List of National Symbols, National Indian Symbols

National Animal of India The Tiger The tiger is the symbol of India's wealth of wildlife. The magnificent tiger, Panthera tigris, is a striped animal.

National Anthem of India Jana-gana-mana.. The song Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version

National Bird of India The Peacock The Peacock, Pavo cristatus (Linnaeus), the national bird of India. It is symbolic of qualities like beauty, grace,

National Calendar The national calendar based on the Saka Era with Chaitra as its first month and a normal year of 365 days was adopted from 22 March 1957

National Flag of India The National flag is a horizontal tricolor of deep saffron (kesari) at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom

National Flower of India Lotus Lotus scientifically known as Nelumbo Nucifera is the National Flower of India. It is a sacred flower and occupies

National Fruit of India Mango The Mango is the national fruit. It has been cultivated in India since time immemorial. There are over 100 varieties

National Song of India Vande Mataram The song Vande Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji, was a source of inspiration

National Tree of India The Banyan Tree The National Tree of India is The Banyan Tree. This huge tree towers over its neighbors and has the widest

National Emblem of India The national emblem of India is an adaptation of the Buddhist Lion Capital of Asoka at Sarnath, near Banaras in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

National Sport of India Hockey Hockey, in which India has an impressive record with eight Olympic gold medals, is officially the national sport.

List of Freedom Fighters, Indian Freedom Fighters

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Date of Birth : Dec 3, 1884 Date of Death : Feb 28, 1963 Place of Birth : Zeradei, Bihar Tenure Order : 1st President

Purushottam Das Tandon Date of Birth : Aug 1, 1882 Date of Death : Jul 1, 1962 Place of Birth : Uttar Pradesh

Motilal Nehru Date of Birth : May 6, 1861 Date of Death : Feb 6, 1931 Place of Birth : Delhi

Jawaharlal Nehru Date of Birth : Nov 14, 1889 Date of Death : May 27, 1964 Place of Birth : Uttar Pradesh

Lal Bahadur Shastri Date of Birth : Oct 2, 1904 Date of Death : Jan 11, 1966 Place of Birth : Uttar Pradesh

Indira Gandhi Date of Birth : Nov 19, 1917 Date of Death : Oct 31, 1984 Place of Birth : Allahabad

Jayaprakash Narayan Date of Birth : Oct 11, 1902 Date of Death : Oct 8, 1979 Place of Birth : Uttar Pradesh

Hakim Ajmal Khan Date of Birth : 1863 Date of Death : 1927 Place of Birth : Delhi

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Date of Birth : Dec 25, 1861 Date of Death : 1946 Place of Birth : Allahabad

Feroze Gandhi Date of Birth : Aug 12, 1912 Date of Death : Sep 8, 1960 Place of Birth : India

Liaquat Ali Khan Date of Birth : Oct 1, 1896 Date of Death : Oct 16, 1951 Place of Birth : Karnal

Maulana Mohammad Ali Date of Birth : 1878 Date of Death : 1931 Place of Birth : Rampur

Maulana Shaukat Ali Date of Birth : 1873 Date of Death : 1938 Place of Birth : Uttar Pradesh

Govind Ballabh Pant Date of Birth : Sep 10, 1887 Date of Death : Mar 7, 1961 Place of Birth : Uttar Pradesh

Dr.Shanker Dayal Sharma Date of Birth : Aug 19, 1918 Date of Death : Dec 26, 1999 Place of Birth : India Tenure Order : 9th President

Mahavir Tyagi Date of Birth : 1899 Date of Death : 1980 Place of Birth : Uttar Pradesh

Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari Date of Birth : Dec 25, 1880 Date of Death : 1936 Place of Birth : Ghazipur

Ram Manohar Lohia Date of Birth : Mar 23, 1910 Date of Death : Oct 12, 1967 Place of Birth : Faizabad (UP)

Chandrasekhar Azad Date of Birth : Jul 23, 1906 Date of Death : Feb 27, 1931 Place of Birth : India

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Date of Birth : Apr 14, 1893 Date of Death : Dec 6, 1956 Place of Birth : Madhya Pradesh

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Date of Birth : Oct 2, 1869 Date of Death : Jan 30, 1948 Place of Birth : Gujarat

Dadabhai Naoroji Date of Birth : Sep 4, 1825 Date of Death : Jun 30, 1917 Place of Birth : India

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Date of Birth : Oct 31, 1875 Date of Death : Dec 15, 1950 Place of Birth : Gujarat

Bal Gangadhar Tilak Date of Birth : Jul 23, 1856 Date of Death : 1920 Place of Birth : Maharashtra

Ravi Shankar Vyas Date of Birth : - Date of Death : - Place of Birth : Gujarat

Narhari Parikh Date of Birth : - Date of Death : - Place of Birth : India

Jivatram Kripalani Date of Birth : 1888 Date of Death : Mar 19, 1982 Place of Birth : Gujarat

Mahadev Desai Date of Birth : Jan 1, 1892 Date of Death : Aug 15, 1942 Place of Birth : Gujarat

Mohanlal Pandya Date of Birth : - Date of Death : - Place of Birth : India

Abbas Tyabji Date of Birth : - Date of Death : Jun 9, 1936 Place of Birth : Gujarat

