Nicknames of Famous Personalities - GK

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The people of India have given many nicknames to the famous personalities of the
country. Many of these personalities are less recognized by their actual names but are
more known by their nicknames. Many beloved personalities are given nicknames that
show the country's love towards them, like Gandhi was called Bapu, or Sarojini Naidu
was known as the Nightingale of India. Read this article to know the Nicknames of
Famous Personalities of India.

Personalities and their Nicknames

Names Nicknames
Mahatma Gandhi Bapu, Father of the Nation
Adi Kavi Valmeeki
Vallabhbhai Patel Sardar, Man of Iron, Bismarck of India
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Frontier Gandhi, Badshah Khan
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Sher-e-Kashmir
Samudra Gupta Napoleon of India
Milkha Singh Flying Sikh
Kalidas Shakespeare of India
Chanakya Machiavelli of India
Tenzing Norgay Tiger of Snow
Jainul Abdin Akbar of Kashmir
Rabrindranath Tagore Vishwa Kavi, Kavi guru
Bipin Chandra Pal Bengal Tiger

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Saurav Ganguly Prince of Kolkata
Lala Lajpat Rai Punjab Kesari
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Desh Ratna, Ajatshatru
Ravi Shankar Maharaj Father of Gujurat
Sarojini Naidu Nightingale of India
Dadabhai Naoroji Grand Old Man of India
Bal Gangadhar Tilak Lokmanya
Jawaharlal Nehru Chachaji, Panditji
Lal Bahadur Shastri Man of Peace
Lata Mangeshkar Swar Kokila
P.T Usha Udanpari,Payyoli Express
Mother Teresa Saint of the Gutters
Raja Ram Mohan Roy Morning Star of India Renaissance
Kapil Dev Haryana Hurricane
Dhyanchand Hockey Wizard
Subhash Chandra Bose Netaji
Sunil Gavaskar Little Master
C.N. Annadurai Anna
Indira Gandhi Iron Lady of India
Sachin Tendulkar Master Blaster
Ashutosh Mukherji Bengal Kesari
Shrikrishna Singh Bihar Kesari
K.V. Putttappa Kuvempu
Jayaprakash Narayan Loknayak
Madan Mohan Malaviya Mahamana
Tippu Sultan Mysore Tiger
Bhagat Singh Shahid-e-Azam
Purushottam Das Tandon Rajashree

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 Muhammad Ali Jinnah Quaid-i-Azam
Jatindra Mohan Sengupta Deshpriya
T. Parakasam Andhra Kesari
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Father of Indian Constitution
Homi J. Bhabha Father fo Indian Nuclear Programme
A.P.J Abdul Kalam Missile Man of India
Rajinder Singh Sparrow
Chaudhury Devi Lal Tau
Rajinikanth Superstar

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