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Popular figures of India have often been conferred with an honorific title by fans and followers. These generally include those that are not formally recognised.

== List ==

'''Key'''

* In descending order of the subjects' long-term notability, roughly.

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Portrait
!Full Name
!Honorific
!Notes
|-
|[[File:Mahatma-Gandhi, studio, 1931.jpg|center|thumb|160x160px|[[Mahatma Gandhi]]]]
|Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
|[[Mahātmā|Mahatma]]
|[[Sanskrit]] for "great soul". In popular usage ever since [[Rabindranath Tagore]] used it to refer to him.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-02-16|title=Who gave the title 'Mahatma' to Gandhi? Gujarat govt says not Tagore, but 'unknown journalist'|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/who-gave-title-mahatma-gandhi-gujarat-govt-says-not-tagore-unknown-journalist-39039|access-date=2021-10-14|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref> One of the very few biographies on Wikipedia that carry the honorific in title.
|-
|[[File:Buddha in Sarnath Museum (Dhammajak Mutra)_(cropped).jpg|center|thumb|177x177px|[[Gautama Buddha]]]]
|Gautama
|[[Buddhahood|Buddha]]
|In Buddhism, means "awakened one"
|-
|[[File:Colorised Ambedkar.png|center|thumb|168x168px|[[B. R. Ambedkar]]]]
|Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
|[[Babasaheb (title)|Babasaheb]]
|[[Marathi language|Marathi]] for "respected father" (''[[Mama and papa|Baba]]'' = [[father]] and ''[[Saheb]]'' = [[sir]]). Used by followers initially, now a part of popular culture and usage.
|-
|[[File:Jnehru.jpg|center|thumb|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]|206x206px]]
|Jawaharlal Nehru
|[[Pandit]]
|Sanskrit for "learned man". Originally meant exclusively for a man expert in Hindu law and literature.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prime Ministers of India - Jawaharlal Nehru|url=https://www.indiainfoline.com/prime-ministers-of-india/jawaharlal-nehru|access-date=2021-10-14|website=www.indiainfoline.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Rabindranath Tagore.jpg|center|thumb|196x196px|[[Rabindranath Tagore]]]]
|Rabindranath Tagore
|Gurudev
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]] for "Godly Teacher" or "Divine Mentor"
|-
|[[File:Portrait of Raja Ram Mohun Roy, 1833.jpg|center|thumb|165x165px|[[Ram Mohan Roy]]]]
|Ram Mohan Roy
|Raja
|Translates to 'king' in most Indian languages. Conferred upon by [[Akbar II]].
|-
|[[File:Sardar patel (cropped).jpg|center|thumb|201x201px|[[Vallabhbhai Patel]]]]
|Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel
|[[Sardar]]
|[[Persian language|Persian]] for "leader or chief". Conferred upon by his long-time mentor [[Mahatma Gandhi]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sardar was the title given to Vallabhbhai Patel by class 9 social science CBSE|url=https://www.vedantu.com/question-answer/sardar-was-the-title-given-to-vallabhbhai-patel-class-9-social-science-cbse-5fc5ac0e0464a73dab6278e2#:~:text=The%20title%20%27Sardar%27%20meaning%20chief,skills%20during%20the%20Bardoli%20Satyagraha.|access-date=2021-10-14|website=www.vedantu.com}}</ref> after the [[Bardoli Satyagraha]].
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[File:PeriyarEVRStamp.jpg|center|thumb|211x211px|[[Periyar]]]]
| rowspan="2" |Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy
|Thathai
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]] for 'father' or 'father figure'
|-
|Periyar
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]] for 'respected one' or 'elder one'
|-
|[[File:Rajkumar 2009 stamp of India.jpg|center|thumb|160x160px|[[Dr. Rajkumar|Dr.. Rajkumar]]]]
|Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj
|Nata Saarvabhouma
|[[Kannada]] for 'Emperor of Actors'. Revered as so by the [[Kannada people|people of Karnataka]].
|-
|[[File:Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.jpg|center|thumb|198x198px|[[Subhas Chandra Bose]]]]
|Subhas Chandra Bose
|Netaji
|[[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] for "political leader". Conferred upon by the soldiers of [[Indian National Army|the Indian National Army]].