Gopal Krishna Gokhale Date of Birth : May 9, 1866 Date of Death : 1915 Place of Birth : Maharashtra

Narahar Vishnu Gadgil Date of Birth : - Date of Death : - Place of Birth : Maharashtra

Vithalbhai Patel Date of Birth : 1871 Date of Death : 1935 Place of Birth : Gujarat

Vinoba Bhave Date of Birth : Sep 11, 1895 Date of Death : Nov 15, 1982 Place of Birth : Maharashtra

Ganesh Vasudev Mavlankar Date of Birth : - Date of Death : - Place of Birth : Gujarat

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Date of Birth : May 28, 1883 Date of Death : 1966 Place of Birth : Nasik

Muhammad Ali Jinnah Date of Birth : Dec 25, 1876 Date of Death : Sep 11, 1948 Place of Birth : Karachi

Kulapati K.M. Munshi Date of Birth : Dec 30, 1887 Date of Death : 1971 Place of Birth : Broach

Senapati Bapat Date of Birth : Nov 12, 1880 Date of Death : Nov 28, 1967 Place of Birth : Maharashtra

Mahadeo Govind Ranade Date of Birth : - Date of Death : Jan 16, 1901 Place of Birth : -

Subhas Chandra Bose Date of Birth : Jan 23, 1897 Date of Death : Aug 18, 1945 Place of Birth : Orissa

Bipin Chandra Pal Date of Birth : Nov 7, 1858 Date of Death : - Place of Birth : Sylhet (Bangladesh)

Chittaranjan Das Date of Birth : Nov 25, 1870 Date of Death : Jun 16, 1925 Place of Birth : India

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Date of Birth : Nov 11, 1888 Date of Death : Feb 22, 1958 Place of Birth : -

Rabindranath Tagore Date of Birth : May 7, 1861 Date of Death : Aug 8, 1941 Place of Birth : West Bengal

Surya Sen Date of Birth : - Date of Death : Jan 8, 1934 Place of Birth : India

Gopinath Bordoloi Date of Birth : 1890 Date of Death : 1950 Place of Birth : India

Benoy Basu Date of Birth : Sep 11, 1908 Date of Death : Dec 13, 1930 Place of Birth : Rohitbhog

Badal Gupta Date of Birth : 1912 Date of Death : 1930 Place of Birth : Dhaka

Dinesh Gupta Date of Birth : Dec 6, 1911 Date of Death : Jul 7, 1931 Place of Birth : Josholong

Khudiram Bose Date of Birth : Dec 3, 1889 Date of Death : Aug 11, 1908 Place of Birth : Bengal

Bagha Jatin Date of Birth : Dec 7, 1879 Date of Death : Sep 10, 1915 Place of Birth : Nadia district

Barindra Kumar Ghosh Date of Birth : Jan 5, 1880 Date of Death : Apr 18, 1959 Place of Birth : Norwood

Aravinda Ackroyd Ghosh Date of Birth : August 15, 1872 Date of Death : Dec 5, 1950 Place of Birth : Calcutta

Surendranath Banerjea Date of Birth : Nov 19, 1848 Date of Death : 1925 Place of Birth : India

Ambika Chakrobarty Date of Birth : - Date of Death : - Place of Birth : India

C. Rajagopalachari Date of Birth : Dec 10, 1878 Date of Death : Dec 25, 1972 Place of Birth : India

Krishna Menon Date of Birth : May 3, 1897 Date of Death : Oct 6, 1974 Place of Birth : Kerala

Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya Date of Birth : Nov 24, 1880 Date of Death : - Place of Birth : Andhra Pradesh

Srinivasa Iyengar Date of Birth : 1874 Date of Death : May 19, 1941 Place of Birth : Madras

Muhammad Iqbal Date of Birth : Nov 9, 1877 Date of Death : Apr 21, 1938 Place of Birth : India

Lala Lajpat Rai Date of Birth : Jan 28, 1865 Date of Death : Nov 17, 1928 Place of Birth : Moga district

Sardul Singh Caveeshar Date of Birth : 1886 Date of Death : 1963 Place of Birth : Amritsar

Sheikh Abdullah Date of Birth : 1905 Date of Death : 1982 Place of Birth : Kashmir

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Date of Birth : 1890 Date of Death : Jan 20, 1988 Place of Birth : Peshawar

Bhagat Singh Date of Birth : Sep 27, 1907 Date of Death : Mar 23, 1931 Place of Birth : Jalandhar

Shivaram Rajguru Date of Birth : 1908 Date of Death : Mar 23, 1931 Place of Birth : India

Sukhdev Date of Birth : - Date of Death : Mar 23, 1931 Place of Birth : India

Tej Bahadur Sapru Date of Birth : Dec 8, 1875 Date of Death : Jan 20, 1949 Place of Birth : Uttar Pradesh

Sikander Hyat Khan Date of Birth : - Date of Death : - Place of Birth : India

Madan Lal Dhingra Date of Birth : 1887 Date of Death : Aug 17, 1909 Place of Birth : Punjab

Udham Singh Date of Birth : Dec 26, 1899 Date of Death : July 31, 1940 Place of Birth : Sunam

Kartar Singh Sarabha Date of Birth : 1896 Date of Death : Nov 16, 1915 Place of Birth : Sarabha