Indian male writers

Jain Scholar and Philosopher from India

Durvinita () is seen as the most successful ruler of the Western Ganga dynasty. He is remembered for his military prowess, literary achievements, and strong patronage of Jainism. He was a son of the preceding king Avinita.

Indian activist

Gujarati and Hindi language writer and painter from India (1928-2018)

Indian environmentalist (1926-2020)

Indian Gujarati-language children's writer and educator (1885-1939)

writer (1899–1983)

Indian economist

Gujarati writer, folklorist, ornithologist, botanist and editor from Gujarat, India

Indian writer

Educationist (1914-2017)

Indian writer

Indian social worker

Indian historian (born 1936)

Indian politician

Indian philosopher (1875-1949)

Indian economist

Indian historian (1910–1990)

Bhagvatsinhji (24 October 1865 – 9 March 1944) was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Gondal from 1869 until his death in 1944, upon which he was honoured with an 11-gun salute. He was the only ruler from princely states of Kathiawar Agency, in Bombay Presidency of British India, to have taken a medical degree, among other qualifications.

Indian historian and writer (1890–1979)

Veteran Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and ideologue

Indian novelist

Indian writer of Nepali language (1919–1995)

Indian folk singer and Gujarati folk writer from Gujarat

Balabhai Virchand Desai, better known by his pen name Jaybhikhkhu, was a Gujarati novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and biographer from Gujarat, India. He is known for his historical novels.

Indian economist

Telugu writer

Indian painter

Indian writer and poet

Indian tibetologist

Indian historian

Indian bacteriologist

Historian, Indologist, Polyglot

Indian historian (1925-2010)

Indian Roman Catholic priest (1942–2024)

Indian art critic

Andayya (or Andaiah, Āṇḍayya) was a notable 13th-century Kannada writer during the rule of the Hoysala empire. Andayya was a Jain by faith and came from a family of accountants. His most important extant work is the Kabbigara Kava ("Poets' Defender") which also goes by the names Sobagina Suggi ("Harvest of Beauty"), Madana Vijaya ("Triumph of Cupid") or Kavana Gella ("Cupid's Conquest") and was written in the 1217–1235 CE period.

Indian philosopher

Indian writer (1906-1992)

Indian filmmaker

Indian historian (1895–1971)

notable Indian writer in the Sindhi-language (1921-2001)

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian physicist

Kēśirāja, also spelled Keshiraja, was a 13th-century Kannada grammarian, Jain poet and writer. and nephew of the famous Janna. Kēśirāja is particularly known for composing Shabdamanidarpana, an authoritative work on Kannada grammar. According to the Sanskritist Sheldon Pollock, because of this work he is considered the "greatest theorist of Kannada grammar". He was also a scholar in Sanskrit as well and a court poet (Aasthaana kavi) in the Hoysala Court.

17th-century Indian Islamic scholar

Indian geologist and philologist

Joginder (real name Joginder Shelly) was an Indian actor, director, producer, writer, singer, songwriter and distributor. Two Hindi films produced, directed, written, acted and distributed by him were "Super Hits" – Bindiya Aur Bandook and Ranga Khush. (In Indian cinema any film which runs for over 50 weeks continuously is classified as a "Super Hit.")

Indian academic, philosopher, writer and translator

Indian Islamic scholar

Indian politician (1909-1986)

Indian economist

Indian historian

Indian economist

Indian politician (1938-2005)

Indian historian (1899–1999)

environmental activist from India

Indian forensic pathologist

Indian historian