From political leaders to artists, hundreds have been called by their nicknames. There are times when these names they get from their outstanding performance in their respective fields are more famous than their original names. Around the world, they are better known by their nicknames or pennames. If I said about Mr Samuel Clemens, many of you wonder about who he is, but the author Mark Twain is familiar to at least some of you. Here are the nicknames of famous personalities in India that should help you in your general affairs preparations.
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Nicknames of Famous Personalities in India
Be it a persona, or the place, there are times we are very much familiar with their accomplishments or the importance rather than the person. There are hundreds of names, through their use in media or books, that have become more popular than the original names. Netaji, Mother, Chachaji, etc are more familiar with the crowd than their original names. Here is the list of important Indian personalities and their nicknames.
| Nickname | Personality |
| Acharya | Vinoba Bhave |
| Adi Kavi | Valmiki |
| Desh Ratna, Ajatshatru | Dr Rajendra Prasad |
| Akbar of Kashmir | Jainul Abdin |
| Andhra Kesari | T Prakasam |
| Anna | C N Annadurai |
| Babuji | Javjeevan Ram |
| Badshah Khan / Frontier Gandhi | Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| Bangabandhu | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| Bapu | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
| Bengal Kesari | Ashutosh Mukherji |
| Bengal Tiger | Bipin Chandrapal |
| Bihar Kesri | Dr Srikrishna Singh |
| Bihar Vibhuti | Dr. Anurag Narayan Singh |
| Bismark of India | Vallabhai Patel |
| Biswa Kavi | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Buddha | Siddhartha Gautama |
| C R | C Rajagopalachari |
| Chacha | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Deenabandhu | C F Andrews |
| Desabandhu | C R Das |
| Desh Ratna | Dr Rajendra Prasad |
| Deshbandhu | Chitta Ranjan Das |
| Deshpriya | Yatindra Mohan Sengupta |
| Father of Gujrat | Ravi Sankar Maharaj |
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| Nickname | Personality |
| Flying Sikh | Milkha Singh |
| Frontier Gandhi | Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| Gandhiji | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
| Grand Old Man of India | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Grandfather of Indian Films | Dhundiraj Govind Fhalke |
| Gurudev | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Guruji | M S Gohlwalkar |
| Haryana Hurricane | Kapil Dev |
| Hockey Wizard | Dhyan Chand |
| Indian Machiavelli | Chanakya |
| Iron Lady of India | Indira Gandhi |
| Iron Man | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| JP | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| Jana Nayak | Karpuri Thakur |
| Kaviguru | Rabindranath Tagore |
| King Maker of Indian History | Sayyed Bandhu |
| Kuvempu | K.V.Puttappa |
| Lal, Bal, Pal | Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Ganghadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal |
| Light of Asia | Sree Buddha |
| Lion of Kashmir | Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah |
| Lion of Maratha | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Little Master | Sunil Gavaskar |
| Lokmanya | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Loknayak | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| Machiavelli of India | Chanakya |
| Magician of Hockey | Dhyanchand |
| Mahamana | Madan Mohan Malaviya |
| Man of Destiny | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Man of Iron | Sardar Vallabhai Patel |
| Man of Peace | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| Morning Star of India Renaissance | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| Napolean of India | Samudragupta |
| Netaji | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Bird Man of India | Salim Ali |
| Nightingale of India | Sarojini Naidu |
| Panditji | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Panjab Kesari | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Payyoli Express | P. T. Usha |
| Prince of Kolkata | Saurav Ganguly |
| Priyadarshini | Indira Gandhi |
| Punjab Kesari | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Rajaji | C Rajagopalachari |
| Rajarshee | Purushottam Das tandon |
| Sahid-e-Azam | Bhagat Singh |
| Saint of Sabarmati | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
| Saint of the Gutters | Mother Teresa |
| Shakespeare of India | Kalidasa |
| Sher-e-Kashmir | Sheikh Abdullah |
| Sparrow | Major General Rajinder Singh |
| Strong Man of India | Vallabhai Patel |
| Swar Kokila | Lata Mangeshkar |
| Tau | Chaudhury Devi Lal |
| The Little Master | Sachin Tendulkar |
| Tiger of Mysore | Tipu Sultan |
| Tota-e-Hind | Amir Khushro |
| Udanpari | P.T.Usha |
| Young Turk | Chandra Sekhar |
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