Poets from Uttar Pradesh

Rambola (; 11 August 1511 – 30 July 1623), popularly known as Goswami Tulsīdās (), was a Vaishnava (Ramanandi) Hindu saint, devotee (भक्त) and poet, renowned for his devotion to the deity Rama. He wrote several popular works in Sanskrit, Awadhi, and Braj Bhasha, but is best known as the author of the Hanuman Chalisa and of the epic Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana, based on Rama's life, in the vernacular Awadhi language.

Indian Hindi writer and poet (1907-1987)

Indian Hindi poet, Father of Amitabh Bachchan (1907-2003)

Zeb-un-Nissa () (15 February 1638 – 26 May 1702) was a Mughal princess and the eldest child of Emperor Aurangzeb and his chief consort, Dilras Banu Begum. She was also a poet, who wrote under the pseudonym of Makhfi (, "Hidden, Disguised, Concealed One").

Indian writer, poet and lyricist

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

Surdas was a 16th-century blind Hindu devotional poet and singer, who was known for his works written in praise of Krishna. His compositions captured his devotion towards Krishna. Most of his poems were written in the Braj language, while some were also written in other dialects of medieval Hindi, like Awadhi.

Indian Urdu language poet (1723-1810)

Indian poet (1904–1948)

Mughal court poet and minister (1556–1627)

Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan (7 March 1911 – 4 April 1987), popularly known by his pen name Agyeya (also transliterated Ajneya, meaning 'the unknowable'), was an Indian writer, poet, novelist, literary critic, journalist, translator and revolutionary in Hindi language. He pioneered modern trends in Hindi poetry, as well as in fiction, criticism and journalism. He is regarded as the pioneer of the Prayogavaad (experimentalism) movement in modern Hindi literature.

Ravidas or Raidas was an Indian mystic poet-saint of the Bhakti movement during the 15th to 16th century CE. Venerated as a guru (spiritual teacher) in the modern regions of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana, he was a poet, social reformer and spiritual figure.

poet, scholar, and writer (1951-2018)

Urdu author (1896-1982)

Indian poet

Indian Poet (1886-1964)

Indian poet and songwriter (1919–2002)

Indian Poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer

Indian Urdu poet and Hindi language lyricist (1919-2000)

poet (1846-1921)

Indian poet and a professor of English literature at the University of Prayagraj, India.

hindi author (1889–1937)

Indian independence activist and an Urdu language poet

Urdu writer from India (1913-2000)

writer, novelist (1926–1997)

Indian academic and writer (1936–2012)

Indian Urdu language poet, author, critic and theorist.

Indian writer (1916-1970)

Indian musician and activist (1871-1934)

Indian writer (1864-1938)

poet

Pakistani marxist writer and organiser

Indian poet

Indian writer

Indian poet (1952–2024)

Urdu poet/India

Indian writer (1906-1995)

Indian Urdu writer

Indian poet (1927–2017)

poet and lawyer

Indian writer

Indian writer (1890-1960)

Indian writer (1766-1845), Minister in Nizams kingdom

Urdu poet

Indian writer

Indian Urdu-language poet

Indian writer

Indian Islamic scholar and sofi

Indian writer (1929–1990)

Hindi Poet

poet

Hindi poet

Indian poet (1927–1992)

Indian poet of Urdu language (1935-2003)

Indian academic and writer (1912–2000)

Indian author

Hindu saint

20th-century Indian Poet

Indian activist