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Nagabhata I

Founder of the Pratihara dynasty of India

Nagabhata I was the founder of the imperial Pratihara dynasty in northern India. He ruled the Avanti region in present-day Madhya Pradesh, from his capital at Ujjain. He may have extended his control over Gurjaradesa, which includes parts of present-day Gujarat and Rajasthan. He repulsed an Arab invasion from Sindh, probably led by Junayd ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Murri or Al Hakam ibn Awana.

Nagnath Naikwadi

Indian politician (1922–2012)

Nagnath Naikwadi (1922–2012), popularly known as Krantiveer Nagnath anna, was an Indian independence activist, social worker, politician and educationist, known for his revolutionary activism during the Indian independence struggle. He was an associate of Nana Patil during the Quit India movement and together they established Prati Sarkar, a parallel government, in Satara-Sangli region of Maharashtra and indulged in armed struggle against the British. After the Indian independence, he was involved in electoral politics and was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, representing Sangli. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2009, for his contributions to Indian society.

Naina Singh (Jathedar)

Naina Singh, also known as Narayan Singh, was a Nihang warrior and fifth Jathedar of Budha Dal and a chief of the Shaheedan Misl during the late 18th century.

Nalini Bagchi

Indian revolutionary (1896–1918)

Nalinikanta Bagchi was a young Indian revolutionary who sacrificed his life at the age of 22 during the struggle against British Raj. Born in Kanchantala, Murshidabad, he joined the freedom movement while studying at Krishnath College. Fleeing police persecution, he moved through Bihar and Assam, attempting to incite rebellion in the Danapur Cantonment. He evaded capture multiple times and survived smallpox before finally relocating to Dhaka. In January 1918, after a police raid at Kalta Bazar, he was critically wounded in a gunfight along with Tarini Majumdar. He died the same day in Mitford Hospital, Dhaka, remembered as a fearless martyr.

Nana Sahib

Peshwa pretender (1824–1859)

Nana Saheb Peshwa II, born Nana Govind Dhondu Pant, was an Indian aristocrat and fighter who led the Siege of Cawnpore (Kanpur) during the Indian war of Independence 1857 against the East India Company. As the adopted son of the exiled Maratha Peshwa, Baji Rao II, Nana Saheb believed he was entitled to a pension from the Company. However, after being denied recognition under Lord Dalhousie's doctrine of lapse, he joined the 1857 rebellion and took charge of the rebels in Kanpur. He forced the British garrison in Kanpur to surrender and subsequently ordered the killing of the survivors, briefly gaining control of the city. After the British recaptured Kanpur, Nana Saheb disappeared, and conflicting accounts surround his later life and death.

Naseem Mirza Changezi

Indian independence activist (1910–2018)

Naseem Mirza Changezi was an Indian independence activist. He was also believed to have been one of the oldest living individuals in India at the time of his death.

Nathu Dhobi

Amar Shaheed Nathu Dhobi also known as Nathu Dhobi belongs to DHOBHI caste which listed OBC. He was a first freedom fighter to lead the Jallianwala Bagh struggle in the state of Amritsar, Punjab in 1919.

National Council of Education

Education organisation in Bengal

The National Council of Education - Bengal was an organisation founded by Satyendranath Tagore and other Indian nationalists in Bengal in 1906 to promote science and technology as part of a swadeshi industrialisation movement. It established the Bengal National College and Bengal Technical Institute which would later merge to form Jadavpur University. Institutions which were functioning under the council were considered to be hotbeds of swadeshi activities and the government banned nationalistic activities such as the singing of patriotic songs.

Nawab Noor Samad Khan

Freedom fighters

Nawab Noor Samad Khan was the Freedom fighter of India and Nawab of a small princely state Rania, Hisar, Haryana.

N. C. Sekhar

N. C. Sekhar alias Narayanan Pillai Sekhar Chandrasekharan Pillai was a freedom fighter, political leader, Rajya Sabha member and writer. He was a member of the first Communist group in Kerala. Sekhar was one of the four founding leaders of the Communist Party of India in Kerala who participated in the formation of the Communist League in Thiruvananthapuram in 1931.

Nilamber and Pitamber

Brothers and freedom fighters from India

Nilamber and Pitamber were tribal brothers and freedom fighters from Jharkhand, eastern India, who led a revolt against the East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. They were born into a family of Bhogta clan of Kharwar tribe in the village Chemo-Senya in Latehar district, a Chotanagpur plateau region of Jharkhand. Their father, Chemu Singh, was Jagirdar. They decided to declare themselves independent of company rule, inspired by the Doronda Revolt in Ranchi led by Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo and Pandey Ganpat Rai. Chero Jagirdar Devi Baksh Rai joined them.

Niranjan Singh Talib

Sardar Niranjan Singh Talib (1901–1976), was a journalist, an independence activist, revolutionary and influential leader of Indian National Congress leader and also served as Punjab Pradesh Congress Chief. He was a noted Gandhian and joined the Non-cooperation movement on call of Mahatma Gandhi in 1920. He was editor of nationalist daily Punjabi newspaper Desh Darpan, which was once published from Calcutta. Further, he was also a close associate of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and at one point of time associated closely with All India Forward Bloc as many sources claim, he drove the car, in which Netaji escaped from his house arrest in Calcutta. Before independence, he spent around 10 years in total in various jails in British India. Earlier he served as personal aide of Maharaja of Nabha, Ripudaman Singh, till the King was deposed. After independence served as Minister in Punjab Government as Public Works Department minister and also Head of Capital Project, Public Health, Engineering and Housing, which founded Chandigarh as newly developed capital city. In 1962 he won election from Chandigarh, as a Congress party candidate. He served as member of Rajya Sabha from Punjab for the years 1974 till his death in 1976.

Nirmal Munda

Indian politician and veteran (1893–1973)

Nirmal Munda was an agrarian leader, a freedom fighter and a World War I veteran from the Munda tribe from Bartoli village in the former princely state of Gangpur. He was the leader of the Munda agitation of 1937–39, who organised the tribals of Gangpur to refuse to pay exorbitant taxes and demanded khuntkatti rights.

Nityanand Saha

Indian revolutionary (1933–1955)

Nityanand Saha was an Indian revolutionary from West Bengal, known mainly for his involvement in the Satyagraha movement against the Portuguese government, to free Goa from Portuguese rule, under leader Ram Lohia. He was an active member of Janata Seva Sangh in Payradanga, Nadia, West Bengal, and on 13 August 1955, he was shot dead by the Portuguese government, along with his associates Baburao Thorat and Karnail Singh.

N. P. Nayar

N. Parameswaran Nayar, popularly known as N. P. Nayar was an Indian freedom fighter and author from Kollam.

N. Sankaraiah

Indian politician and independence activist (1921–2023)

N. Sankaraiah was an Indian Communist Party politician and independence activist.

N. S. Varadachari

Indian freedom fighter

Nadadur Sadhu Varadachari was an Indian freedom fighter, author, and politician. Known as "No Shirt" Varadachari, he was a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi and actively participated in various satyagraha movements.