The following is the list of honorary titles given to various Indian leaders during Indian independence struggle.

Honorary title Meaning Statesman Photos
Azad "The Freed Soul" (Urdu) Chandra Shekhar Tiwari[1][2]
Babasaheb

Mooknayak

"The Respected Father" (Marathi). "Baba" = "father" and "Saheb" = "sir"

"Leader of the voiceless" (Marathi) (Hindi).
"Mook" = "voiceless" and "Nayak" = "Leader".

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar[3][4]
Bacha Khan

Badshah Khan Fakhr-e-Afghan Sarhadi Gandhi

"King of Chiefs" (Urdu)

"Bacha"/"Badshah" = "King" and "Khan" = "Chief"

"Pride of Afghans" (Urdu)

"Fakhr" = "Pride" and "Afghan" = "Afghan"


"Frontier Gandhi" (Hindi)

"Sarhad" = "Frontier" (North-West Frontier Province) and "Gandhi" = "Gandhi"

Abdul Ghaffar Khan[5]
Bihar Kesari "Lion of Bihar" (Hindi/Sanskrit)

"Bihar" = "Bihar" and "Kesari" = "Lion"

Shri Krishna Sinha[6][7]
Bihar Vibhuti "Gem of Bihar" (Hindi).
"Bihar" = "Bihar" and "Vibhuti" = "Gem" 		Anugrah Narayan Sinha[8]
Deen Bandhu "Friend of the poor" (Bengali).
"Deen" = "poor" and "Bandhu" = "friend". 		Charles Freer Andrews[9][10]
Desh Bandhu "Friend of country" (Bengali).
"Desh" = "country" and "Bandhu" = "friend". 		Chittaranjan Das[11]
Desh Nayak

Netaji

"Leader of the country"

(Bengali) (Hindi).
"Desh" = "country" and "Nayak" = "Leader".

"Respected leader" (Bengali) (Hindi).
"Neta" = "leader" and "Ji" = an honorary suffix.

Subhash Chandra Bose
Desh Priya "Beloved of the country" (Bengali) (Hindi).
"Desh" = "country" and "Priya" = "loved". 		Jatindra Mohan Sengupta[12]
Desh Ratna "Jewel of the country" (Hindi).
"Desh" = "country" and "Ratna" = "jewel" 		Rajendra Prasad[13][14]
Gurudev

Kobiguru

Biswakobi

The Bard of Bengal

"Supreme teacher" (Bengali) (Hindi).
"Guru" = "teacher" and "Dev" = "respected person". 		Rabindranath Tagore[15][16]
Lokmanya "Revered by the people" (Marathi).
"Lok" = "people" and "Manya" = "Revered". 		Bal Gangadhar Tilak[17]
Loknayak "Leader of the people" (Hindi).
"Lok" = "people" and "Nayak" = "leader". 		Jayaprakash Narayan[18][19]
Mahamana "One with great thoughts" (Hindi).
"Mahan" = "great" and "Mana" = "thought/heart". 		Madan Mohan Malaviya[20]
Mahatma "Great Soul" (Sanskrit).
"Maha" = "great" and "Atma" = "soul". 		Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[21]
Mahatma "Great Soul" (Sanskrit).
"Maha" = "great" and "Atma" = "soul". 		Jyotirao Govindrao Phule[22][23]
Maulana "Our Lord" (Arabic). Abul Kalam Azad[24]
Pandit

Chacha

"Scholar" (Hindi)

"Uncle" (Hindi)

Jawaharlal Nehru[25][26]
Punjab Kesari "Lion of Punjab" ( Hindi/Sanskrit)

"Punjab" = "Punjab" and "Kesari" = "Lion"

Lala Lajpat Rai
Sardar "Commander" (Persian).
"Sar" = "head" and "dar" = "holder". 		Vallabhbhai Patel[27][28]
Shaheed-e-Azam "Great Martyr" (Urdu).
"Shaheed" = "martyr" and "Azam" = "great". 		Bhagat Singh[29][30]

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