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Paramahansa Yogananda
Yogi, Kriya Yoga guru and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship (1893-1952)
Swaminarayan
Swaminarayan (IAST: '; 3 April 1781 – 1 June 1830), also known as Sahajanand Swami''', was a yogi and ascetic believed by followers to be a manifestation of Krishna or the highest manifestation of Purushottama, around whom the Swaminarayan Sampradaya developed.
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
Indian Islamic scholar and reformer, regarded as a founder of the Barelvi movement (1856–1921)
Rahul Sankrityayan
Indian scholar and author (1893 – 1963)
Surdas
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.
`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni
Grand Mufti of India and historian (1540–1615)
Rahmatullah Kairanawi
Muslim scholar, Indian freedom fighter, famous from the book "Izhar ul-Haq" and founder of "Madrasa Saulatiya"
Abdul Haq
Urdu scholar and linguist (1870-1961)
Saeeda Faiz
Indian educationalist and social reformer
Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi
Indian writer
Sajjad Nomani
Indian Islamic scholar and author
Radha Charan Gupta
Indian mathematician
Satish Chandra
Indian historian (1922–2017)
Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi
Indian Islamic scholar and historian
Manzoor Nomani
Islamic scholar
Mona Chandravati Gupta
Indian social worker, educationist
Tara Chand
Indian politician (1888-1973)
Zoya Hasan
Indian academic
Abdul Hai Arifi
Islamic scholar
Ruqaiya Hasan
Indian linguist
Masud Husain Khan
Urdu author (1919-2010)
Hassan Raza Khan
20th-century Indian Poet
Rehana Khatoon
Indian teacher and writer
Radhika Herzberger
Indian writer, educationist, scholar
M. Athar Ali
Indian writer and historian (1925–1998)
Naqi Ali Khan
Indian Famous Scholar of Islam
Gian Chand Jain
Urdu author
Kaleem Siddiqui
Indian Islamic preacher
Amita Aggarwal
Indian clinical immunologist
Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf
Indian Sufi spiritual leader (1916–1996)
Asghar Wajahat
Indian writer
K.P. Jayaswal
Indian historian and lawyer (1881–1937)
Syed Azhar Shah Qaiser
Indian Urdu scholar and writer
Syed Mohammed Madni Ashraf
Indian Muslim scholar, cleric and mufti
Ramyatna Shukla
Indian scholar and linguist (1932−2022)
Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri
First Grand Mufti of Pakistan
Nisar Ahmed Faruqi
Indian Muslim Sufi and Scholar
Muhammad Najeeb Qasmi
Indian Islamic scholar
Iqbal Suhail
Indian poet
Mushirul Hasan
Indian historian
Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi
Indian Islamic scholar
Swami Ramanand
Hindu guru
Ross Masood
Indian academic administrator (1889-1937)