The following is the list of honorary titles given to various Indian leaders during Indian independence struggle.
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| Honorary title | Meaning | Statesman |
|---|---|---|
| Deen Bandhu | "Friend of the Poor" (Bengali). "Deen" = "poor" and "Bandhu" = "friend". |
Charles Freer Andrews |
| Desh Bandhu | "Friend of country" (Bengali). "Desh" = "country" and "Bandhu" = "friend". |
Chittaranjan Das |
| Desh Ratna | "Jewel of the Country" (Hindi). "Desh" = "country" and "Ratna" = "jewel" |
Rajendra Prasad |
| Gurudev | "Supreme teacher" (Hindi). "Guru" = "teacher" and "dev" = "Respected person". |
Rabindranath Tagore |
| Lokmanya | "Revered by the people" (Hindi). "Lok" = "people" and "manya" = "Revered". |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Loknayak | "Leader of the people" (Hindi). "Lok" = "people" and "nayak" = "leader". |
Jayaprakash Narayan |
| lokpriya | "loved by the people" (hindi). "lok" = "people" and "priya" = "lovable". |
gopinath bordoloi |
| Mahamana | Madan Mohan Malaviya | |
| Mahatma | "Great Soul" (Sanskrit). "Maha" = "great" and "atma" = "soul". |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
| Maulana | "Our lord" (Arabic). | Abul Kalam Azad |
| Netaji | "Respected leader" (Hindi). "Neta" = "leader" and "ji" = an honorary title. |
Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Sardar | "Commander" (Persian). "Sar" = "head" and "dar" = "holder". |
Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Shaheed e Azam | "Great martyr" (Urdu). "Shaheed" = "martyr" and "Azam" = "Principal". |
Bhagat Singh |
Famous quotes containing the words titles, indian and/or leaders:
“I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts.”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)
“If you tie a horse to a stake, do you expect he will grow fat? If you pen an Indian up on a small spot of earth, and compel him to stay there, he will not be contented, nor will he grow and prosper. I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They can not tell me.”
—Chief Joseph (c. 1840–1904)
“People try so hard to believe in leaders now, pitifully hard. But we no sooner get a popular reformer or politician or soldier or writer or philosopher—a Roosevelt, a Tolstoy, a Wood, a Shaw, a Nietzsche, than the cross-currents of criticism wash him away. My Lord, no man can stand prominence these days. It’s the surest path to obscurity. People get sick of hearing the same name over and over.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)