famous indian freedom fighters quotes

Laxman Nayak, a folk-hero of Orissa and a cult-figure among its tribals, was born on 22nd November, 1899 in Tentuliguma village of Koraput district and his father padlam Nayak was a tribal chieftain and ‘Mustadar’ under ‘Jeypore Samasthanam’ in the then Madras Presidency.The local administration worked as an ant of the British Government. The tribals […]

Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on 2nd October. 1905 in Prayag. His father Sharada Prasad, a school teacher at the local school, passed away when Lal Bahadur was barely a year and a half. Growing up without a father forced Lal Bahadur to accept responsibility at an early age. He was sent by his uncle

Lala Lajpat Rai was born in 1865 into an Aggarwal family. His birth took place at his maternal grand-parents’ home in a village called Dhudike in Ferozpur District while his mother was visiting there. His father, Munshi Radha Krishna, a pious and learned man, was at the time receiving education at Normal School, Delhi after

Lala Har Dayal, a well known revolutionary nationalist founder of the Ghadar Movement and a thinker and scholar, was born on 14th October, 1884 in Delhi . His father Gauri Dayal Mathur was a scholar of Persian and Urdu. His mother was a pious and religious lady. First in every examination from the time he

Khudiram Bose was an Indian freedom fighter, one of the youngest revolutionaries early in the Indian independence movement.Bose was born on 3rd December 1889 in the village Bahuvaini in Medinipur district of Bengal. His father Trailokyanath Basu was the Tahsildar of the town of the Nadazol prince. His mother Lakshmipriya Devi was a pious lady,

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, more than anything else, was a man of God who believed in service to the humanity as service to God. He was, in his view, a true Khudai Khidmatgar, Servant of God. Born in the North-west Frontier Province in 1890, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan missed the opportunity of going abroad for

Revolutionary Kartar Singh, was only twenty years old when he sacrificed himself on the altar of goddess of freedom. There was only one aim of his life, only one desire, only one hope—all that held meaning in his life was revolution. Kartar Singh was born in Sarabha, a village in district Ludhiana, in 1896. He

Kamraj was born on July 15, 1903, in a family of traders at Virudunagar. His real name was Kamakshi Kumaraswamy Nadar but was affectionately shortened to Raja by his mother, Sivakami Ammal. His father, Kumarswamy Nadar, was a coconut merchant. Kamaraj was enrolled at the local elementary school, the Nayanar Vidyalaya but was later shifted

Patriot and intellectual, Acharya Kripalani was a Gandhian all his life and a critic of the establishment.Born in 1888 in an upper class family in Hyderabad, he had his education in Karachi. He made a mark even as a student leader. He was professor of English and History at the Muzzaffarpur College in Bihar for

Jayaprakash Narayan was a freedom fighter and political leader. Popularly called JP, Narayan played a pivotal role in the Quit India movement and earned a lot of fame and respect for this. During the Quit India Movement too in 1942, JP was at the helm of the agitation.Born on 11 October, 1906, Jayaprakash was a

Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India and one of the strongest leaders of the independence movement. Through his leadership, independent India went on to become one of the more industrialized nations.Jawaharlal Nehru was born into a wealthy Kashmiri Brahmin family on the 14th of November, 1989 at Allahabad. He studied at Harrow School

Maulana Hasrat Mohani (real name Syed Fazl ul Hasan) was born at a place called Mohan in U.P in 1875. He was a romantic poet of Urdu, parliamentarian and a courageous freedom fighter of the sub-continent.Being a bright student right from his childhood, he topped the state level examination. After that he completed his studies

Hakim Ajmal Khan was a noted Indian freedom fighter, renowned physician and educationalist. He was the founder of the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi. Hakim Ajmal Khan was born in 1863 in Delhi. Khan studied the Quran and traditional Islamic knowledge, before studying medicine at home, under the tutelage of his relatives. After launching himself

The first chief minister of Assam, Gopinath Bordoloi (1890-1950), was an eminent Indian freedom fighter. He was an avid supporter of Gandhiji and non-violence. He was most instrumental during 1946-47, when he worked day and night to prevent the inclusion of the significantly Hindu dominated Assam into East Pakistan that nurtured a majority of Muslims.Gopinath

Gokhale was born on May 9, 1886. Supported by his elder brother and sister-in-law, Gokhale managed an education at Rajaram High School in Kolhapur. Due to his respect for his brother and a recognition of the compassion with which he was treated, Gokhale learned the value of self-sacrifice to avoid asking for more material support.