20th-century Indian essayists

Indian Bengali writer and civil servant

Gaura Pant (17 October 1923 – 21 March 2003), better known as Shivani, was a Hindi writer of the 20th century and a pioneer in writing Indian women-centric fiction. She was awarded the Padma Shri for her contribution to Hindi literature in 1982.

Hindi poet and painter

Indian writer (1912–2009)

Indian poet, novelist, dramatist (1919-2016)

Indian writer (1899–1968)

Bengali writer (1934-2020)

Indian folklorist and writer of Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi literature

Indian film director (1935-2000)

Indian journalist

Indian businessman (1942-2009)

Punjabi writer

Kashmir born American journalist, commentator and author

Indian writer

Indian academic and poet (1916–1989)

Indian politician (1923-1976)

Indian writer and screenwriter (1932-2007)

Columbian-born Indian theosophist and writer (1901-1986)

Indo-Anglian writer

Indian scholar, writer, magazine editor

Indian writer (1917-1964)

Assamese writer

Indian writer (1885–1973)

Indian anthropologist (1901–1972)

Scientific article writer (1869-1933)

Indian journalist

Indian writer

Bengali writer (1898–1994)

Indian writer (1929–1990)

Indian magazine editor (1865-1943)

Indian social worker

Indian writer and critic

Indian journalist

Indian economic historian (1936-2024)

Indian activist

Indian scholar (1897–2020)

writer (1899–1983)

Indian writer

Kannada writer, lexicographer, grammar expert, critic and editor

Indian lawyer and lexicographer (1874–1945)

painter, art teacher, art critic, journalist and essayist from Gujarat, India (1892-1977)

writer

Indian Gujarati language author

Indian writer, archaeologist

Indian lawyer and writer

Indian writer

contemporary English language Indian poet, translator, art-critic and curator

Indian academic and writer (1912–2000)

Indian historian

Indian poet

Punjabi writer (1925-2012)

Indian philanthropist, social worker, writer and painter

Indian writer (1904–1991)

Bengali author

Indian writer

Indian poet and lyricist (1928–1975)

Indian poet (1939-2021)

Telugu writer

Indian novelist (1891–1960)