NICKNAMES

OF
EMINENT
PERSONALITIES
 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
1. Frontier Gandhi
2. Badshah Khan

Dadabhai Naoroji
1. Grand Old man of India

Jawaharlal Nehru
1. Chacha,
2. Pandit ji

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

first deputy Prime Minister of India
1. Iron Man of India
2. Bismarck of India

Indira Gandhi
1. Iron Lady of India
2. Priyadarshini
 Lal Bahadur Shastri
1. Man of Peace

Bhagat Singh
1. Prince of Martyrs,
2. Sahid-e-Azam

Mohammad Ali Jinnah

1. Quaid-i-Azam
(Arabic: “Great Leader”)

Subhash Chandra Bose

1. Netaji,
2. Patriot of Patriots
3. Prince of Patriots

Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah

1st elected PM of J&K after its accession to India.
1. Lion of Kashmir

Sarojini Naidu
1. Nightingale of India
2. Bharat Kokila

Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya

1. Mahamana
(founder of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha)
 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1. Morning Star of India Renaissance
(founder of the Brahmo Samaj)

Dayanand Saraswati
1. Martin Luther of India
(founder of the Arya Samaj)

Chitta Ranjan Das

1. Desh bandhu

Jatindra Mohan Sengupta

1. Deshpriya

Charles Freer Andrews

1. Deenabandhu

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Founding Father & the first Prime Minister of
Bangladesh
1. Banga Bandhu

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

1. Desh Ratna,
2. Ajatshatru
 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
1. CR,
2. Rajaji

Chandra Shekhar
1. Young Turk

Karpoori Thakur
(Ex-CM of Bihar)
1. Jananayak

Jayaprakash Narayan
1. Loknayak

Ashutosh Mukherjee
1. Banglar Bagh/The Bengal
Tiger

Tanguturi Prakasam
1. Andhra Kesari
(First CM of Andhra State)

Dr. Srikrishna Singh

1. Bihar Kesari
(First CM of Bihar )
 Lal-Bal-Pal
• Lala Lajpat Rai
Punjab Kesari
• Bal Ganghadhar Tilak
Lokmanya
• Bipin Chandra Pal
Historical
Characters
S. NO. EMINENT PERSONALITIES NICKNAMES

1. Shah Jahan Prince of Builders

2. Muhammad bin Tughlaq The wise fool

3. Mahakavi Kalidas Shakespeare of India

4. Valmiki Adi Kavi

5. Lord Buddha Enlightened One

6. Chanakya/Kautilya Machiavelli of India

7. Tipu Sultan Tiger of Mysore

8. Samudra Gupta Napoleon of India

(Given by Historian A V Smith)

9. Amir Khushro Parrot of India; Tota-e-Hind

Sportspersons
S. NO. EMINENT PERSONALITIES NICKNAMES
1. Dhyanchand Magician of Hockey
2. Sunil Gavaskar Little Master
3. Sachin Tendulkar Master Blaster
4. Kapil Dev Haryana Hurricane
5. Saurav Ganguly Prince of Kolkata
6. Saurav Ganguly Dada
7. Milkha Singh Flying Sikh
8. Saina Nehwal Steffi Saina

S. NO. EMINENT PERSONALITIES NICKNAMES

9. PT Usha Udanpari
10. PT Usha Golden Girl
11. PT Usha Sprint Queen
12. PT Usha Payyoli Express
13. Hima Das Dhing Express
14. Zaheer Khan Baroda Express
15. Javagal Srinath Mysore Express
16. Shoaib Akhtar Rawalpindi Express

S. NO. EMINENT PERSONALITIES NICKNAMES

17. Rahul Dravid The Wall

18. Mary Kom Magnificent Mary

19. Karnam Malleswari Iron Lady of Indian sport

20. Vishwanathan Anand The Lightning Kid
Miscellaneous
S.NO. EMINENT PERSONALITIES NICKNAMES

1. Rabindranath Tagore Vishwa Kavi

2. Rabindranath Tagore Kaviguru

3. Rabindranath Tagore Gurudev

4. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhay Sahitya Samrat

5. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhay Kathasilpi

6. Kazi Nazrul Islam Bidrohi Kobi/Rebel Poet

7. Swar Kokila Lata Mangeshkar

8. Lady with the Lamp Florence Nightingale

9. Anugrah Narayan Sinha Bihar Vibhuti

S. NO. EMINENT PERSONALITIES NICKNAMES

10. Salim Ali Bird man of India

11. Verghese Kurien Milkman of India

12. Jadav Payeng Forest Man of India

13. Rajendra Singh Waterman of India

14. Ripu Daman Bevli Plogman of India

15.
Tushar Kanti Ghosh Grand old man of Indian Journalism

16. Tushar Kanti Ghosh The dean of Indian journalism

17. Jamnalal Bajaj Fifth son of mahatma gandhi
18. Hiuen Tsang Prince of Pilgrims
(Chinese traveller)
Fear, Uncertainty
and Discomfort
are your
compass towards
Growth.