| Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas K. Gandhi) | Yerawada Central Jail (Pune), other colonial prisons in India; South Africa (early life) | 1922, 1930–31, 1932, 1942 | Multiple | 1922: Arrested for sedition, sentenced 6 yrs, served ~2 yrs. 1930–31: Salt Satyagraha imprisonment. 1932: Yerawada Jail, fasted (Poona Pact). 1942: Quit India. Total ~6 years cumulative. |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | Ahmednagar Fort Prison, Bareilly Central Prison, Almora Jail, Naini Central Jail, others | 1920s–1945 | Multiple (~9+) | 9 Aug 1942 – 15 Jun 1945: ~1030+ days (~2.8 yrs). Total time across all imprisonments ~3,259 days (~9 yrs). Civil Disobedience & Quit India Movement. |
| Subhas Chandra Bose | Alipore Central Jail (Calcutta), Mandalay Jail (British Burma), house detention | 1924, 1925, 1930–32 | Multiple (~11) | First major arrest Oct 1924 (Alipore). Early 1925: Mandalay Jail. Late 1930 / early 1932: civil disobedience. Exact cumulative duration not documented. |
| B. R. Ambedkar | Yerawada Central Jail (Pune) | 24 Sep 1932 | 1 | Present during Gandhi’s hunger strike; part of Poona Pact negotiations. No long-term British imprisonment. |
| Yogendra Shukla (Bihar) | Cellular Jail (Andamans), Hazaribagh Central Jail, Buxar Jail, other British jails | 1930s–1946 | Multiple | ~16.5 years; participated in hunger strikes; transferred from Andamans to Hazaribagh; escaped 1942 but rearrested. |
| Jayaprakash Narayan (JP, Bihar) | Hazaribagh Central Jail, Nasik Jail | Early 1930s, 1942 | Multiple | Civil Disobedience & Quit India Movement; imprisoned at Hazaribagh; escaped in 1942. |
| Ramnandan Mishra (Bihar) | Cuttack Jail, Behrampur Jail, Hazaribagh Central Jail | 1930–31; 1942–1946 | 2+ | Imprisoned for civil disobedience & Quit India; escaped Nov 1942, rearrested Feb 1943; released 1946. |
| Shyamdev Narayan (Ram Singh, Bihar) | Cellular Jail (Port Blair, Andamans) | Arrested Dec 1931; deported Sep 1932 | 2+ | Arrested for Salt Movement; deported to Kala Pani; re-arrested 1942–45. |
| Jubba Sahni (Bihar) | Bhagalpur Central Jail | Aug 1942 | 1 | Led armed revolt; sentenced to death; executed 11 Mar 1944. |
| Mahendra Gope (Bihar) | Bhagalpur Camp Jail | Sep 1944 | 1 | Arrested for revolutionary activities; executed 23 Nov 1945. |
| Karyanand Sharma (Bihar) | Not specifically documented | Circa 1921 | 1 | Peasant leader; sentenced ~1 year for organizing peasant struggles. |
| Other Bihar Quit India Activists | Patna Camp Jail, Bhagalpur Jail, Dumka Jail, Godda Jail, Rajmahal Jail, district jails | 1942–1943 | Multiple | Mass arrests; harsh jail conditions; some died in custody. |