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Famous Indian Personalities and Their Iconic Nicknames - Complete Guide 2025
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Nicknames of Famous Indian Personalities
| Personality | Popular Nickname(s) |
|---|---|
| Mahatma Gandhi | Father of the Nation, Bapu, Mahatma, Sage of Sabarmati |
| Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan | Frontier Gandhi, Badshah Khan, Fakhr-e-Afghan |
| Dadabhai Naoroji | Grand Old Man of India |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | Iron Man of India, Man of Unity, Indian Bismarck |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri | Man of Peace |
| Lala Lajpat Rai | Punjab Kesari, Lion of Punjab |
| Ashutosh Mukherjee | Bengal Kesari |
| Dr. Srikrishna Sinha | Bihar Kesari |
| T. Prakasam | Andhra Kesari |
| Bal Gangadhar Tilak | Lokmanya, Father of Indian Unrest |
| Jayaprakash Narayan | Loknayak, Man of the Masses |
| Karpoori Thakur | Jan Nayak |
| Dr. Rajendra Prasad | Desh Ratna, Ajatashatru |
| Purushottam Das Tandon | Rajarshi |
| Subhash Chandra Bose | Netaji, Patriot of Patriots, Prince of Patriots, Beacon of Light of Asia |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | Chacha, Panditji |
| Chakravarti Rajagopalachari | Rajaji, CR |
| Major General Rajinder Singh | Sparrow |
| Tansen | Sangeet Samrat |
| Dr. B.R. Ambedkar | Modern Manu, Father of the Indian Constitution |
| Surya Sen | Masterda |
| Chandra Shekhar | Young Turk |
| Chaudhary Devi Lal | Tau |
| Bhagat Singh | Shaheed-e-Azam, Prince of Martyrs |
| Amir Khusrow | Parrot of India, Tuti-e-Hind |
| Anugrah Narayan Sinha | Bihar Vibhuti |
| Jagjivan Ram | Babuji |
| Zain-ul-Abidin | Akbar of Kashmir |
| Raja Ram Mohan Roy | Morning Star of the Indian Renaissance, Father of Modern India |
| C.N. Annadurai | Anna |
| Samudragupta | Napoleon of India (so named by Vincent Smith) |
| Kalidasa | Shakespeare of India |
| Chanakya (Vishnugupta) | Machiavelli of India |
| M.F. Husain | Barefooted Painter |
| Vinoba Bhave | Acharya, Sage of Paunar |
| Verghese Kurien | Milkman of India, Father of the White Revolution |
| Salim Ali | Birdman of India |
| Rajendra Singh | Waterman of India |
| E. Sreedharan | Metro Man of India |
| Mritunjay Mohapatra | Cyclone Man of India |
| Jadav Payeng | Forest Man of India |