| Nicknames | Original Name |
| Andhra Kesari | T. Prakasam |
| Anna | CN. Annadurai |
| Baba Saheb | Bhimrao Ramji(B.R) Ambedkar |
| Badshah Khan | Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| Bapu, Mahatma Gandhi | Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi |
| Beacon of Light of Asia | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Chacha | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| C.R. | C Rajagopalachari |
| Deenbandhu | C.F. Andrews |
| Deshbandhu | C.R. Das |
| Enlightened One, The | Mahatma Buddha |
| Father of Indian Unrest | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Father of the Local Self-government | Lord Ripon |
| Father of the Nation (India) | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Frontier Gandhi | Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| Grand Old Man of India | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Gurudev | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Iron Man of India | Sardar Patel |
| Indian Bismarck | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Indian Einstein | Nagarjuna |
| Indian Napoleon | Samudragupta |
| J.P./Loknayak | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| Lal, Bal, Pal | Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal |
| Liberator of the Indian Press | Sir Charles Metcalfe |
| Lion of Punjab (Sher-i-Punjab) | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Lokmanya | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Mahamana | Pt. Mandan Mohan Malaviya |
| Martin Luther of India | Dayanand Saraswati |
| Man of Iron/Iron Man of India | Sardar Patel |
| Mother of Indian Revolution | Madam BhikhajiRustam Cama |
| Netaji | Subhas Chandra Bose |
| Nightingale of India | Sarojini Naidu |
| Parrot of India (Tuti-e-Hindustan) | Amir Khusrau |
| Patriot of Patriots | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Punjab Kesari | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Scourge of God | Chengiz Khan |
| Strong Man of India | Sardar Patel |
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