Bhai Randhir Singh
1878–1961Sikh leader and Punjabi author (1878–1961)
Writing in Persian
34 writers on record who write in Persian. The most honoured first.
Zinda Kaul
1884–1965Poet, Mystical Bhakta style
Abid Raza Bedar
1934–2025Historian and Writer
Ahmad Ali Barqi Azmi
1954–2022poet
Amir Khusrau
1253–1325poet, writer, singer and scholar (1253–1325)
Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi
b. 1951Muslim scholar
Krishnalal Mohanlal Jhaveri
1868–1957writer from Gujarat
Nathuram Sharma
1859–1932Hindi/Urdu poet
P. V. Narasimha Rao
1921–2004Prime Minister of India (1991-1996)
Ranjit Sitaram Pandit
1893–1944barrister, politician and scholar
Sahib Singh
1892–1977Religious scholar, grammarian, and writer (1892–1977)
V. Abdur Rahim
1933–2023
Amjad Hyderabadi
1888–1961writer
Amjad Najmi
1899–1974poet and dramatist
Ata Kakwi
1907–1998poet and writer
Harbans Bhalla
1930–1993Punjabi poet
Harichand Akhtar
1901–1958poet (1901–1958)
Motiullah Nazish
b. 1958Urdu-language poet and writer (born 1958)
Muhammad Shahid Saharanpuri
1951–2023Islamic scholar
Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri
1937–2017Islamic Scholar
Qeyamuddin Ahmad
1930–1998historian (1930–1998)
Syed Najeeb Ashraf Nadvi"
1901–1968writer
Syed Amjad Hussain
b. 2005author and researcher
Muhammad Uzair Shams
1957–2022scholar of Islam (1957–2022)
Lala Shrinivas Das
1850–188719th-century Indian Hindi writer, recognized as the author of the first modern Hindi novel (1850-1887)
Doctor imam azam
1960–2023writer, poet, researcher, historian, and journalist
Farhat Dehlvi
1926–1968poet from Delhi
Hazrat Hafiz Dr. Syed Ashique Hussain Azizi Jajneri
1917–1980Grandfather of Syed Amjad Hussain
Shah aun Ahmad qadri
1921–1998scholar and qazi
Shayesta Bedar
Historian
Farhat Qadri
1928–2016
Shadan Faruqui
1925–2005
Shafiq Hassan Elia
1885–1956
Zoe Ansari
1925–1991