Mahatma Gandhi is known by the nickname “Bapu” and also revered as the father of the Nation. The famous personalities in India are addressed with certain names by the people out of love or due to the achievement they have earned while doing something noteworthy for the country’s development.
This article has listed down the nicknames of eminent personalities of India.
Nicknames are generally asked in the general knowledge segment in all competitive exams like government exams, bank exams, etc. This will help your competitive exam preparation.
List of Famous Personalities & their Nicknames
|
Nickname |
Personality |
| Acharya | Vinoba Bhave |
| Adi Kavi | Valmiki |
| Desh Ratna, Ajatshatru | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| Akbar of Kashmir | Jainul Abdin |
| Andhra Kesari | T Prakasam |
| Anna | C N Annadurai |
| Babuji | Javjeevan Ram |
| Badshah Khan / Frontier Gandhi | Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| Bapu | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
| Bengal Kesari | Ashutosh Mukherji |
| Bengal Tiger | Bipin Chandrapal & Saurav Ganguli |
| Bihar Kesri | Dr. Srikrishna Singh |
| Bihar Vibhuti | Dr. Anurag Narayan Singh |
| Bismark of India | Vallabhai Patel |
| Biswa Kavi | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Buddha | Siddhartha Gautama |
| C R | C Rajagopalachari |
| Chacha | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Deenabandhu | C F Andrews |
| Desabandhu | C R Das |
| Desh Ratna | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| Deshbandhu | Chitta Ranjan Das |
| Deshpriya | Yatindra Mohan Sengupta |
| Father of Gujrat | Ravi Sankar Maharaj |
| Father of Nation (India) | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
| Flying Sikh | Milkha Singh |
| Gandhiji | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
| Grand Old Man of India | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Grandfather of Indian Films | Dhundiraj Govind Phalke |
| Gurudev | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Guruji | M S Gohlwalkar |
| Haryana Hurricane | Kapil Dev |
| Hockey Wizard | Dhyan Chand |
| Indian Machiavelli | Chanakya |
| Iron Lady of India | Indira Gandhi |
| Iron Man | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| J P | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| Jana Nayak | Karpuri Thakur |
| Kaviguru | Rabindranath Tagore |
| King Maker of Indian History | Sayyed Bandhu |
| Kuvempu | K.V.Puttappa |
| Lal, Bal, Pal | Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Ganghadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal |
| Light of Asia | Sreebuddha |
| Lion of Kashmir | Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah |
| Lion of Maratha | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Little Master | Sunil Gavaskar |
| Lokmanya | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Loknayak | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| Machiavelli of India | Chanakya |
| Magician of Hockey | Dhyanchand |
| Mahamana | Madan Mohan Malaviya |
| Man of Iron | Vallabhai Patel |
| Man of Peace | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| Morning Star of India Renaissance | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| Napolean of India | Samudragupta |
| Netaji | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Nightingale of India | Sarojini Naidu |
| Panditji | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Panjab Kesari | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Payyoli Express | P. T. Usha |
| Prince of Kolkata | Saurav Ganguly |
| Priyadarshini | Indira Gandhi |
| Punjab Kesari | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Rajaji | C Rajagopalachari |
| Rajarshee | Purushottam Das tandon |
| Sahid-e-Azam | Bhagat Singh |
| Saint of Sabarmati | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
| Saint of the Gutters | Mother Teresa |
| Shakespeare of India | Kalidasa |
| Sher-e-Kashmir | Sheikh Abdullah |
| Sparrow | Major General Rajinder Singh |
| Strong Man of India | Vallabhai Patel |
| Swar Kokila | Lata Mangeshkar |
| Tau | Chaudhury Devi Lal |
| The Little Master | Sachin Tendulkar |
| Tiger of Mysore | Tipu Sultan |
| Tota-e-Hind | Amir Khushro |
| Udanpari | P.T.Usha |
| Young Turk | Chandra Sekhar |
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Frequently Asked Questions on Important Personalities and their Nicknames
Q 1. Who is known as the Hockey Wizard of India?
Q 2. Who was given the title of Saint of Sabarmati?
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