Poets from British India

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (27 December 179715 February 1869), commonly known as Mirza Ghalib, was an Indian poet and letter writer of the Mughal Empire. Writing in Persian and Urdu during the final years of the Mughal Empire and the rise of British colonial rule, his poetry often addressed themes of love, loss, philosophy, the human condition, and socio-political disturbances with a depth and complexity that influenced the literary traditions of his time. His ghazals, noted for their intricate imagery and layered meanings, form a significant part of Urdu literature. He spent most of his life in

Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838-1894)

Indian Islamic scholar and reformer, regarded as a founder of the Barelvi movement (1856–1921)

Urdu poet and writer

Indian writer, editor, essayist, poet, novelist, musician and social worker (1855/1856-1932)

Indian writer (1850-1885)

19th-century sufi Punjabi poet of the punjab , polyglot, scholar and writer

Indian poet, song composer, philosopher, mathematician, painter (1840–1926)

Telugu writer and Poet (1862-1915)

Indian poet

Indian writer (1873–1924)

Indian Bengali poet and writer

Punjabi poet (1876-1954)

Indian writer (1877-1928)

Indian poet (1877–1949)

Bengali poet, playwright, and musician

Indian writer (1871-1946)

Sursinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil (26 January 1874 – 10 June 1900), popularly known by his pen name, Kalapi was a Gujarati poet and the Thakor (prince) of Lathi state in Gujarat. He is mostly known for his poems depicting his own pathos.

Indian poet

Pakistani writer

Punjabi poet

Assamese writer

Indian writer

Pakistani Urdu and Persian poet (1893–1969)

Bengali poet

Indian poet (1846–1917)

Indian writer (1882–1926)

Bengali author

Poet, Mystical Bhakta style

Odia poet of the 19th century

20th-century Indian Poet

Indian poet (1863–1918)

Indian poet and writer (1869–1952)

Malayalam-language poet and translator

Indian poet

Indian Odia-language writer

Indian artist, intellectual and politician (1898-1990)

Indian playwright, novelist, poet, screenwriter, actor and freedom fighter (1881-1953)

writer, poet

Indian writer

Keshavasuta (born Krishnaji Keshav Damle; 7 October 1866 – 7 November 1905) was a Marathi poet who is regarded as the pioneer of modern Marathi poetry. He wrote around 135 poems during his lifetime. In addition to his Marathi works, he wrote poetry in English and authored a play that remained unpublished.

poet from Odisha, India

poet, dramatist

Pakistani humorous poet of Urdu and Punjabi

Irish writer, poet and playwright (1873–1956)

Punjabi poet (1899–1978)

Indian writer

author and critic of Gujarati literature from India

Sanskrit scholar

Indian writer, poet, historian, translator and administrative

Maharaja of Bardhaman and writer

Indian poet

Indian poet (1866–1960)

Mohammad Kazem Al-Qureshi (; – 21 July 1951), known by his pen-name Kaykobad (), was a Bengali poet. Nikhil Bharat Sahitya Sangha titled him "Kavyabhusan", "Vidyabhusan" and "Sahityaratna".

Raja of Mahmudabad

Gujarati poet from India (1881-1953)

Odia poet

Sanskrit writer

Indian writer