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Name the Indian Freedom Fighter

Can you name these Indian historical figures who played a role in the movement for independence from the British?
In Telugu names, the last name is said first
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Last updated: September 7, 2024
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First submittedMay 10, 2021
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Post-1857
1869-1948
Known as "Mahatma"
Mohandas Gandhi
1876-1963
Telugu educationist, ally of the above, and designer of an early version of India's flag
Pingali Venkayya
1861-1941
Bengali Poet who wrote India's national anthem
Rabindranath Tagore
1897-1945
Leader of the Indian National Army, which fought against the British in WWII
Subhas Chandra Bose
1882-1921
Tamil writer, poet, and polyglot
Subramania Bharati
1856-1920
Marathi scholar and philosopher, known as the first leader of the independence movement
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
1872-1950
Bengali philosopher who lived in Pondicherry
Aurobindo Ghose
1897/98-1924
Telugu revolutionary who fought for tribal rights
Alluri Sitarama Raju
1889-1964
First Prime Minister of India after independence
Jawaharlal Nehru
1875-1950
"Iron Man of India", first Deputy Prime Minister of India
Vallabhbhai Patel
1861-1936
Parsi women's rights advocate who presented one of the first versions of India's flag at the 1907 International Socialist Congress
Bhikaiji Cama
1879-1949
Bengali Poet born in Hyderabad, known as "Nightingale of India"
Sarojini Naidu
1891-1956
Buddhist politician who played a major role in drafting the Indian Constitution
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
1907-1931
Punjabi revolutionary considered a "folk hero"
Bhagat Singh
Pre-1857
1814-1859
General in 1857 First War of Independence
Ramachandra Panduranga Yawalkar
1827-1857
Maratha minister who led the uprising in Kanpur during the War of Independence
Nana Saheb Peshwa
1827-1857
34th Bengal Native Infantry soldier who is known for sparking the 1857 uprising
Mangal Pandey
1828-1858
Queen of a Maratha princely state who played a role in the First War of Independence
Maharani Lakshmibai
9 Comments
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Level 59
May 15, 2021
Accept Netaji or Subhash or Subash for Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Arobindo or Aravinda for Aurobindo Those. Good Quiz overall
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Level 65
May 16, 2021
Thank you! Added type-ins
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Level 71
May 15, 2021
Can you change the question about the "Queen of Jhansi" a little bit? She's most commonly known as just the "Rani of Jhansi." I think it would make sense to remove the "of Jhansi" part in the clue and then accept "Rani of Jhansi" as a type-in, if that makes sense.

Otherwise, good quiz!

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Level 65
May 16, 2021
Thank you! Changed the question
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Level 59
May 16, 2021
no Bhagat Singh?
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Level 65
May 16, 2021
I'll add now! Feel free to suggest any other names I could add.
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Level 59
Dec 13, 2022
Only 93% got Ghandi.......I can't even..............
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Level 59
Sep 6, 2024
accept Jhansi ka Rani?
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Level 65
Sep 7, 2024
nuh uh