20th-century Indian women writers

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

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

Indian philosopher, activist and environmentalist (*1952)

Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic

Indian writer and mental calculator (1929-2013)

Bengali feminist writer and social reformer (1880-1932)

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

Greek-French writer (1905-1982)

writer, memoirist, women's rights activist

Hindu Guru (1896–1982)

Indian politician and activist

Indian filmmaker, script writer and actress

Indian-American economist

Spiritual Leader, occultist and collaborator of Sri Aurobindo (1878–1973)

First female Indian Police Service Officer (born 1949)

Indian historian (born 1931)

Indian feminist and historian

Indian environmentalist

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

Indian actress and director

Indian-American actress, food and travel writer, and television personality

Indian writer and activist (born 1948)

Indian photojournalist (1913–2012)

Indian novelist and film director (1942–2023)

Indian actress and screenwriter

Indian television journalist and author

Indian actress (1905–1991)

Indian film director

Indian film director

Indian economist (1955-)

Indian film critic

Indian actress

Indian feminist economist

Indian physician and legislator

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

Indian freedom fighter and social reformer (1903-1988)

Indian politician and art historian (1928-2020)

Indian actress and director

Indian film director

Indian writer

politician from Odisha, India (1931-2006)

Indian sociologist

Indian writer (1924–2004)

Indian politician

Indian mathematician

Madeleine Slade (22 November 1892 – 20 July 1982), also known as Mirabehn or Meera Behn, was a British supporter of the Indian Independence Movement who in the 1920s left her home in England to live and work with Mahatma Gandhi. She devoted her life to human development and the advancement of Gandhi's principles.

Sheela Celine (born 24 March 1945), known mononymously as Sheela, is an Indian actress and director who appears predominantly in Malayalam cinema. Paired with Prem Nazir, they hold the Guinness World Record for acting in the largest number of films (around 105) together as heroine and hero. She had also appeared in another 20 films with Prem Nazir, even as his mother in a film. Sheela is a four-time winner of Kerala State Film Award. She came back to acting in 2003 through Manassinakkare after 22 years. In 2005, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Ma

Indian film director (born 1957)

Indian actress

Indian writer (1905–1952)

Indian writer and activist

Indian academic, feminist (1927-2013)

Indian politician

Indian activist

Indian writer and activist

Indian Kannada writer

Irish-Indian suffragist and feminist

Indian active social worker and one of the first women's rights activists in the 19th century

Indian freedom fighter (1899–1985)

Indian writer (1915-1997)