Gulab Kaur left her husband to dedicate herself to the cause of Indian independence. She played a crucial role in distributing arms and ammunition to the members of the Ghadar Party, fronting as a journalist. Later on, she was imprisoned at Lahore's Shahi Qila where she was subjected to severe torture.

At 15, Khudiram Bose was one of the youngest revolutionaries of the Indian freedom struggle. At 18, he was sentenced to death for his role in the Muzaffarpur Conspiracy Case for the attempted assassination of a British judge, Magistrate Douglas Kingsford.

Suniti Choudhury is known for her participation in an armed revolutionary struggle. At 14, she assassinated a British district magistrate and spent seven years in imprisonment. Later, in independent India, she became a doctor.

After Saunders’ killing in 1928, Durgawati Devi assisted in the escape of Bhagat Singh from Lahore. They posed as a couple and escaped to Calcutta. It is said that she even sold her ornaments worth Rs 3,000 to rescue Bhagat Singh. She was arrested after she tried to kill Lord Hailey as revenge for Bhagat Singh’s death.

In 1925, Ashfaqulla Khan had robbed a train carrying government cash in Kakori near Lucknow to fund revolutionary operations. He was hanged by the British government for his involvement in the train robbery case.

VO Chidambaram Pillai was the first Indian to run a Swadeshi Ship. He founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906 to compete against the monopoly of the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISNC).

Surya Sen is best known for the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid that aimed at stealing weapons from the armoury and destroying communications infrastructure to cut off the city from the British Raj. He also actively participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement.

Trilochan ‘Gandhi’ Pokhrel was actively involved in the Non-Cooperation Movement, the Civil Disobedience Movement, and the Quit India Movement. He is known for inculcating the spirit of Swadeshi Movement among the Sikkimese peasantry so that the villages could be developed and generate income for the poor.