Writers from British India

British novelist (1811–1863)

Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand (), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature.

Bengali novelist and short story writer (1876-1938)

Indian painter and writer (1871–1951)

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

British Indian Bengali academic and politician (1858–1932)

Indian Bengali author (1894–1950)

British writer (1920–1978)

Indian activist

Indian author

Indian author (1908–1994)

Indian actress

Second Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Indian active social worker and one of the first women's rights activists in the 19th century

Assamese writer (1868–1938)

Indian Kannada writer

British orientalist and typographer

Bengali writer

Bengali artist (1863-1915)

British writer and theosophist (1840-1921)

Gujarati writer, social worker and educationist (1882-1970)

19th century Islamic scholar of Pakistan (1884–1953)

British historian and writer (1847–1929)

Maharani of Baroda

Bengali literary figure, author and musician

English poet (1865–1904)

Urdu scholar and linguist (1870-1961)

Indian writer, novelist

Poet, playwright and dramatist

Indian writer (1864-1938)

Pakistani poet (1900–1982)

Indian tax collector, Persian scholar and author of an early travel memoir recounting his trip to Britain, Europe and Asia Minor (1752–1806)

Indian Gujarati-language writer and philosopher (1858–1898)

Indian writer

Bengali writer

Indian author

Indian writer (1880–1960)

Bengali poet and writer (1847-1909)

Indian writer and member of parliament (1908–1970)

English travel writer and poet (1791-1840)

Indian author and singer

Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India

Scottish linguist (1798-1868)

Bengali folklorist (1866-1939)

Indian writer (1862–1894)

Indian writer (1867–1940)

Canadian journalist and writer (1861–1922)

British soldier and writer (1914-1983)

Indian trade unionist (1860-1946)

British historian, linguist

Indian Hindi Literature Historian (1884–1941)

Indian revolutionary (1881–1925)

Bengali writer (1872-1940)

Bengali aristocrat and writer

East India Company civil servant (1728-1801)

Scientific article writer (1869-1933)

writer, poet

Indian writer (1873–1932)

Indian writer

Bengali writer (1810–1900)