List of Marathi People - Indian Independence Movement

Indian Independence Movement

First Anglo Maratha War (1775–1782)

• Raghunathrao – Under his supervision the, First Anglo-Maratha wars fought between the British East India Company and Maratha Empire in India. The war began with the Treaty of Surat and ended with the Treaty of Salbai

Second Anglo Maratha War (1803–1805)

• Raghoji II Bhonsle – Was the Maratha ruler of the Kingdom of Nagpur in Central India, played important in Second Anglo Maratha War
• Daulat Scindia – Maratha resistance to the consolidation of British hegemony over northern and central India in the early 18th century. Daulatrao played a significant role in the Second and Third Anglo-Maratha wars
• Yashwantrao Holkar – To keep the British at bay, Yashwant Rao Holkar played a great role in Indian history. He stood up against the British with his forces accompanied by Raghoji II Bhonsle and Daulat Scindia, on 4 June 1803, they decided to fight against the British force after their meeting at Bodwad

Third Anglo Maratha War (1817–1818)

• Peshwa Baji Rao II – The war fought under his leadership was the final and decisive conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India
• Mudhoji II Bhonsle – His troops attacked the British and were defeated in the action at Sitabaldi
• Malharrao Holkar III – Gave his best to fight the forces, Britishers led by Sir Thomas Hislop, attacked on 20 December 1817 and defeated the army led by 11 year old Malharrao Holkar III

The Revolt of 1857

• Nana Sahib – Was a rebel Indian leader during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 who played a part in two massacres of British troops and civilians.
• Rani Laxmibai – She was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and a symbol of resistance to the rule of the British East India Company in the subcontinent.
• Rango Bapuji Gupte - Was a Diplomat, General of the Maratha kingdom of Satara. He went to England as an ambassador of the Maratha rulers and advocated their stance about British rule to various British noblemen and politicians. After 14 years living in England with not much success, he finally decided to have a military confrontation against British rule in India. He played an important role in planning the independence war of 1857.
• Tatya Tope (executed 1859) – Served as most successful general in the Revolt of 1857.
• Nana Fadnavis - The great Maratha statesman of the Peshwa period,he was called "the Marattha Machiavelli" by the Europeans

Other Freedom Fighters and Revolutionaries

• Chimnaji Appa – Defeated the Portuguese in 1740 ending their rule in North Konkan
• Babarao Savarkar – Was an Indian revolutionary, who was imprisoned in the Cellular Jail in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• Chapekar brothers – They shot W. C. Rand, an Indian Civil Services officer, was the First political murder in Indian freedom struggle
• Hari Shivaram Rajguru – Was an Indian revolutionist, was charged in the murder of a British police officer J.P. Saunders at Lahore in 1928,he was a colleague of Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev
• Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Was the First popular leader of the Indian Independence Movement, British derogatorily called him Father of the Indian unrest
• Ganesh Damodar Savarkar – Founded the Young India Society which was a secret society
• Pandurang Mahadev Bapat – He was suspected of involvement in the deaths in the Alipore bomb case of 1908, and he went underground for four years
• Vasudev Balwant Phadke – Was an Indian revolutionary and is widely regarded as the Father of the Armed Struggle for India's independence
• Ravindra Kelekar – Participated in Indian freedom movement specially in Goa’s liberation movement, was imprisoned by the Portuguese and was released in 1961
• Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje – Member of the Ghadar Party
• Vinayak Damodar Savarkar – Indian revolutionary, was sentenced to 2 life terms amounting to 50 years imprisonment was moved to the Cellular Jail in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• Nana Patil – He had been a founder of the revolutionary 'Patri-sarkar' or 'Parallel Government'
• Gopal Krishna Gokhale – Political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi, was elected president of the Indian National Congress, he founded the Servants of India Society
• Narahar Vishnu Gadgil – Freedom Fighter, served as the secretary of Poona District Congress Committee (1921–25)
• Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar – Prominent freedom fighter from Uttar Pradesh, presented a bill in 1946 to make Hindi as the National language of India
• Dada Dharmadhikari – Is better known as Acharya Dada Dharmadhikari, was an Indian freedom fighter, and a leader of social reform movements in India
• V.G. Pingle – Was an Indian revolutionary & a member of Ghadar Party who was one of those executed in Lahore conspiracy trial for his role in Ghadar conspiracy