Honorific
Full Name
Notes
Portrait
Acharya
Vinayak Narahari Bhave
Translates to 'respected teacher'.
Файл:Vinoba Bhave 1983 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Vinoba Bhave
Azaad
Chandra Shekhar Tiwan [1] [2] "The Freed Soul" (Urdu )
Файл:Chandrasekhar Azad.jpg
Babasaheb
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar [3] [4] "The Respected Father" (Marathi ).
"Baba " = "father" and "Saheb " = "sir"
Файл:Dr. Ambedkar 1.jpg B. R. Ambedkar
Babuji
Jagjivan Ram
A term of respect for one's father
Файл:Stamp of India - 1991 - Colnect 164177 - Babu Jagjivan Ram - Politician.jpeg Jagjivan Ram
Bahadur
Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw
Meaning 'the Brave'. Bahadur is an honorific title bestowed upon princes and victorious military commanders by Mughal emperors, and later by their British successors.
Файл:Sam Manekshaw 2008 stamp of India.jpg Sam Manekshaw
Bihar Kesari
Shri Krishna Sinha (Singh) [5] [6] "Lion of Bihar" ( Hindi /Sanskrit )
"Bihar " = "Bihar state" and "Kesari" = "Lion"
A commemorative postage stamp on Personality Series: Bihar
Bihar Vibhuti
Anugrah Narayan Sinha [7] "Gem of Bihar" (Hindi).
"Bihar " = "Bihar state" and "Vibhuti " = "Gem"
बिहार विभूति डा अनुग्रह नारायण सिन्हा, आधुनिक बिहार के निर्माताओं में से एक
Buddha
Gautama
In Buddhism, means 'awakened one'
Файл:Buddha in Sarnath Museum (Dhammajak Mutra) (cropped).jpg Gautama Buddha
Deen Bandhu
Charles Freer Andrews [8] [9] "Friend of the Poor" (Bengali ).
"Deen " = "poor" and "Bandhu " = "friend".
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Desh Bandhu
Chittaranjan Das [10] "Friend of country" (Bengali).
"Desh " = "country" and "Bandhu " = "friend".
Файл:Chittaranjan Das 1965 stamp of India.jpg Chittaranjan Das
Desh Nayak
Netaji
Subhash Chandra Bose
"Leader of the country"
(Bengali) (Hindi).
"Desh " = "country" and "Nayak " = "Leader".
"Respected leader" (Bengali) (Hindi).
"Neta " = "leader" and " ji" = an honorary title.
Файл:Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.jpg Subhas Chandra Bose
Desh Ratna
Rajendra Prasad [11] [12] "Jewel of the Country" (Hindi).
"Desh " = "country" and "Ratna " = "jewel"
Rajendra Prasad, Former President of the Republic of India
Fakhr-e-Afghan
Abdul Ghaffār Khān
فخرِ افغان, 'Pride of Afghans '
Файл:Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.jpg Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Gurudev
Kobiguru
Biswakobi
The Bard of Bengal
Rabindranath Tagore [13] [14] "Supreme teacher" (Bengali) (Hindi).
"Guru " = "teacher" and "dev " = "Respected person".
Файл:Rabindranath Tagore.jpg Rabindranath Tagore
Guruji
Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golwalkar
Hindi for 'respected teacher '
Файл:Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar (19 February 1906 – 5 June 1973).jpg M. S. Golwalkar
Karnataka Kulapurohita
Aluru Venkata Rao
Translation - "High priest of the Kannada family"
Файл:Aluru Venkata Rao.jpg Aluru Venkata Rao
Lokmanya
Bal Gangadhar Tilak [15] "Revered by the people" (Hindi).
"Lok " = "people" and "manya " = "Revered".
Файл:Bal Gangadhar Tilak 1956 stamp of India.jpg Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Loknayak
Jayaprakash Narayan [16] [17] "Leader of the people" (Hindi).
"Lok " = "people" and "nayak " = "leader".
Файл:Jayaprakash Narayan 1980 stamp of India.jpg Jayaprakash Narayan
Mahamana
Madan Mohan Malaviya [18] "One with greatest thoughts" (Hindi).
"Mahan " = "great" and "Mann " = "thought/heart"
Файл:Mahamana Malaviya.jpg Madan Mohan Malaviya
Mahatma /Bapuji
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi [19] Sanskrit for 'great soul'. In popular usage ever since Rabindranath Tagore used it to refer to him.[20] Файл:Mahatma-Gandhi, studio, 1931.jpg Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma
Jotirao Govindrao Phule [21] [22] "Great Soul" (Sanskrit).
"Maha " = "great" and "atma " = "soul".
Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, also known as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule (11 April 1827 – 28 November 1890) was an Indian social activist, thinker, anti-caste social reformer and writer from Maharashtra. Mahatma Jotirao Phule
Maulana
Abul Kalam Azad [23] "Our lord" (Arabic ).
Abul Kalam Azad was an Indian scholar and a senior political leader of the Indian independence movement. Following India's independence, he became the first [Minister of Education] in the Indian government. In 1992 he was posthumously awarded India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
Mootharignar
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
Tamil for "the Scholar Emeritus", for his scholarly contribution to the Tamil literature.
Файл:Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari.jpg C. Rajagopalachari
Nata Saarvabhouma
Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj
Kannada for 'Emperor of Actors'. Revered as so by the people of Karnataka .
Файл:Rajkumar 2009 stamp of India.jpg Dr.. Rajkumar
Pandit / Chacha
Jawaharlal Nehru [24] [25] Sanskrit for "learned man". Originally meant exclusively for a man expert in Hindu law and literature.[26]
Файл:Jnehru.jpg Jawaharlal Nehru
Punjab Kesari
Lala Lajpat Rai
"Lion of Punjab" ( Hindi/Sanskrit)
"Punjab" = "Punjab state" and "Kesari" = "Lion"
Freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai Lala Lajpat Rai
Raja
Ram Mohan Roy
Translates to 'king' in most Indian languages. Conferred upon by Akbar II .
Файл:Portrait of Raja Ram Mohun Roy, 1833.jpg Ram Mohan Roy
Sadhguru
Jagadish Vasudev
"Sadhguru", alternatively spelt "sadguru ",[27] guru ".[28] sadhu ; eminent preceptor ".[29]
Файл:Sadhguru-Jaggi-Vasudev.jpg Jaggi Vasudev
Sardar
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel [30] [31] Persian for "leader or chief". Conferred upon by his long-time mentor Mahatma Gandhi [32] Bardoli Satyagraha .
Файл:Sardar patel (cropped).jpg Vallabhbhai Patel
Shaheed e Azam
Bhagat Singh [33] [34] "Great martyr" (Urdu).
"Shaheed " = "martyr" and "Azam " = "Principal".
Photograph of Bhagat Singh taken in 1929 - when he was 21 years old.
Veer
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Hindustani for "the brave". Popularly used by followers; now a part of popular culture.
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