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 | Photos |
| Azad | "Free" Figuratively = "The Freed Soul" | Chandra Shekhar Tiwari | |
| • Babasaheb • Mooknayak | "The Respected Father". "Baba" = "father" and "Saheb" = "sir" "Captain of the Voiceless" . "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" "Fakhr" = "Pride" and "Afghan" = "Afghan" "Frontier Gandhi" "Sarhad" = "Frontier" and "Gandhi" = "Gandhi" | Abdul Ghaffar Khan | |
| Bihar Kesari | "Lion of Bihar" "Bihar" = "Bihar" and "Kesari" = "Lion" | Shri Krishna Sinha | |
| Bihar Vibhuti | "Sacred Ash of Bihar". "Bihar" = "Bihar" and "Vibhuti" = "Sacred Ash" | Anugrah Narayan Sinha | |
| Deenabandhu | "Friend of the Poor". "Deen" = "Poor" and "Bandhu" = "Friend". | Charles [Freer Andrews] | |
| Deshabandhu | "Friend of Country". "Desh" = "Country" and "Bandhu" = "Friend". | Chittaranjan Das | |
| • Deshanayak • Netaji | "Captain of the Country" . "Desh" = "Country" and "Nayak" = "Captain". "Respected Leader". "Neta" = "Leader" and "Ji" = an honorary suffix. | Subhash Chandra Bose | |
| Deshapriya | "Beloved of the country". "Desh" = "Country" and "Priya" = "Beloved". | Jatindra Mohan Sengupta | |
| Desh Ratna | "Jewel of the Country". "Desh" = "country" and "Ratna" = "jewel" | Rajendra Prasad | |
| • Gurudev • Kobiguru • Biswakobi • The Bard of Bengal | "Divine Teacher" . "Guru" = "Teacher" and "Deva" = "divine". | Rabindranath Tagore | |
| Lokmanya | "Revered by the People". "Lok" = "People" and "Manya" = "Revered". | Bal Gangadhar Tilak | |
| Loknayak | "Captain of the People". "Lok" = "People" and "Nayak" = "Captain". | Jayaprakash Narayan | |
| Mahamana | "Great Heart". "Mahan" = "great" and "Mana" = "thought/heart". | Madan Mohan Malaviya | |
| Mahatma | "Great Soul". "Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "Soul". | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | |
| Mahatma | "Great Soul". "Maha" = "Great" and "Atma" = "soul". | Jyotirao Govindrao Phule | |
| Maulana | "Guardian". | Abul Kalam Azad | |
| Chacha | "Paternal Uncle" | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| Punjab Kesari | "Lion of Punjab" "Punjab" = "Punjab" and "Kesari" = "Lion" | Lala Lajpat Rai | |
| Sardar | "Commander". "Sar" = "Head" and "dar" = "Holder". | Vallabhbhai Patel | |
| Shaheed-e-Azam | "Greatest Martyr". "Shaheed" = "Martyr" and "Azam" = "Greatest". | Bhagat Singh | |
| Swadeshi Tamil Naavik | "Kappal Ootiya Tamilan" "Kappal" = "Tamil" and "Naavik" = "Captain" | V O Chidambaram Pillai | |
| Swantanryaveer or Veer | "Brave Freedom Fighter". "Swantanrya" = "Freedom" and "Veer" = "Brave" | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar |