19th-century Indian novelists

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand (), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature.

Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838-1894)

Indian barrister, writer, and social reformer; first female graduate from Bombay University, first woman to study law at Oxford University; first Indian national to study at a British university (1866-1954)

Assamese writer (1868–1938)

Indian writer (1850-1885)

Indian Odia author (1843–1918)

Indian writer, novelist

Indian Gujarati-language writer and philosopher (1858–1898)

Bengali scholar and author (1853-1931)

Indian philosopher

Indian writer

Irish writer (1847–1920)

Indian writer (1862–1894)

Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India

author and journalist

Indian writer (1867–1940)

Indian Academics, social reformer, philosopher, writer, translator, historian (1847–1919)

Indian writer and magazine editor (1846–1903)

Blind Telugu poet, novelist, and playwright

Indian writer (1837–1881)

Indian writer

Bengali novelist, essayist and playwright

Indian writer

Indian, Malayalam language novelist and playwright

Indian Gujarati novelist

lawyer and writer (1872-1898)

Gujarati writer and former mayor of Ahmedabad, India

writer