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Tajul Islam (scholar)

Bengali Islamic scholar

Tajul Islam was a 20th-century Bengali Islamic scholar, debater, and politician known for his long-term leadership of Jamia Islamia Yunusia, his involvement in the anti-Ahmadiyya movement, his participation in the Indian independence and Pakistan movements, and his efforts to promote Islamic education through the founding of madrasas and religious organizations. He was referred to by the title 'Faqr-e-Bangal'. He was affiliated with Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and later Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, and served as vice president of the Nizam-e-Islam Party.

T. Aliba Imti

Indian politician (1919–1988)

T. Aliba Imti was a Naga leader from India who was instrumental in the development of the post-independence Naga Identity. He was the founding president of the Naga National Council (NNC).

Tantia Bhil

19 th century indian rebel

Tantia Bhil was a freedom fighter active in India between 1878 and 1889. He is described very negatively as a criminal in the British-era accounts, but is recognized by Indians as a heroic figure. Accounts of both eras have described him as an "Indian Robin Hood".

Tantia Tope

Leader of the Indian War of Independence in 1857

Tantia Tope was an Indian general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the British East India Company.

Taraben Premchand

Indian suffragist, social worker, and independence movement activist

Taraben Maneklal Premchand was an Indian social worker, suffragist and Indian independence movement activist. She was a member of the All India Women's Conference, and was a member of a committee that authored a notable report on universal suffrage in India. She was married to industrialist Maneklal Premchand.

Tara Singh Wan

Sikh martyr

Tara Singh Wan was an eighteenth-century Sikh martyr. He was from the village of Wan, also known as Wan Tara Singh and Dall-Wan now in Tarn Taran district tehsil Bhikhiwind of the Eastern Punjab. After humbling the faujdar of Patti, he was killed while resisting a Mughal army dispatched by Zakaria Khan. Thus, Tara Singh was part of one of the first recorded Sikh military actions in the post-Banda Singh Bahadur period. He is remembered by Sikhs as one of their notable martyrs of the 18th century.

Teja Singh Sutantar

Indian independence activist and politician (1901–1973)

Teja Singh Sutantar, also by his sobriquet Swatantar, was a national revolutionary of India who fought for the independence of India from the British Raj and for the liberation of Punjab peasantry from the clutches of feudal lords. He was a member of the 5th Lok Sabha from Sangrur constituency as a CPI candidate. He also was Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly from 1937 to 1945 and member of Punjab Legislative Council from 1964 to 1969.

Telanga Kharia

Indian tribal freedom fighter (1806–1880)

Telanga Kharia was a great Indian tribal freedom fighter, who spearheaded a rebellion against the British Raj in Chotanagpur Region during 1850-1860.

Theyiechüthie Sakhrie

Theyiechüthie Sakhrie, commonly known as T. Sakhrie, was a prominent Naga nationalist and social activist, remembered for his commitment to non-violence and his role in the Naga National Council (NNC). Born in Khonoma, he was a significant figure in the Naga independence movement, advocating for the rights and self-determination of the Naga people.

Thoma IV

Mar Thoma IV was the 4th Malankara Metropolitan of the Malankara Church in India, serving from 1688–1728. During his tenure, the church was subject to a number of persecutions.

Thota Narasayya Naidu

Indian freedom fighter

Thota Narasayya Naidu was an Indian freedom fighter and a resident of Pagolu taluk, Machilipatnam. He was a wrestler by profession and served in the court of the Challapalli Zamindar.

Tikait Umrao Singh

South Asian king and freedom fighter

Tikait Umrao Singh was a king and freedom fighter. He was king of small kingdom Bandhgawa which is located in Ranchi district in Jharkhand. In Indian rebellion 1857, he and his brother Ghasi Singh played pivotal role in preventing East India Company force from occupying Ranchi.

Tiladi massacre

Massacre in British India

The Tiladi massacre, also known as the Rawain massacre, was the mass shooting of unarmed protesters by the princely state forces of Tehri Garhwal State on 30 May 1930. The incident took place in a field of Tiladi village of the Rawain Valley, near present-day Barkot in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, India. It occurred during the Indian independence movement, in response to local protests against repressive forest policies imposed under the British-backed Tehri Garhwal princely state. It led to the death of at least 200 villagers, with over 100 injured.

Tiruppur Kumaran

Indian revolutionary (1904–1932)

Tiruppur Kumaran also known as Kodi Kaatha Kumaran was an Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter who participated in the Indian independence movement. He was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi. He died from injuries sustained from a police assault during a protest march against the British Raj, and was holding the flag of the Indian nationalists at the time of his death.

Tufail Ahmad Manglori

Maulvi Syed Tufail Ahmad Manglori was a colonial Indian educationalist and historian who was known for his establishment of City High School of the Aligarh Muslim University, founding of the journal Soodmand, and opposition to the partition of India.

Turrebaz Khan

Rohilla freedom fighter and revolutionary during the Revolt of 1857

Turrebaz Khan, also known as Turram Khan, was an Indian Rohilla revolutionary who fought against the British in Hyderabad State during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and was hung by the British.

T. V. Thomas

Indian politician

T. V. Thomas was an Indian communist leader from Alleppey, Kerala. He was the Minister for Labour and Transport in the First E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministry, Minister for Industries in the Second E. M. S. Namboodiripad Ministry and in the Second Achutha Menon Ministry. He was also the Opposition Leader in the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly (1954–56).