19th-century Indian essayists

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838-1894)

Indian political leader and social reformer (1866–1915)

Bengali artist (1863-1915)

Bengali scholar

Indian academic and scholar

Bengali scholar and author (1853-1931)

Indian writer

Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave (24 August 1833 – 26 February 1886), popularly known as Narmad, was an Indian Gujarati-language poet, playwright, essayist, orator, lexicographer and reformer under the British Raj. He is considered to be the founder of modern Gujarati literature. After studying in Bombay, he stopped serving as a teacher to live by writing. During his prolific career, he introduced many literary forms in Gujarati. He faced economic struggles but proved himself as a dedicated reformer, speaking loudly against religious and social orthodoxy. His essays, poems, plays and prose were

Bengali scholar (1813–1885)

Indian writer, essayist and journalist (1820-1886)

Assamese writer

Scientific article writer (1869-1933)

Indian magazine editor (1865-1943)

Early Telugu feminist writer and scholar

Indian Brahmo (1844–1884)

Bengali author

Sharia judge

Indian writer

Indian writer, archaeologist

Indian writer

Bengali writer (1844-1910)

Gujarati scholar, writer, educationist and editor (1869-1942)

Indian writer (1862–1939)

Gujarati writer and teacher from British India

Hindi litterateur

Indian writer

Gujarati poet from India (1867-1923)

Sanskrit writer

Bengali scholar

Gujarati writer and former mayor of Ahmedabad, India