Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

male, deceased (1948)
Indian, civil disobedience, non-violence, Indian independence movement, activist, death by firearm…Indiancivilrightsactivist, Indian activist, Indian National Congress, Non-South African anti-apartheid activist, Indian independence activist
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. In India, he is recognized as the "Father of the Nation" and October 2nd, his birthday, is commemorated each year as...
Laxman Nayak

Laxman Nayak

male, deceased (1943)
Indian, nonviolence, tax resister, madras, Orissa, gandhi…Indiancivilrightsactivist
Laxman Nayak or Laxman Naik (November 22, 1899 - March 29, 1943) was the most prominent civil rights activist of South Orissa in eastern India....
Malati Choudhury

Malati Choudhury

female, deceased (1998)
brahmos, Indiancivilrightsactivist, from Bihar, Indrajit Gupta
Malati Choudhury "nee Sen" was born in 1904 in an aristocratic Brahmo family. She had lost her father, Barrister Kumud Nath Sen, when she was only...
Bant Singh

Bant Singh

male
andhra pradesh, Indian National Congress, dalit, Indiancivilrightsactivist, mansa
Bant Singh is a lower caste Dalit farmer and singer from the Jhabhar village in Mansa district, Punjab, India, who has emerged as an agricultural...
K. Kelappan

K. Kelappan

male, deceased (1971)
Indian, madras university, activist, bombay, kerala, madras…Indian independence activist, Indiancivilrightsactivist
K. Kelappan(August 24, 1889-October 7, 1971) was born in a small village of in Muchukunnu Village in Calicut in Kerala. He studied in Calicut and...