Nicknames by Dr. Gaurav Garg
Famous Personalities of India
C. Rajagopalachari
● Nickname - Rajaji
● Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian politician,
independence activist, lawyer, writer, historian and statesman.
● Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India, as India soon became a Republic in
1950.
● Mahatma Gandhi gave him the name “Conscience Keeper”.
Mahatma Gandhi
● Nicknames - Father of the Nation , Bapu , Mahatma , Saint of Sabarmat i .
● Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was the first person to call Mahatma Gandhi as the ‘Father of
the Nation’.
● Later, the Parliament of Independent India officially recognised Gandhiji as the Father of the
Nation.
● The title of ‘Mahatma’ was given by Rabindranath Tagore.
● “दे दी हम
Salim Ali
● Nickname - Birdman of India .
● Birdman of India, Salim Ali was the first Indian to conduct systematic bird surveys across
India and wrote several bird books that popularized ornithology ( study of birds ) in India.
● Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary (Goa).
● Barela Jheel Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary (Bihar).
● Salim Ali National Park (J & K).
Jawaharlal Nehru
● Nicknames - Chacha , Pandit ji .
● Nehru came to be referred to as Chacha. It is believed that he was fond of children and used
to meet kids with immense affection. It was because of his friendly attitude towards children
that kids fondly called him Chacha.
● He was also known as Pandit Nehru due to his roots with the Kashmiri Pandit community.
His father, Motilal Nehru (1861–1931), belonged to the Kashmiri Pandit community.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
● Nickname - Desh Ratna , Ajatshatru .
● Gandhiji called him Ajatashatru (one who had no enemies).
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
● Nickname - Raja , Morning Star of India Renaissance , Father of Indian renaissance .
● Ram Mohan Roy is known as the 'Maker of Modern India' and 'Father of Indian Renaissance'.
● He campaigned for abolition of the practice of Sati and caste system, and demanded property
rights for women.
● He was given the title of Raja by Akbar II, the Mughal emperor.
Dayanand Saraswati
● Nickname - Martin Luther King of India .
● Dayananda Saraswati was an Indian philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya
Samaj, a reform movement of the Vedic dharma.
● Because of his preaching and wisdom he acquired the name as Martin Luther of India.
Mother Mary Teresa
● Nickname - Mother, Saint of the Gutters .
● She was born in Macedonia.
Subhash Chandra Bose
● Nickname - Netaji , Patriot of Patriots .
● In 1942, he earned the title ‘Netaji’, in Germany by the Indian soldiers of the Azad Hind
Fauj.
● Despite a difference in ideology, Bose was admired by 'father of the nation' Mahatma Gandhi
and was called "patriot of patriots" by him.
● Bose is credited with the very famous slogan, “Give me blood, and I shall give you freedom!”
as well as “Jai Hind”.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
● Nickname - Strong (Iron) Man of India , Bismark of India .
● Patel persuaded almost every princely state to accede to India.
● His commitment to national integration in the newly independent country was total and
uncompromising, earning him the sobriquet "Iron Man of India”.
● He served as the first Deputy Prime Minister of India.
● His birthday is celebrated as National Unity Day (31st October).
PT Usha
● Nickname - Payyoli Express , Udan Pari and Golden Girl .
● She was nicknamed 'Payyoli Express', 'Udan Pari' and 'Golden Girl' because of her speed on
the race track.
● She was the first Indian Sports woman to enter the Olympics final (Los Angeles Olympics
1984).
● PT Usha was born on June 27, 1964, in a village named Payyoli near Calicut, Kerala.
* Hima Das is known as ‘Dhing Express’, She is from Dhing, Assam.
Rabindranath Tagore
● Nickname - Vishwa Kavi , Kaviguru , Gurudev .
● In 1915 Tagore was awarded knighthood by the British King George V. ( A man who has been
given a knighthood can put 'Sir' in front of his name ).
● In 1919, following the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre he renounced his Knighthood.
● Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
● He has written the National Anthem of two Countries - India (Jana Gana Mana) and
Bangladesh (Amar Sonar Bangla).
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
● Nickname - Sahitya Samrat .
● He was a Bengali writer, poet and journalist who standardized and modernized the prose form
of Bengali literature, both in fiction and non-fiction, and is known as Sahitya Samrat
(emperor of literature) in Bengali.
● India's national song Vande Mataram was taken from his novel Anandamath.
Lord Buddha
● Nicknames - Siddhartha Gautama , Enlightened One , The Light of Asia .
● He was worshiped by most Buddhist schools as the Enlightened One who has transcended
Karma and escaped the cycle of birth and rebirth.
● The term Buddha literally means enlightened one, a knower.
● Besides "Buddha" and the name Siddhārtha Gautama, he was also known by other names and
titles, such as Shakyamuni ("Sage of the Shakyas").
Chanakya
● Nicknames - Machiavelli of India .
● He is traditionally identified as Kauṭilya or Vishnugupta, who authored the ancient Indian
political treatise, the Arthashastra.
● Chanakya has been called the “Indian Machiavelli” because his writings have a political
pragmatism similar to that seen in Machiavelli’s own work.
Dhyan Chand
● Nicknames - The Wizard or The Magician of hockey .
● Known as The Wizard or The Magician of hockey for his superb ball control.
● His birthday, 29 August, is celebrated as National Sports Day in India every year.
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