Great Soul" (Sanskrit). "Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "soul". |
Jyotirao Govindrao Phule | |
| Maulana | "Guardian" (Arabic). | Abul Kalam Azad | |
| • Pandit
|
"Scholar" (Hindi/Sanskrit)
"Uncle" (Hindi) |
Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| Punjab Kesari | "Lion of Punjab" (Hindi)
"Punjab" = "Punjab" and "Kesari" = "Lion" |
Lala Lajpat Rai | |
| Sardar | "Commander" (Persian). "Sar" = "Head" and "dar" = "Holder". |
Vallabhbhai Patel | |
| Shaheed-e-Azam | "Greatest Martyr" (Urdu). "Shaheed" = "Martyr" and "Azam" = "Greatest". |
Bhagat Singh |