Freedom Fighters - V
Honoring the brave souls who dedicated their lives to the independence and integrity of our motherland.
Vanchinathan
A revolutionary assassin, he committed suicide after killing a British colonial administrator and tax collector, Robert Ashe.
Variyan Kunnathu Kunjahammed Haji
He seized control of a large area from the British rule and set up a parallel government of his Malayalam State in Malabar, named 'Malayala Rajyam' and now part of the Kerala State[31][32][33]
Vasudev Balwant Phadke
A Ramoshi revolutionary, he organized an insurgent group against British rule
Veerapandiya Kattabomman
He refused to accept the sovereignty of the British East India Company and waged a war against the British.[34]
Velu Nachiyar
She was a queen of Sivaganga estate from c. 1780. She was the first Indian queen to wage war with the East India Company in India.She is known by Tamils as Veeramangai ('brave woman')
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
He was an Independence activist, politician and a Hindu Nationalist. He published books advocating complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. One of the books he published called The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857. In 1910, Savarkar was arrested and ordered to be extradited to India for his connections with the revolutionary freedom group India House. He was later sentenced to a total 50 years imprisonment at the Cellular Jail
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
A hardline politician of the Indian National Congress (INC), he launched the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in defiance of the British trade monopoly.[30]