With yet another Independence Day approaching, it is time to remember our freedom fighters who devoted their lives for our nation. Coming from various corners of the country and diverse backgrounds, they taught the previous generations to be an Indian first and stay united.
On Independence Day 2025, let us look back at the sacrifices and sufferings of our country's freedom fighters and their courageous words that obliterated the colonial yoke. Let their words inspire us to be better citizens and serve our country as true patriots while we fight for our own rights and fulfil our duties.
Famous slogans by India's freedom fighters
“Satyamev Jayathe” - Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
“Inquilab Zindabad” - Bhagat Singh
“Vande Mataram” - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
“Jai Jawaan, Jai Kisaan” - Lal Bahadur Shastri
“Do or die.” - Mahatma Gandhi
Famous quotes by Indian freedom fighters
Mahatma Gandhi
“Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life.”
“You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”
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“Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.”
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
"Who lives if India dies?"
"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
"Every citizen of India must remember that he is an Indian and he has every right in this country but with certain duties."
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
"One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives."
“Soldiers who always remain faithful to their nation, who are always prepared to sacrifice their lives, are invincible.”
“Freedom is not given – it is taken.”
"Give me blood, and I will give you freedom"
BR Ambedkar
"Constitution is not a mere lawyer's document; it is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spirit of age."
"So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you."
Bhagat Singh
“They may kill me, but they cannot kill my ideas. They can crush my body, but they will not be able to crush my spirit.”
"Bombs and pistols do not make a revolution. The sword of revolution sharpened on the whetting stones of ideas."
Lal Bahadur Shastri
“The preservation of freedom is not the task of soldiers alone. The whole nation has to be strong.”
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
"Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it"
Chandra Shekhar Azad
“If yet your blood does not rage, then it is water that flows in your veins. For what is the flush of youth, if it is not of service to the motherland.”
“We will face the enemy’s bullets, we will remain free, we will remain free.”
Lala Lajpat Rai
“The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of British rule in India.”
Sarojini Naidu
“A country's greatness lies in its undying ideal of love and sacrifice that inspire the mothers of the race.“
“Wake, India, wake! Thou hast slept too long.”