| 1. Founded the Indian Home Rule Society, India House, and The Indian Sociologist in London. |
| 2. Admirer and follower of Indian patriots like Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Swami Dayanand Saraswati, and Herbert Spencer. |
| 3. Served as the divan of Ratlam and Junagadh states in India. |
| 4. Lived in exile to evade foreign litigation charges. |
| 5. First President of the Bombay Arya Samaj. |
| 6. Influenced Veer Savarkar. |
| 7. Noted scholar in Sanskrit and other Indian languages. |
| 8. Mentor to leading revolutionaries including Veer Savarkar, Lala Hardayal, and Madame Bhikaji Cama. |
| 9. First Indian to be called to the Bar from the Inner Temple. |
| 10. Appointed Assistant Professor of Sanskrit at Balliol College, Oxford. |
| 11. Enrolled as an advocate at the Bombay High Court after returning from studies in England. |
| 12. Moved to Paris in 1907 to avoid prosecution by British authorities. |
| 13. One of the first leaders to demand complete independence and use the term 'Swaraj'. |
