List of Important Nicknames Indian Personalities often reflect their personality, achievements, or public persona. These monikers range from playful and endearing to iconic and powerful, capturing the essence of their influence. For example, ‘Frontier Gandhi’ for Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, ‘The Iron Lady’ for Margaret Thatcher, and ‘Little Master’ for Sunil Gavaskar. Such nicknames become synonymous with their legacies, cementing their place in history and popular culture.
1. Frontier Gandhi | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
2. Father of the Nation | Mahatma Gandhi |
3. Bapu | Mahatma Gandhi |
4. Grand Old Man of India | Dada Bhai Naoroji |
5. Iron Man of India, Sardar, Bismarck | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
6. Man of Peace | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
7. Punjab Kesari, Punjab da Sher, Lion of Punjab | Lala Lajpat Rai |
8. The Bengal Tiger | Ashutosh Mukherjee |
9. Bihar Kesari, Lion of Bihar, Sri Babu | Dr. Shrikrishna Singh |
10. Andhra Kesari | T.S. The light |
11. Sher-e-Kashmir | Sheikh Abdullah |
12. Bangabandhu | Sheikh Mujibur Rehman |
13. Deshbandhu | Chittaranjan Das |
14. Deenbandhu | C. F. Andrews |
15. Lokmanya | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
16. Lok Nayak , JP | Jaiprakash Narayan |
17. Jan Nayak | Karpuri Thakur |
18. Rajarshi | Purushottam Das Tandon |
19. Gurudev, Kaviguru, Vishwa Kavi | Rabindranath Tagore |
20. Guruji | M. S. Golwalkar |
21. Rajaji | Chakraborty Rajagopalachari |
22. Sparrow | Major General Rajendra Singh |
23. Mahamana | Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya |
24. Uncle Ho | Ho. Chi. Minh |
25. Super Cat, Big C, Hubert | Clive Lloyd |
26. Bihar Vibhuti | Anugrah Narayan Singh |
27. Deshpriya | Yatindra Mohan Sen Gupta |
28. Grandfather of Indian films | Dhundiraj Govind Phalke |
29. The Mad Sultan, The Eccentric Prince, Wise Fool | Mohammed-Bin-Tughlaq |
30. Rebel poet | Kazi Nazrul Islam |
31. Man of destiny, The Little Corporal | Napoleon Bonaparte |
32. Grand man of Britain, The Grand Old Man (G.O.M.) | William Ewart Gladstone |
33. Maiden Queen, Lilibet | Queen Elizabeth-II |
34. Morning Star of Indian Renaissance, Father of the Indian Renaissance | Raja Rammohan Roy |
35. Quaid-e-Azam | Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
36. Desh Ratna, Ajatshatru | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
37. Ajatashatru | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
38. Akbar of Kashmir | Zainul Abedin |
39. Netaji | Subhash Chandra Bose |
40. Chacha | Jawaharlal Nehru |
41. Jananayak | Shri Chandrashekhar |
42. Tau (Elder Uncle) | Chaudhary Devi Lal |
43. Shaheed-e-Azam | Bhagat Singh |
44. Mata Basant, Diamond Soul | Annie Besant |
45. Bharat Kokila, Nightingale of India | Sarojini Naidu |
46. Nightingale of India, Queen of Melody, Swar Kokila | Lata Mangeshkar |
47. Flying Queen, Payyoli Express, | P.T.Usha |
48. Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu | Mother Teresa |
49. World Poet, Gurudeb | Rabindra Nath Tagore |
50. Kaviguru | Rabindra nath tagore |
51. Sardar | Vallabh Bhai Patel |
52. Tota-e-hind, Parrot of India | Ameer Khusro |
53. Babuji | Jagjivan Ram |
54. Napoleon of India | Samudragupta |
55. Indian Machiavelli | Chanakya |
56. The Haryana Hurricane | Kapildev |
57. Little Master | Sunil Gavaskar |
58. Hockey wizard, The Wizard | Dhyanchand |
59. Fuhrer | Adolf Hitler |
60. Bard of Avon | William Shakespeare |
61. Shakespeare of India | Great Poet Kalidas |
62. Father of Gujarat | Ravi Shankar Maharaj |
63. King-makers of Indian history | Sayyid Brothers (Abdulla and Husain Ali) |
64. Fifth son of Mahatma Gandhi | Jamna Lal Bajaj |
65. The Little Corporal | Napoleon Bonaparte |
66. Black Gandhi | Martin Luther King (Jr.) |
67. The Father of English Poetry | Geoffrey Chaucer |
68. Made of Alliens | Joan of Arc |
69. Lal Bal Pal | Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal |
70. The Iron Lady | Margaret Thatcher |
71. Missile Man of India | Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam |
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FAQs
Q. What are some nicknames of famous people?
Father of the Nation: Mahatma Gandhi
Grand Old Man of India: Dada Bhai Naoroji
Man of Peace: Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lok Nayak , JP: Jaiprakash Narayan
Q. What is the most popular nicknames?
Father of the Nation: Mahatma Gandhi
Q. Who are the 10 Famous people in India?
- Frontier Gandhi: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Father of the Nation: Mahatma Gandhi
- Bapu: Mahatma Gandhi
- Grand Old Man of India: Dada Bhai Naoroji
- Iron Man of India, Sardar, Bismarck: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- Man of Peace: Lal Bahadur Shastri
- Punjab Kesari, Punjab da Sher, Lion of Punjab: Lala Lajpat Rai
- The Bengal Tiger: Ashutosh Mukherjee
- Bihar Kesari, Lion of Bihar, Sri Babu: Dr. Shrikrishna Singh
- Andhra Kesari: T.S. The light
Q. What is the nickname of Bhagat Singh?
Shaheed-e-Azam
Q. What was the nickname of Abdul Kalam?
Missile Man of India
Q. What is the nickname of Jawaharlal Nehru?
Chacha
Q. What is the nickname of sardar Vallabhbhai Patel?
Iron Man of India, Sardar, Bismarck
Q. What is Gandhi’s nickname?
Father of the Nation, Bapu
Q. What is the nickname of Rabindranath Tagore?
Gurudev, Kaviguru, Vishwa Kavi