Tapan Kumar Pradhan
b. 1972writer
politician and retired army officer (1938–2020)
Jaswant Singh
1938–2020, born Jasol, writes in English, Dingal, Hindi, French, Rajasthani, Gujarati, writer
Major Jaswant Singh was an Indian Army officer and politician. He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and was one of India’s longest serving parliamentarians, having been a member of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha almost continuously between 1980 and 2014. He was NDA’s Vice-presidential candidate in the 2012 Indian vice-presidential election. Singh was the only leader from Rajasthan who became Minister Of External Affairs, Finance and Defence.
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Kishori Charan Das
1924–2004Odia writer
Sitakant Mahapatra
b. 1937writer from Odisha
R. K. Narayan
1906–2001English-language writer (1906–2001)
Annada Shankar Ray
1905–2002writer, poet, essayist (1905-2002)
Amitav Ghosh
b. 1956writer