20th-century Indian journalists

Indian politician and writer (1888–1958)

Hindi poet, scholar, journalist, novelist and short story writer

Indian political leader and social reformer (1866–1915)

Indian English writer (1905–2004)

Indian politician, diplomat, author

Indian politician and journalist (1912-1960)

Indian journalist and politician

Indian industrialist and entrepreneur (1888–1956)

Indian-American economist

Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician (1914–2014)

Indian feminist and historian

Indian Kannada-language journalist-activist (1962-2017)

Indian environmentalist

Indian educator and politician

Indian photojournalist (1913–2012)

Indian journalist and novelist (born 1948)

Indian news anchor

Indian novelist and film director (1942–2023)

Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan (7 March 1911 – 4 April 1987), popularly known by his pen name Agyeya (also transliterated Ajneya, meaning 'the unknowable'), was an Indian writer, poet, novelist, literary critic, journalist, translator and revolutionary in Hindi language. He pioneered modern trends in Hindi poetry, as well as in fiction, criticism and journalism. He is regarded as the pioneer of the Prayogavaad (experimentalism) movement in modern Hindi literature.

Indian Muslim activist (1878–1931)

Indian artist, illustrator and cartoonist

Indian film critic

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian author and journalist (1923-2018)

Indian social worker (1886–1966)

Indian writer (1924–2004)

Indian communist politician and theorist and first Chief Minister of Kerala state (1909-1998)

Indian politician

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 cartoonist (1926–2011)

Indian photographer ( 1942-2026)

Indian journalist and politician

Indian journalist

Indian activist

Indian writer and activist

Indian film maker, activist and a former journalist

British newspaper editor (1858-1927)

an Indian revolutionary, lawyer and journalist who founded the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and The Indian Sociologist in London (1857-1930)

Indian writer, journalist and publisher

Indian photographer (born 1961)

writer, novelist (1926–1997)

writer

Indian social reformer, thinker and writer (1932-1977)

Indian writer and journalist

Tabassum (born Kiran Bala Sachdev; 9 July 1944 – 18 November 2022), was an Indian actress, talk show host and YouTuber, who started her career as child actor Baby Tabassum in 1947. She later had a television career as the host of first TV talk show of Indian television, Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan. It ran on National broadcaster Doordarshan from 1972 to 1993, wherein she interviewed film and TV personalities.

Indian social reformer, historian, educationist, and journalist (1885–1981)

Indian businesswoman

Indian columnist, humorist, writer and playwright (1929-2017)

Indian writer (1924–1997)

Indian journalist

Indian journalist and writer

Indian journalist, activist

Indian Independence Activist, Social worker and Gandhian

Indian historian and journalist (born 1967)

Indian journalist

Varsha Bhosle was an Indian singer, journalist and writer based in Mumbai. She was the daughter of acclaimed playback singer Asha Bhosle.

Indian revolutionary and journalist

Indian writer (1889-1968)

Indian poet and social reformer (1853–1912)