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
Babasaheb
Bodhisattva		 "Respected Father" (Marathi).
"Baba" = "father" and "Saheb" = "sir/lord"		 B. R. Ambedkar[1][2]
Bapu
National Father
Mahatma		 "Father" (Hindi). Mahatma Gandhi[3][4]
Bihar Kesari "Lion of Bihar" (Hindi).
"Bihar" = "Bihar state" and "Kesari" = "Lion"		 Shri Krishna Sinha[5][6]
Bihar Vibhuti "Gem of Bihar" (Hindi).
"Bihar" = "Bihar state" and "Vibhuti" = "Gem"		 Anugrah Narayan Sinha[7]
Deen Bondhu "Friend of the Poor" (Bengali).
"Deen" = "poor" and "Bondhu" = "friend".		 Charles Freer Andrews[8]
Desh Bondhu "Friend of country" (Bengali).
"Desh" = "country" and "Bondhu" = "friend".		 Chittaranjan Das[9][10]
Desh Priya "Beloved of the Country" (Hindi).
"Desh" = "country" and "Priya" = "loved".		 Jatindra Mohan Sengupta[11]
Vishwa Ratna "Jewel of the World" (Marathi-Hindi).
"Vishwa" = "world" and "Ratna" = "jewel"		 B. R. Ambedkar[12]
Desh Ratna "Jewel of the Country" (Hindi).
"Desh" = "country" and "Ratna" = "jewel"		 Rajendra Prasad[13][14]
Gurudev "Supreme teacher" (Hindi).
"Guru" = "teacher" and "dev" = "Respected person".		 Rabindranath Tagore[15][16]
Lokmanya "Revered by the people" (Hindi).
"Lok" = "people" and "manya" = "Revered".		 Bal Gangadhar Tilak[17]
Loknayak "Leader of the people" (Hindi).
"Lok" = "people" and "nayak" = "leader".		 Jayaprakash Narayan[18][19]
Loknayak Bapuji "Leader of the people" (Hindi).
"Lok" = "people", "nayak" = "leader", "Bapu"= "Father", and "ji" = an honorary title.		 Madhav Shrihari Aney[20]
Mahamana "One with greatest thoughts" (Hindi).
"Mahan" = "great" and "Mann" = "thought/heart".		 Madan Mohan Malaviya[21]
Mahatma "Great Soul" (Sanskrit).
"Maha" = "great" and "atma" = "soul".		 Mahatma Gandhi[22]

Jotirao Govindrao Phule[23][24]

Maulana "Our lord" (Arabic). Abul Kalam Azad[25]
Netaji "Respected leader" (Hindi).
"Neta" = "leader" and "ji" = an honorary title.		 Subhas Chandra Bose[26][27]
Sardar "Commander" (Persian).
"Sar" = "head" and "dar" = "holder".		 Vallabhbhai Patel[28][29]
Shaheed e Azam "Great martyr" (Urdu).
"Shaheed" = "martyr" and "Azam" = "Principal".		 Bhagat Singh[30][31]
Udham Singh
Chaccha
Pandit		 "Uncle" (Hindi). Jawaharlal Nehru[32][33]

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