20th-century Indian women poets

Indian poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949

Punjabi poet (1919–2005)

Indian actress and poet (1933-1972)

WW2 SOE British agent (1914–1944)

Indian Hindi writer and poet (1907-1987)

Indian author and poet (1934–2009)

Indian writer and poet (1909–2004)

British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist and feminist writer

Indian writer and Women's rights activist

Indian poet and novelist (1940–2021)

Indian poet (1904–1948)

Indian writer (1942–2011)

Indian writer (1909–1995)

Bangladeshi writer

Sugathakumari (22 January 1934 – 23 December 2020) was an Indian poet and activist, who was at the forefront of environmental and feminist movements in Kerala, India.

poet, scholar, and writer (1951-2018)

Indian writer

Assamese-language Indian poet

Indian sociologist, anthropologist, educationist, and writer (1905-1970)

Indian poet (1938-2019)

Indian writer

Indian diplomat

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

Indian writer and social reformer

Indian politician

Indian writer

Indian writer, poet and literary critic

Indian writer

Bengali poet and novelist (1914–1989)

Indian writer (1945–2022)

French-Indian writer

Contemporary Indian English language poet

Malayalam-language short story writer and poet

Marathi poet and writer (1922–2002)

social scientist

Indian artist and author

Indian writer

Punjabi poet and playwright

Bengali poet

Indian writer (born 1941)

Indian poet

Indian writer

Marathi-language writer (1942-2003)

Indian writer

Indian writer (1940-2017)

Indian writer

Indian Bengali writer and civil servant

Bengali writer

Punjabi poet

Indian singer

Indian Urdu writer

Indian writer (1913-1998)

poet and lawyer

Indian poet

Indian poet

Indian poet and politician

American poet (1962-2003)

Hindi poet and painter

Indian writer (1910-2002)

Indian writer