English-language Indian writers

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

Indian author

Indian self-rule activist (1856–1920)

Indian writer (1906–2001)

Indian journalist and author

Indian novelist, University professor (born 1937)

Indian politician and activist (1878–1972)

Indian English writer (1905–2004)

Indian-born American author, actress, model, television host and executive producer

Indian politician

Indian politician, diplomat, author

Indian writer

Indian writer, philanthropist, author, motivator

Indian independence activist and political leader

Indian feminist and historian

Indian writer of British descent (born 1934)

Indian film and stage actor (1913-1973)

physician and author (1917–2012)

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

Indian-born Canadian writer (born 1952)

Indian novelist and film director (1942–2023)

Indian writer (born 1927)

Indian-born English writer (1908–2006)

Indian scholar, social reformer and author (1842-1901)

Indian writer

Indian independence activist and politician (1908-1986)

Indian sociologist, anthropologist, educationist, and writer (1905-1970)

Indian writer (1924–2004)

Indian sociologist

Indian (Odia) Writer

Indian writer

Indian politician

Indian actress, singer, author, lyricist

Indian writer

Swami Agnivesh (born Vepa Shyam Rao; 21 September 193911 September 2020), was an Indian social activist and the founder of Arya Sabha, a political party based on the principles of Arya Samaj. He also served as a cabinet minister in the state of Haryana. He is best known for his work against bonded labour through the Bonded Labour Liberation Front, which he founded in 1981.

Indian journalist

Indian businessman (1894–1983)

Indian writer

Indian writer (1945–2022)

Indian author

Indian writer, journalist and publisher

Indian politician

Indian writer

Indian-American writer (born 1961)

Indian author

Indian writer

Indian Army personnel

contemporary Indian-English novelist

Indian writer and painter (born 1952)

Indian theorist, literary critic and scholar (1931–2022)

Indian revolutionary and noted sociologist (1880–1961)

writer

Chandrika Balan (born 17 January 1954) is an Indian writer who has published books in English and Malayalam, under the pen name Chandramathi. She is a writer of fiction, translator, and critic in English and Malayalam. Chandramathi has published four books in English and 20 in Malayalam, including 12 collections of short stories, an anthology of medieval Malayalam poetry, two collections of essays, two memoirs, and five books translated from English. The Malayalam film Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela was based on her book.

Bengali scholar and author (1853-1931)

British astronomer, author (1845–1939)

Indian politician (1924-2005)

Indian businesswoman and former actress (born 1977)

Indian historian, author, and educator

Indian journalist

American-born Indian sociologist (1941–2021)