|-
|[[File:Bal Gangadhar Tilak 1956 stamp of India.jpg|center|thumb|205x205px|[[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]]]]
|Bal Gangadhar Tilak
|Lokmanya
|Sanskrit for "accepted by the people (as their leader)".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bal Gangadhar Tilak: Freedom Fighter Who Said, "Swaraj Is My Birth Right"|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/lokmanya-bal-gangadhar-tilak-death-anniversary-know-about-the-freedom-fighter-who-said-swaraj-is-my-birth-right-2272338|access-date=2021-10-15|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari.jpg|center|thumb|211x211px|[[C. Rajagopalachari]]]]
|Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
|Mootharignar
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]] for "the Scholar Emeritus", for his scholarly contribution to the Tamil literature.
|-
|[[File:Jayaprakash Narayan 1980 stamp of India.jpg|center|thumb|233x233px|[[Jayaprakash Narayan]]]]
|Jayaprakash Narayan
|Loknayak
|[[Hindi]] for "People's leader"
|-
|[[File:VD Savarkar.jpg|center|thumb|211x211px|[[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]]]]
|Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
|Veer
|Hindustani for "the brave". Popularly used by followers; now a part of popular culture.
|-
|[[File:Vinoba_Bhave_1983_stamp_of_India_(cropped).jpg|center|thumb|160x160px|[[Vinoba Bhave]]]]
|Vinayak Narahari Bhave
|Acharya
|
Translates to 'respected teacher'.
|-
|[[File:Mahamana Malaviya.jpg|center|thumb|228x228px|[[Madan Mohan Malaviya]]]]
|Madan Mohan Malaviya
|Mahamana
|
|-
|[[File:Sam Manekshaw 2008 stamp of India.jpg|center|thumb|221x221px|[[Sam Manekshaw]]]]
|Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw
|Bahadur
|Meaning '<nowiki/>''the Brave'. [[wiktionary:bahadur|Bahadur]] is an honorific title bestowed upon princes and victorious military commanders by Mughal emperors, and later by their British successors.''
|-
|[[File:Chittaranjan Das 1965 stamp of India.jpg|center|thumb|222x222px|[[Chittaranjan Das]]]]
|Chittaranjan Das
|Deshbandhu
|Hindi for ''Friend of the Nation''
|-
|[[File:Stamp of India - 1991 - Colnect 164177 - Babu Jagjivan Ram - Politician.jpeg|center|thumb|211x211px|[[Jagjivan Ram]]]]
|Jagjivan Ram
|Babuji
|A term of respect for one's father
|-
|[[File:Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar (19 February 1906 – 5 June 1973).jpg|center|thumb|215x215px|[[M. S. Golwalkar]]]]
|Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golwalkar
|Guruji
|Hindi for '''respected teacher''<nowiki/>'
|-
|[[File:Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.jpg|center|thumb|160x160px|[[Abdul Ghaffar Khan]]]]
|Abdul Ghaffār Khān
|[[Padishah|Badshah]]
|
|-
|[[File:Aluru Venkata Rao.jpg|center|thumb|248x248px|[[Aluru Venkata Rao]]]]
|Aluru Venkata Rao
|Karnataka Kulapurohita
|Translation - "''High priest of the Kannada family"''
|-
|[[File:Sadhguru-Jaggi-Vasudev.jpg|center|thumb|210x210px|[[Jaggi Vasudev]]]]
|Jagadish Vasudev
|[[Satguru|Sadhguru]]
|"Sadhguru", alternatively spelt "[[sadguru]]",<ref name="Sanghvi2018">{{citation|last=Sanghvi|first=Rajesh D.|title=Going Beyond My Guru's for Human Welfare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ded_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT30|page=30|year=2018|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64429-901-2}}</ref> means "real or true [[guru]]".<ref>{{citation|last=Cornille|first=Catherine|title=The Guru in Indian Catholicism: Ambiguity of Opportunity of Inculturation?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpGr1OkD9xMC&pg=PA103|page=103|year=1992|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=978-0-8028-0566-9|author-link=Catherine Cornille}}</ref> The term has also been translated as "senior [[sadhu]]; eminent [[preceptor]]".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shantipriyadas|first=S.|title=Pramukh Swami Maharaj|date=1998|publisher=Swaminarayan Aksharpith|isbn=81-7526-000-9|edition=2nd|location=Amdavad|page=307}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian philosophers]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]

Honorific titles of Indian figures - Revision history

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