1891–1956
B. R. Ambedkar
Principal architect of the Constitution, fighter against caste oppression, and builder of legal equality as a tool against arbitrary power.
Full profile →Memory · Courage
Freedom fighters & truth-tellers
Not only 1947. Independence martyrs, RTI builders, whistleblowers, teachers, and public scientists from Kalam and Sarabhai to Savitribai Phule. Service and truth-telling count as patriotism here. Sources linked. This list will grow.
We honour independence martyrs, modern anti-corruption fighters, and nation-builders who fought ignorance with science and teaching. Corruption is another occupation of the public good. Read the proof record for the rot they would have fought today.
Fighting right now · 2026
CJP protest: the people on the ground
It began with one tweet on 16 May 2026: “What if all cockroaches came together?” Ten weeks later a Union minister resigned. On 26 July CJP ended the Jantar Mantar sit-in after assurances on compensation and FIR relief. Pralhad Joshi took Education as additional charge the same day and called it a new area. Founders, spokespersons, union leaders, and the hunger strikers nobody named stayed through tear gas and hospital beds to force that win. Delivery of the promises is still the fight. Not finished. Not forgotten.
A salute
To every student who showed up for Sansad Chalo and the Jantar Mantar sit-in knowing the answer might be a lathi, tear gas, or worse. To the ones dragged into buses, the ones who bled on the road, the ones who ran into Bangla Sahib and still came back. Pellet-gun claims are contested by police. The courage is not. You are freedom fighters of 2026. We see you.
After the win · Dipke
“Don't make me a hero because Dharmendra Pradhan resigned today. Don't make this mistake. The country has been ruined because of making one person a hero.” Movement over personality. One-man hero worship is how andhbhakth politics eats a country. He refused that trap on day one of the win.
CJP · 2026–
Abhijeet DipkeFounder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). One tweet on 16 May 2026, 'What if all cockroaches came together?', became a mass student sit-in at Jantar Mantar after NEET paper leaks. On 25 July 2026 Pradhan resigned under that pressure. Dipke's line after the win: do not make me a hero. Making one person a hero ruined the country.Full profile →CJP · 2026–
Neha Bora (AISA)All India Students' Association national president and a leading woman face of the 2026 CJP Jantar Mantar protests. Held a long hunger strike for education reform and Pradhan's resignation when cameras mostly chased other names.Full profile →CJP · 1966–
Sonam WangchukEngineer, education reformer, and climate activist from Ladakh. In 2026 he joined student protests over NEET paper leaks and began a long hunger strike demanding accountability in India's exam system.Full profile →CJP · 2026–
Adarsh M. SajiSFI national president who joined the Jantar Mantar hunger strike on 18 July 2026 after Wangchuk was hospitalised, keeping organised student unions inside a movement that started as an internet joke.Full profile →CJP · 2026–
Aishe GhoshSFI joint secretary who joined the indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar on 18 July 2026, the day police removed Sonam Wangchuk from the protest site and Dipke said he was beaten and detained.Full profile →CJP · 2026–
Ashutosh RankaCJP spokesperson and negotiator. Carried the demands into the room with union ministers and kept saying the same line outside it: no resignation, no deal.Full profile →CJP · 2026–
Gitanjali J. AngmoSonam Wangchuk's wife and a Ladakh educationist. Stayed at the protest through his 26-day fast and forced hospitalisation, and continued the sit-in outside Kerala House after police cleared Jantar Mantar.Full profile →CJP · 2026–
Saurav DasCJP spokesperson who met ministers on the day of the crackdown and later sat outside Kerala House with Dipke when police cleared the Jantar Mantar site.Full profile →CJP · June 2026–
The Jantar Mantar hunger strikersHamad, Ameen Amitoj, Manish Kumar and the AISF and KYS activists who fasted for weeks at Jantar Mantar without a single camera calling them by name.Full profile →CJP · 20 July 2026
The students who faced the crackdownHundreds of unnamed students on Sansad Chalo who met lathis, tear gas, and alleged pellet fire, then still refused to go home. A salute to every person who showed up knowing the state might answer with force.Full profile →CJP · 2026–
Vaishnavi Gaur, Aafreen Nawaz, Ratna Singh & Deepak BaliyanThe rest of the CJP spokesperson desk. They put their names and faces on the open letter to the Prime Minister while the Education Minister was calling the protesters terrorists.Full profile →Featured fighters
1907–1931
Bhagat Singh
Revolutionary who chose ideas and sacrifice over comfort. Executed at 23. Still the face of youth rage against oppressive power.
Full profile →1931–2015
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Missile scientist, teacher, and 11th President of India. Not a 1947 freedom fighter by date, but a public servant who made science, dignity, and youth ambition feel like national duty.
Full profile →1869–1948
Mahatma Gandhi
Leader of mass non-violent struggle against colonial rule. His methods of satyagraha still shape peaceful protests against unjust power.
Full profile →1828–1858
Rani Lakshmibai
Queen of Jhansi. Fought the East India Company in 1857. Died in battle. Became a permanent symbol of resistance.
Full profile →1831–1897
Savitribai Phule
Pioneer of girls' schooling in India. Taught when society threw mud and abuse at a woman who opened a classroom door.
Full profile →1897–1945
Subhas Chandra Bose
Netaji. Organised the INA and international pressure against British rule. 'Give me blood and I will give you freedom' still echoes in Indian political memory.
