20th-century Indian novelists

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

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.

Prime Minister of India (1991-1996)

Indian author

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

Punjabi poet (1919–2005)

National poet of Bangladesh (1899-1976)

Indian writer (1906–2001)

Indian novelist, University professor (born 1937)

Indian novelist and poet

Indian writer

Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (1926-2016)

Indian English writer (1905–2004)

Bengali novelist and short story writer (1876-1938)

film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist (1914–1987)

Indian Hindi writer and poet (1907-1987)

Indian politician, diplomat, author

Indian writer, philanthropist, author, motivator

Indian painter and writer (1871–1951)

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

Indian author and poet (1934–2009)

Indian writer (1925–2019)

novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist

Indian writer of British descent (born 1934)

Indian writer

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 scholar and author (1893 – 1963)

physician and author (1917–2012)

Indian-American writer (1940-2017)

Indian Bengali author (1894–1950)

Indian writer (1898–1971)

Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist (1887-1971)

Indian writer (1927–2007)

Indian poet and novelist (1940–2021)

Indian writer

Indian-born Canadian writer (born 1952)

Indian writer (born 1927)

Indian novelist and epidemiologist

Indian journalist and novelist (born 1948)

Indian-born English writer (1908–2006)

Indian writer (1942–2011)

Indian writer

Indian writer (1909–1995)

poet, scholar, and writer (1951-2018)

Sugathakumari (22 January 1934 – 23 December 2020) was an Indian poet and activist, who was at the forefront of environmental and feminist movements in Kerala, India.

Indian writer and politician

Indian Gujarati language author

Indian writer

Indian novelist.philosopher and screenwriter

Indian writer

Indian (Odia) Writer

Indian writer

Indian writer (1914–1977)

Indian poet (1938-2019)

Indian writer and activist (1921-1977)

Indian writer (1929–2005)

Indian writer

Indian writer