Writers from Gujarat

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and to later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā, first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.

Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the member of parliament (MP) for Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress.

Indian independence activist, writer and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary (1892–1942)

Indian-born Canadian writer (born 1952)

Indian writer and activist

Indian poet and writer from Gujarati (1913-2010)

Gujarati author from India

Indian social activist, literary critic and academic

Gaura Pant (17 October 1923 – 21 March 2003), better known as Shivani, was a Hindi writer of the 20th century and a pioneer in writing Indian women-centric fiction. She was awarded the Padma Shri for her contribution to Hindi literature in 1982.

Indian politician

Jain Scholar and Philosopher from India

Indian Gujarati language author and journalist

Indian Gujarati language author

founding leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and writer (1905–2006)

Vasubahen (23 March 1924 ― 13 December 2020), born Vasubahen Ramprasad Bhatt, was Gujarati language story writer and novelist from Gujarat, India. She was a director of various All India Radio stations in Gujarat as well as a Chairman of the Gujarat State Social Welfare Board.

Indian politician (1926-1983)

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.

Gujarati playwright, critic, self-writer, poet and travel writer

Gujarati poet and folk singer from Gujarat, India

Indian Gujarati language author (1918-2014)

Indian writer from Gujarat

Gujarati Writer (1897–1982)

Indian writer

Gujarati author

Indian linguist (1917–2000)

Indian linguist

Indian writer

Indian Gujarati language author

Gujarati writer from India

Gujarati linguist (1923–1975)

Indian writer