Activists from West Bengal

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

Indian actress

Indian film director, actor, writer, and lyricist (1963–2013)

American actress

Indian politician and scholar (1848–1925)

Maharani of Indian state of Cooch Behar (1864–1932)

Bengali writer

Indian academic, feminist (1927-2013)

Martyr of India's Independence Movement

Indian politician

Indian model

Bangladeshi activist

Indian activist

Indian writer, columnist and documentary filmmaker

Indian actress

Indian painter (1928-2013)

Indian activist

Indian anthropologist, activist, and feminist historian

Indian freedom-fighter, social activist and politician

Indian feminist, educator and lawyer

transgender judge in India

Indian politician

Indian public health specialist

Indian Dalit anthropologist

Swami Ranganathananda (15 December 1908 – 25 April 2005) was a Hindu swami of the Ramakrishna Math order. He served as the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.

Bengali aristocrat and writer

thumb|250px|Group photo taken on 30 January 1887 in Baranagar Math, Kolkata.Standing: (l–r) ) [[Shivananda, Ramakrishnananda, Vivekananda, Randhuni, Debendranath Majumdar, Mahendranath Gupta (Shri M), Trigunatitananda, H.Mustafi Sitting: (l–r) Niranjanananda, Saradananda, Hutko Gopal, Abhedananda]] Ramakrishnananda (13 July 1863 – 21 August 1911) was one of the direct disciples of Ramakrishna. Known for his "Gurubhakti" [Service to the Guru], he served the Baranagore Math for 12 years without missing a single day.

Indian social worker and activist

Indian activist

Hindu reformers and religious persons

Swami Vijnanananda (born Hariprasanna Chattopadhyay; 30 October 1868 – 25 April 1938) was an Indian monk of Ramakrishna order, born in an upper-class family in Etawah , Uttar Pradesh, and was a direct disciple of Ramakrishna. He was an engineer and worked as the District Engineer in the erstwhile State of United Provinces, India. He was a great scholar of Sanskrit with expertise in religio-philosophical works, astronomy, civil engineering etc. He spent considerable time in Allahabad (Prayag) centre of Ramakrishna Math. He became the President of Ramakrishna Mission in 1937. It was under his pr

Indian activist

19th-century Indian lawyer and activist

Indian disability rights activist and author

Indian writer, folk literature researcher and civil servant

Indian environmentalist

Indian reformer

Indian politician

LGBT Rights activist

Indian cultural entrepreneur

Indian Islamic scholar, theologian and politician

Indian politician (1933–2024)

Barrister, social reformer

transgender rights activist