20th-century Indian essayists

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

President of India from 1987 to 1992

Punjabi poet (1919–2005)

National poet of Bangladesh (1899-1976)

Indian novelist and poet

Indian political leader and social reformer (1866–1915)

Indian writer

Indian Hindi writer and poet (1907-1987)

Indian industrialist and entrepreneur (1888–1956)

Indian political activist and intellectual

Indian writer (1925–2019)

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)

Indian writer (1898–1971)

Indian Bengali author (1894–1950)

Indian hindi poet, essayis (1908-1974)

Indian writer

historian and writer from India

Indian Gujarati language author

Assamese-language Indian poet

Indian writer

Indian (Odia) Writer

Indian writer

Indian Bengali−English writer and man of letters (1897–1999)

Yashpal Singh (3 December 1903 – 26 December 1976) was a Hindi-language writer, political commentator, a socialist and an essayist. He wrote in a range of genres, including essays, novels and short stories, as well as a play, two travel books and an autobiography. He won the Hindi-language Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Meri Teri Uski Baat in 1976 and was also a recipient of the Padma Bhushan.

Indian writer (1929–2005)

D. Jayakanthan (24 April 1934 – 8 April 2015), popularly known as JK, was an Indian writer, journalist, orator, filmmaker, critic and activist. Born in Cuddalore, he dropped out of school at the age of 9 and went to Madras, where he joined the Communist Party of India. In a career spanning six decades, he authored around 40 novels, 200 short stories, apart from two autobiographies. Outside literature, he made two films. In addition, four of his other novels were adapted into films by others.

Indian writer

Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and editor (1887-1923)

Bengali Poet (1899-1954)

Indian author (1908–1994)

Indian academic

Bengali artist (1863-1915)

Hindi novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar from India

Indian writer

Indian writer and social reformer

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

Indian writer from Odisha

Indian writer (1925-1972)

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian novelist (1927-2020)

Malayalam feminist writer

Bengali poet

contemporary Indian-English novelist

Indian politician and writer (1913–1982)

Bengali scholar and author (1853-1931)

Pakistani marxist writer and organiser

Indian writer (1929-2013)

Indian writer and poet (1908-1956)

Indian academic and scholar

Indian social worker and writer

Indian Bengali writer and civil servant

Bengali writer

Novalist , writer

Indian scholar, activist and writer (born 1952)

Indian writer (1908–1974)

Indian writer (1880–1960)