7 Freedom Fighters Who Studied Abroad

Jawaharlal Nehru, one of the prominent leaders of the Indian independence movement and the first Prime Minister of India, studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, in England. 

Jawaharlal Nehru 

Subhash Chandra Bose, a prominent leader in the fight for India's independence, went to England in 1919 to study at Cambridge University. 

Subhash Chandra Bose 

Mahatma Gandhi, also known as the Father of the Nation in India, studied law at Inner Temple, London. 

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 

Sarojini Naidu, also known as the Nightingale of India studied at Girton College, Cambridge, and became the first Indian woman to receive a degree from the University of Cambridge. 

Sarojini Naidu 

Bhagat Singh, a prominent revolutionary and martyr in India's independence movement, studied at the National College in Lahore, which was then part of British India. 

Bhagat Singh 

Shyamji Krishna Varma played a key role in the Indian independence movement. He went to England in the late 19th century and studied law at the University of London. 

Shyamji Krishna Varma 

Varahagiri Venkata Giri or VV Giri was India’s fourth president. He had a keen interest to study law. He later went to Dublin, Ireland to study law in the year 1913 

Varahagiri Venkata Giri 

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