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Famous Indian Personalities and Their Nicknames

This document lists 75 famous Indian personalities and their nicknames, including politicians, freedom fighters, writers, and athletes. Some of the more well-known personalities and their nicknames mentioned are Mahatma Gandhi ("Father of the Nation"), Subhash Chandra Bose ("Netaji"), Rabindranath Tagore ("Gurudev"), Sachin Tendulkar ("Master Blaster"), and Indira Gandhi ("Iron Lady of India"). The document provides nicknames for historical and current figures from various fields that helped shape modern India.

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Famous Indian Personalities and Their Nicknames

This document lists 75 famous Indian personalities and their nicknames, including politicians, freedom fighters, writers, and athletes. Some of the more well-known personalities and their nicknames mentioned are Mahatma Gandhi ("Father of the Nation"), Subhash Chandra Bose ("Netaji"), Rabindranath Tagore ("Gurudev"), Sachin Tendulkar ("Master Blaster"), and Indira Gandhi ("Iron Lady of India"). The document provides nicknames for historical and current figures from various fields that helped shape modern India.

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Famous Indian personalities and their nicknames

1. Mahatma Gandhi: Father of the Nation, Bapu, Mahatma


2. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan: Frontier Gandhi, Badshah Khan
3. Dadabhai Naoroji: Grand Old man of India
4. Valmiki: Adi Kavi
5. Nagarjuna: Indian Einstein
6. Lal Bahadur Shastri: Man of Peace
7. Salim Ali: Bird man of India
8. Jawaharlal Nehru: Chacha, Pandit ji
9. Dr. Rajendra Prasad: Desh Ratna, Ajatshatru
10. Raja Ram Mohan Roy: Morning Star of India Renaissance
11. Dayanand Saraswati: Martin Luther of India
12. Mother Teresa: Mother
13. Subhash Chandra Bose: Netaji, Patriot of Patriots
14. Sankaracharya: Sage of Kanchi
15. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: Strong (Iron) Man of India
16. PT Usha: Udanpari
17. Rabindranath Tagore: Vishwa Kavi, Kaviguru, Gurudev
18. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhay: Sahitya Samrat
19. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhay: Kathasilpi
20. Lord Buddha: Enlightened One
21. Chanakya: Machiavelli of India
22. Dhyanchand: Magician of Hockey
23. Sarojini Naidu: Nightingale of India
24. Lata Mangeshkar: Swar Kokila
25. Chandra Shekhar: Young Turk
26. Sunil Gavaskar: Little Master
27. Kapil Dev: Haryana Hurricane
28. Saurav Ganguly: Prince of Kolkata
29. Sachin Tendulkar: Master Blaster
30. Milkha Singh: Flying Sikh
31. Sayyed Bandu: Kingmaker of Indian History
32. Indira Gandhi: Iron Lady of India
33. T Prakasam: Andhra Kesari
34. Ashutosh Mukherji: Bengal Kesari
35. Lala Lajpat Rai: Bengali Tiger
36. Bal Gangadhar Tilak: Punjab Kesari, Lokmanya
37. Dr. Srikrishna Singh: Bihar Kesari
38. Jainul Abdin: Akbar of Kashmir
39. CN Annadurai: Anna
40. Jagjeevan Ram: Babuji
41. Sheikh Mujibut Rahman: Banga bandhu
42. Bhagat Singh: Prince of Martyrs, Sahid-e-Azam
43. LalaLajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal: Together known as
- Lal, Bal, Pal
44. Dr. Anugrah Narayan Singh: Bihar Vibhuti
45. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari: CR, Rajaji
46. CF Andrews: Deen bandhu
47. Chitta Ranjan Das: Desh bandhu
48. Yatindra Mohan Sengupta: Deshpriya
49. Ravi Shankar Maharaj: Father of Gujarat
50. Lord Rippon: Father of the Local Self-Government
51. Tushar Kanti Ghosh: Grand old man of Indian Journalism
52. Dhundiraj Govind Phalke: Grandfather of Indian Films
53. MS Golvalkar: Guruji
54. Karpuri Thakur: Jana Nayak
55. Sayyed Bandhu: King Maker of Indian History
56. KV Puttappa: Kuvempu
57. Jayaprakash Narayan: Loknayak
58. Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya: Mahamanya, Prince of Beggars
59. Tipu Sultan: Mysore Tiger
60. Samudra Gupta: Napoleon of India
61. Amir Khushro: Parrot of India, Tota-e-hind
62. Babur: Prince of Autobiography
63. Shah Jahan: Prince of Builders
64. Muhammad bin Tughlaq: Prince of Money Makers
65. Mohammad Ali Jinnah: Quaid-i-Azam
66. Purushottam Das Tandon: Rajashree
67. Mahakavi Kalidas: Shakespeare of India
68. Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah: Sher-e-Kashmir Lion of Kashmir
69. Major General Rajinder Singh: Sparrow
70. Chaudhury Devi Lal: Tau
71. Ho Chi Minh: Uncle Ho
72. MS Golwalkar: Guruji
73. Jayaprakash Narayan: JP
74. Maharaja Kumar of Vizianagara: Vizzy
75. Jagjiwan Ram: Babuji

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