History is an important topic in UPSC IAS Prelims and Mains Exams. The event of Indian independence portrayed in Modern Indian history also has a prominent role in all competitive exams.

The Indian independence movement was a great movement by various people from nooks and corners of the country. They had sacrificed their blood and soul for the independence of their country. There are numerous freedom fighters in India who have fought against British rule. This easy table will help you remember the famous freedom fighters along with their notable contributions towards the Indian freedom fight.

Important Indian Freedom Fighters and their contributions

Freedom Fighter	Notable Activities/Events
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi	Father of nation Civil rights activist in South Africa Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha Non-violence Civil disobedience Quit India movement
Dr. B R Ambedkar	Father of Constitution First Law Minister of India
Dr. Rajendra Prasad	First President of The Republic of India Leader from Bihar
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel	Actively participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement and Quit India Movement Unified India
Jawaharlal Nehru	Pre-eminent fighter First Prime Minister of India
Bhagat Singh	Most influential revolutionary
Rani Gaidinliu	Naga spiritual and political leader
Pingali Venkayya	Designer of the flag on which our National Flag is based
Rani Laxmi Bai	Indian Rebellion of 1857
Veerapandiya Kattabomman	Was an 18th-century Tamil chieftain. He refused to accept the sovereignty of the British East India Company and waged war against them. He was captured by the British and was hanged on 16 October 1799
Mangal Pandey	Indian Rebellion of 1857
Bakht Khan	Indian Rebellion of 1857
Chetram Jatav	Indian Rebellion of 1857
Bahadur Shah Zafar	Indian Rebellion of 1857
Begum Hazrat Mahal	Indian Rebellion of 1857
Asaf Ali	Indian national movement
Ashfaqulla Khan	Kakori conspiracy
Manmath Nath Gupta	Kakori conspiracy
Rajendra Lahiri	Kakori conspiracy
Sachindra Bakshi	Kakori conspiracy
Ram Prasad Bismil	Kakori conspiracy
Roshan Singh	Kakori conspiracy
Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee	Kakori conspiracy
Annie Besant	Starting the Home Rule Movement
Bagha Jatin	The Howrah-Shibpur conspiracy case
Kartar Singh Sarabha	Lahore conspiracy
Basawon Singh (Sinha)	Lahore conspiracy case
Senapati Bapat	Leader of the Mulshi Satyagraha
Bhikaji Cama	Unfurled the Indian flag at the International Socialist Conference at Stuttgart in Germany, 1907
Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi	Founder of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Tirupur Kumaran	Founder of the Desa Bandhu Youth Association
Lakshmi Sahgal	Officer of the Indian Army
Parbati Giri	Mother Teresa of Western Orissa.
Kanneganti Hanumanthu	Palnadu Rebellion
Alluri Sitarama Raju	Rampa Rebellion 1922-1924
Sucheta Kriplani	Chief Minister of an Indian state (UP) Founder of the All India Mahila Congress 1940 She sang Vande Mataram in the Constituent Assembly on 15th August 1947
Bhavabhushan Mitra	Ghadar Mutiny
Chandra Shekhar Azad	Reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) after the death of its founder
Subhas Chandra Bose	Was twice elected President of the Indian National Congress. The INA revealed Subhash Bose’s greatness as a military leader and an organiser. (He was not the founder of INA).
Chittaranjan Das	Leader in Non-cooperation Movement from Bengal and Founder of Swaraj party
Prafulla Chaki	The Muzaffarpur killing
Khudiram Bose	The Muzaffarpur killing
Madan Lal Dhingra	The assassination of Curzon Wyllie
Surya Sen	Mastermind of Chittagong Armoury raid
Pritilata Waddedar	Pahartali European Club attack
Rash Behari Bose	Indian National Army
Shyamji Krishna Varma	Founder of the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and The Indian Sociologist in London.
Subodh Roy	Tebhaga movement
Tanguturi Prakasam	The first chief minister of the new Andhra state, created by the partition of Madras State along linguistic lines.
Ubaidullah Sindhi	Silk Letter Conspiracy
Vasudev Balwant Phadke	Deccan Rebellion
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar	One of the leading figures of Hindu Mahasabha and the formulator of Hindu Nationalist Philosophy

UPSC Previous Year Questions on Modern Indian history

UPSC has asked many questions from the freedom fighter and their contributions. This portion in Modern Indian history is considered as an important topic for UPSC Prelims Examination.

Which one of the following observations is not true about the Quit India Movement of 1942? (UPSC IAS Prelims 2011)

It was a non-violent movement
It was led by Mahatma Gandhi
It was a spontaneous movement
It did not attract the labor class in general

Answer: A

Frequently Asked Questions on Important Indian Freedom Fighters

Q 1. Why is Mahatma Gandhi known as the Father of the Nation?

Ans. Mahatma Gandhi is known as the Father of the Nation as he was one of the greatest freedom fighters and one of the key driving forces behind the independence of India.