19th-century Indian writers

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and to later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā, first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.

British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)

Indian self-rule activist (1856–1920)

Bengali feminist writer and social reformer (1880-1932)

Scots-Irish social worker, author, teacher and disciple of Swami Vivekananda

Indian film producer, director and screenwriter (1870–1944)

Indian author and politician (1865-1928)

Indian spiritual leader and social reformer (1856–1928)

feminist activist who protested patriarchy and caste in 19th century India

Indian author

Begum of Bhopal (1838–1901)

Indian actress

Irish-Indian suffragist and feminist

British newspaper editor (1858-1927)

Bengali artist (1863-1915)

Indian writer (1809-1831)

Gujarati writer, social worker and educationist (1882-1970)

Indian activist

Indian tax collector, Persian scholar and author of an early travel memoir recounting his trip to Britain, Europe and Asia Minor (1752–1806)

Marathi poet and writer (1868–1936)

Indian writer, essayist and journalist (1820-1886)

author and journalist

Indian philanthropist

British official and Telugu scholar

Indian magazine editor (1865-1943)

British author and educationalist resident as an adult in India

Indian academic

social reformer (1844–1898)

Bengali poet

Indian Brahmo (1844–1884)

Philosopher, reformer (1840–1905)

Indian museum superintendent and writer

Bengali writer (1844-1910)

Bengali writer (1860–1919)

Pandita Brahmacharini Chandabai (1880–1977) was a Jain scholar and a pioneer of women's education in India. She was the founder of the oldest women's publication in India that is still published, Jain Mahiladarsh.

Indian writer from Gujarat

Indian activist

Bengali writer

Gujarati writer and teacher from British India

Punjabi poet

Indian bacteriologist

Irish writer, poet and playwright (1873–1956)

Journalist and editor

Sanskrit scholar

Indian writer, poet, lawyer

Islamic scholar

physician, independence activist and social worker from 20th-century India

Journalist and publisher

Odia poet