List of honorary titles of Indian leaders

The following is the list of honorary titles given to various Indian leaders during Indian independence struggle.

Honorary title	Meaning	Statesman
Azad	"Free" (Urdu) Figuratively = "The Freed Soul"	Chandra Shekhar Tiwari
• Babasaheb • Mooknayak	"The Respected Father" (Marathi). "Baba" = "father" and "Saheb" = "sir" "Captain of the Voiceless" (Marathi) (Hindi). "Mook" = "Voiceless" and "Nayak" = "Captain".	Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
• Bacha Khan • Badshah Khan • Fakhr-e-Afghan • Sarhadi Gandhi	"Bacha Khan" = "King of Chiefs" "Badshah Khan" = Master King of Kings "Pride of Afghans" (Urdu) "Fakhr" = "Pride" and "Afghan" = "Afghan" "Frontier Gandhi" (Hindi) "Sarhad" = "Frontier" (North-West Frontier Province) and "Gandhi" = "Gandhi"	Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Bihar Kesari	"Lion of Bihar" (Hindi/Sanskrit) "Bihar" = "Bihar" and "Kesari" = "Lion"	Shri Krishna Sinha
Bihar Vibhuti	"Sacred Ash of Bihar" (Hindi). "Bihar" = "Bihar" and "Vibhuti" = "Sacred Ash"	Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Deenabandhu	"Friend of the Poor" (Bengali). "Deen" = "Poor" and "Bandhu" = "Friend".	Charles Freer Andrews
Deshabandhu	"Friend of Country" (Bengali). "Desh" = "Country" and "Bandhu" = "Friend".	Chittaranjan Das
• Deshanayak • Netaji	"Captain of the Country" (Bengali). "Desh" = "Country" and "Nayak" = "Captain". "Respected Leader" (Hindi). "Neta" = "Leader" and "Ji" = an honorary suffix.	Subhash Chandra Bose
Deshapriya	"Beloved of the country" (Bengali). "Desh" = "Country" and "Priya" = "Beloved".	Jatindra Mohan Sengupta
Desh Ratna	"Jewel of the Country" (Hindi). "Desh" = "country" and "Ratna" = "jewel"	Rajendra Prasad
• Gurudev • Kobiguru • Biswakobi • The Bard of Bengal	"Divine Teacher" (Bengali) (Hindi). "Guru" = "Teacher" and "Deva" = "divine".	Rabindranath Tagore
Lokmanya	"Revered by the People" (Marathi). "Lok" = "People" and "Manya" = "Revered".	Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Loknayak	"Captain of the People" (Hindi). "Lok" = "People" and "Nayak" = "Captain".	Jayaprakash Narayan
Mahamana	"Great Heart" (Hindi). "Mahan" = "great" and "Mana" = "thought/heart".	Madan Mohan Malaviya
Mahatma	"Great Soul" (Sanskrit). "Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "Soul".	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Mahatma	"Great Soul" (Sanskrit). "Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "soul".	Jyotirao Govindrao Phule
Maulana	"Guardian" (Arabic).	Abul Kalam Azad
Chacha	"Paternal Uncle" (Hindi)	Jawaharlal Nehru
Punjab Kesari	"Lion of Punjab" (Hindi) "Punjab" = "Punjab" and "Kesari" = "Lion"	Lala Lajpat Rai
Sardar	"Commander" (Persian). "Sar" = "Head" and "dar" = "Holder".	Vallabhbhai Patel
Shaheed-e-Azam	"Greatest Martyr" (Urdu). "Shaheed" = "Martyr" and "Azam" = "Greatest".	Bhagat Singh
Swantanryaveer or Veer	"Brave Freedom Fighter" (Marathi). "Swantanrya" = "Freedom" and "Veer" = "Brave"	Vinayak Damodar Savarkar