Ye watan hai hamara, tumhara nahi

“Ye watan hai hamara, tumhara nahi” — Unsung Muslim Patriots of India’s Freedom

“Indian Freedom is written on Muslims’ blood… their participation in the freedom struggle was much more, in proportion to their small percentage of the population.” — attributed to Khushwant Singh (as cited in the source text)

Overview
From 1857 to 1947, Indian Muslims stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the national struggle—organising, writing, fundraising, fighting, healing, and negotiating. Yet their sacrifices are too often erased or questioned. As cited in the submitted text (via Milli Chronicle), the India Gate rolls include a large number of Muslim names—reminding us that India’s freedom story is plural, not partisan.

Why this matters now
When disinformation targets Indian Muslims and seeks to rewrite history, we answer with facts, names, and lives lived in service of Poorna Swaraj. The list below is only a glimpse.

Selected Freedom Fighters (Concise Profiles)

• Sultan Haidar Ali → Early arch-opponent of the Company; united Hindus and Muslims; father of Tipu Sultan.

• Tipu Sultan → Pioneer of iron-cased rockets; resisted British campaigns for two decades.

• Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan → HRA revolutionary; executed at 27; symbol of fearless defiance.

• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad → Youngest INC President (1923); Al-Hilal editor; architect of Hindu–Muslim unity.

• Maulana Hasrat Mohani → Coined “Inquilab Zindabad” (1921); pushed “Complete Independence” before it was mainstream.

• Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Frontier Gandhi) → Founded Khudai Khidmatgar (Red Shirts); apostle of non-violence; jailed 13 years.

• Siraj-ud-Daulah → Last Nawab of Bengal; expelled the British from Calcutta before betrayal led to Plassey.

• Vakkom Majeed → Jailed repeatedly during Quit India (1942); Kerala’s stalwart of civil resistance.

• Fazl-e-Huq Khairabadi → Scholar-strategist of 1857; sentenced to Kalapani in the Andamans.

• Badruddin Tyabji → Among the earliest Muslim leaders of Congress (1885); wife Suraiyya Tyabji widely credited in accounts with finalising the national flag.

• Shah Nawaz Khan → INA commander; hoisted the tricolour at the Red Fort after British rule.

• Saifuddin Kitchlew → Jallianwala Bagh protest leader; jailed 14 years; Lenin Peace Prize; opposed Two-Nation Theory.

• Bakht Khan → Led forces under the last Mughals across Delhi, Bengal, Rohilkhand, Oudh; mortally wounded in 1859.

• Titu Mir → Bengal rebel-organiser; commanded 15,000 against Company forces; fell in battle.

• Syed Ahmad Barelvi → Forged North Indian resistance networks from Delhi to Kabul; died in combat.

• Zain-ul-Abideen (Abid Hasan) → INA officer who gave India the slogan “Jai Hind.”

Women Who Led

• Begum Hazrat Mahal → Regent of Awadh; seized Lucknow in 1857; refused British inducements; died in exile.

• Suraiyya Tyabji → Artist-reformer; widely credited in accounts with the final design of India’s flag adopted July 1947.

• Bi Amma (Abadi Bano Begum) → Pioneer woman orator; mobilised Khilafat/Swadeshi; raised the Ali brothers who became movement icons.

• Azizan → Trained and led a women’s battalion; refused to betray comrades under threat; martyred.

In Essence

The roll call is endless. Many who could have left chose India—because it was, and remains, their only home. No matter how hard revisionists try to erase them, India’s freedom is a tapestry woven by all her peoples—and Muslims are inseparable from that fabric.