Full profile →Independence struggle
1907–1931
Bhagat SinghRevolutionary who chose ideas and sacrifice over comfort. Executed at 23. Still the face of youth rage against oppressive power.Open →1869–1948
Mahatma GandhiLeader of mass non-violent struggle against colonial rule. His methods of satyagraha still shape peaceful protests against unjust power.Open →1828–1858
Rani LakshmibaiQueen of Jhansi. Fought the East India Company in 1857. Died in battle. Became a permanent symbol of resistance.Open →1897–1945
Subhas Chandra BoseNetaji. Organised the INA and international pressure against British rule. 'Give me blood and I will give you freedom' still echoes in Indian political memory.Open →1900–1927
Ashfaqulla KhanHindustan Republican Association revolutionary. Kakori train action. Hanged by the British. Hindu-Muslim friendship in the freedom fight made visible.Open →1875–1900
Birsa MundaAdivasi leader who fought colonial land grab and missionary-state pressure in the Chota Nagpur region. Died in jail in his twenties.Open →1906–1931
Chandrashekhar AzadRevolutionary companion of Bhagat Singh. Lived free or died free. Refused to be taken alive by colonial police in Alfred Park, Allahabad.Open →1903–1988
Kamaladevi ChattopadhyayFreedom fighter, feminist organiser, and later the force behind craft cooperatives and the revival of Indian handloom livelihoods.Open →Independence struggle
Sukhdev, Rajguru & Ram Prasad BismilCompanions in the revolutionary wave with Bhagat Singh and the Kakori case. Executed or martyred. Proof that the freedom fight was a network, not one face.Open →1899–1940
Udham SinghSurvived the Jallianwala Bagh massacre's generation of trauma. Assassinated Michael O'Dwyer in London in 1940. Hanged. Became a symbol of long memory.Open →Rights & Constitution
1891–1956
B. R. AmbedkarPrincipal architect of the Constitution, fighter against caste oppression, and builder of legal equality as a tool against arbitrary power.Open →1904–1966
Lal Bahadur ShastriPrime Minister remembered for personal austerity and the slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan'. Symbol of clean public life in high office.Open →1879–1973
Periyar E. V. RamasamySocial reformer who attacked caste arrogance, superstition used as social control, and second-class status for women and oppressed communities.Open →Anti-corruption
1937–
Anna HazareSocial activist whose hunger strikes and campaigns pushed Right to Information in Maharashtra and the 2011 India Against Corruption movement for a stronger Lokpal.Open →1946–
Aruna RoyFormer IAS officer who left the service and co-built Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan. A central force behind India's Right to Information Act, 2005.Open →1972–
Irom SharmilaManipur activist who fasted for 16 years demanding repeal of AFSPA. Extreme peaceful endurance against state violence and exceptional laws.Open →1954–
Medha PatkarLeader of Narmada Bachao Andolan. Fought displacement, opaque project deals, and the idea that big concrete always equals public good.Open →Anti-corruption
Nikhil DeyCo-founder of MKSS with Aruna Roy and Shankar Singh. Long-time organiser for RTI, NREGA accountability, and public hearings (jan sunwai).Open →1932–2019
T. N. SeshanChief Election Commissioner who enforced the model code, voter ID discipline, and fear of the Commission in the 1990s. Made free-and-fair elections feel real.Open →Anti-corruption
Vineet NarainJournalist whose petitions led to the Vineet Narain judgment, forcing clearer rules on CBI autonomy in high-corruption investigations (Hawala case era).Open →Education & reform
Whistleblowers
1978–2005
Manjunath ShanmugamIOC sales manager who fought petrol adulteration mafias in Uttar Pradesh. Shot dead in 2005 for refusing to look away.Open →1973–2003
Satyendra DubeyIIT graduate and NHAI project engineer who exposed corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral highway project. Murdered in 2003 after blowing the whistle.Open →Science & public service
1931–2015
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul KalamMissile scientist, teacher, and 11th President of India. Not a 1947 freedom fighter by date, but a public servant who made science, dignity, and youth ambition feel like national duty.Open →1888–1970
C. V. RamanNobel Prize–winning physicist (Raman effect). Proved Indian labs could do world-class discovery, not only copy notes from abroad.Open →1932–
E. SreedharanMetro Man. Delivered Konkan Railway and Delhi Metro with a public reputation for deadlines, accounts, and low nonsense.Open →1909–1966
Homi J. BhabhaArchitect of India's nuclear science institutions. Built TIFR and the early atomic energy path so research talent would not have to leave to matter.Open →1858–1937
Jagadish Chandra BosePioneer of radio and plant research who worked under colonial limits and still forced the world to notice Indian experimental science.Open →1925–2023
M. S. SwaminathanScientist of India's Green Revolution path. Worked so more families could eat from Indian fields, not only from foreign grain ships.Open →1896–1987
Salim AliBirdman of India. Turned careful field science and conservation into a public duty: protect living India, not only mine it.Open →1887–1920
Srinivasa RamanujanMathematician whose notebooks still feed research. Genius that grew despite poverty and colonial gatekeeping.Open →1963–
Tessy ThomasMissile scientist, often called the Missile Woman of India. Led Agni programme work inside DRDO and made hard defence science look normal for Indian women engineers.Open →1921–2012
Verghese KurienMilkman of India. Built the Amul cooperative model so village producers could own the value chain, not only feed a middleman.Open →1919–1971
Vikram SarabhaiFather of India's space programme. Built institutions so a poor country could look at the sky with its own instruments, not only borrowed glory.Open →Missing someone?
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