Freedom Fighters - S
Honoring the brave souls who dedicated their lives to the independence and integrity of our motherland.
Sachindra Bakshi
A member of the HRA, he took part in the Kakori conspiracy.
Saifuddin Kitchlew
An Indian independence activist, barrister, politician and later a leader of the peace movement. A member of Indian National Congress, he first became Punjab Provincial Congress Committee (Punjab PCC) head and later the General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee in 1924.
Sangolli Rayanna
The army chief of Kittur, who fought the British East India Company until his death.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
The Iron man of India, he fought for independence and Unified India into one sovereign Nation .
Sarojini Naidu
An activist, she called for independence in her writing and was a major figure of the civil disobedience movement.
Seth Harchandrai Vishandas
A Sindhi politician and influential mayor of Karachi, he fought for Muslim-Hindu unity and the independence movement, particularly in opposing the Simon Commission of 1912. He died while travelling (against doctor's advice) to vote for its boycott.
Shah Nawaz Khan (general)
He was profoundly influenced by Subhas Chandra Bose's speeches asking POWs to join the Indian National Army and to fight for a free India, Khan led the army into North-Eastern India, seizing Kohima and Imphal which were held briefly by the INA under the authority of the Japanese.
Shambhu Dutt Sharma
A former British Indian Army officer, he joined the Quit India Movement in 1942.
Shaukat Ali
An activist and revolutionary, he campaigned for independence and supplied weapons to revolutionaries.[25]
Shivaram Rajguru
A revolutionary, he was an HSRA member and assassinated a British police officer in the Indian Imperial Police.
Shyamji Krishna Varma
A nationalist, he founded the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and The Indian Sociologist in London.
Sri Aurobindo
A nationalist, he was arrested for leading the Alipore bomb conspiracy.
S. Satyamurti
A politician, he campaigned for independence.[24]
Subhas Chandra Bose
A nationalist, he founded the Indian Legion in Nazi Germany and revamped the Indian National Army in Imperial Japan.
Subodh Roy
A revolutionary, he took part in the Chittagong armoury raid and later the Tebhaga movement.
Subramania Bharati
A writer and activist who created many patriotic and nationalistic songs during the independence movement.
Sukhdev Thapar
A revolutionary, he was a senior member of HSRA and participated in several actions before his execution.
Surendranath Tagore
A nationalist, he served as treasurer of the Anushilan Samiti.
Surya Sen
President of INC Chittagong Branch, he led the Chittagong armoury raid.
Sushila Chain Trehan
An activist, she was a leading member of Arya Samaj and also fought for women's rights.
Sushila Didi
A revolutionary, participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement under the pseudonym of 'Indumati' and was arrested.
Swami Shraddhanand
An activist, he started a protest in front of a posse of Gurkha soldiers at the Clock Tower in Chandni Chowk.[26]