swap_horiz Bhagat Singh Alternatives

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi, led India’s struggle for independence from British rule. His philos...

India Organizer 20TH Century Nonviolent

9.8 Brilliant

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Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara served as President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. Rising through the army, he spearheaded a radical...

20TH Century President Africa Burkina Faso

8.9 Great

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José Rizal

Jose Rizal was a Filipino writer and reformist whose 1896 execution by Spanish authorities helped inspire the Philippine...

19TH Century Philippines Writer Independence

8.5 Great

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Julius Nyerere

Julius Nyerere was a Tanzanian nationalist and teacher who led Tanganyika to independence in 1961 and became Tanzania's...

20TH Century President Tanzania Socialist

8.3 Great

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Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton was an Illinois Black Panther leader who built the Rainbow Coalition in Chicago before police killed him du...

USA Organizer 20TH Century Black Panther

8.1 Great

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Sukarno

Sukarno was an Indonesian nationalist who proclaimed independence from the Netherlands in 1945 and served as Indonesia's...

20TH Century President Indonesia Independence

8.0 Great

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Wolfe Tone

Wolfe Tone (1763-1798) was a key Irish republican who played a central role in challenging British authority during the...

18TH Century Republican Irish Independence

8.0 Great

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Ruth First

South African anti-apartheid activist and journalist assassinated in 1982 by a letter bomb sent by South African securit...

20TH Century South African Feminist Martyr

7.9 Good

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an Indian nationalist leader in Maharashtra who helped found the Home Rule League in 1916 and pr...

India Organizer 20TH Century Independence

7.8 Good

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Subhas Chandra Bose

Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian nationalist who led the Indian National Army from 1943, seeking to end British rule du...

India 20TH Century Independence Nationalist

7.7 Good

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Mehdi Ben Barka

Moroccan politician Mehdi Ben Barka led the radical wing of the National Union of Popular Forces before his infamous, st...

20TH Century Moroccan Pan African Socialist

7.2 Good

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Pedro Albizu Campos

Puerto Rican attorney Pedro Albizu Campos led the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, organizing fierce but suppressed pro-i...

20TH Century Independence Nationalist Martyr

7.1 Good

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Antonio Guiteras

Antonio Guiteras was a prominent Cuban revolutionary who served as Minister of the Interior during the 1933 revolution,...

Cuban 20TH Century Socialist Martyr

7.1 Good

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Chandrashekhar Azad

Chandrashekhar Azad was an Indian revolutionary who led the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association and died in a 193...

India Organizer 20TH Century Independence

7.0 Good

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Ram Prasad Bismil

Ram Prasad Bismil was an Indian revolutionary and poet who helped plan the 1925 Kakori train robbery and was executed by...

India 20TH Century Independence Poet

6.8 Fair

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Surya Sen

Surya Sen was a Bengali revolutionary who led the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid against British rule and was executed by...

India Organizer 20TH Century Independence

6.8 Fair

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Ashfaqulla Khan

Ashfaqulla Khan was an Indian revolutionary and Hindustan Republican Association member executed in 1927 for his role in...

India 20TH Century Independence Martyr

6.7 Fair

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V. D. Savarkar

V. D. Savarkar was an Indian nationalist and Hindutva ideologue sentenced in 1911 to the Andaman Cellular Jail for anti-...

India 20TH Century Independence Nationalist

6.7 Fair

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Modibo Keïta

Malian politician Modibo Keïta became the first President of Mali in 1960, notable for championing Pan-Africanism and im...

20TH Century Independence Pan African Malian

6.7 Fair

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Udham Singh

Udham Singh was an Indian revolutionary who assassinated Michael O'Dwyer in London in 1940, citing the 1919 Jallianwala...

India 20TH Century Independence Martyr

6.6 Fair