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Biographies

120 writers and 67 books on this shelf.

The books

Cutting for StoneAbraham Verghese2009The Covenant of WaterAbraham Verghese2023The Monk Who Became Chief MinisterShantanu Gupta2017Garibaldiche CharitraNarasimha Chintaman Kelkar1901Lokmanya Tilak Charitra-Bhag 1Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar1923Lokmanya Tilak Charitra-Bhag 3Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar1928Francechin JhansiwaliNarasimha Chintaman Kelkar1940KavyanjaliHaldhar Nag2016Pashchatya PurushshreshthaShripad Mahadev Mate1931Kartabgar StriyaShripad Mahadev Mate1957Pashchatya PurushashreshthaShripad Mahadev Mate1931Adarsh Stree- PurushShripad Mahadev Mate1950Kartabgar StriyaShripad Mahadev Mate1957Bara ShastradnyaShripad Mahadev Mate1951Pashchatya PurushshreshthaShripad Mahadev MateNirala Ki Sahitya SadhanaRam Vilas SharmaThiruvalluvar Allathu Vaazhkai VilakkamMu. Varadarajan1948On the MotherK. R. Srinivasa IyengarShri Sambulingeswar Vijaya CampuPandharinathacharya GalagaliBasheer: Eekkantaveedhiyile AvadhoothanM. K. SanuRajaji: A LifeRajmohan GandhiGayopakhyanamChilakamarthi Lakshmi NarasimhamMahapurushula JeevitamuluChilakamarthi Lakshmi NarasimhamChatura ChandrahasamuChilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham1922Navvula GaniChilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham1946autobiographyBhai Randhir SinghGandhi ManishSarat Kumar Mohanty2000Maharshi Vitthal Ramaji Shinde: Jeevan Va KaryaG. M. PawarThe Tennis PartnerAbraham Verghese1999Scholar ExtraordinaryNirad C. Chaudhuri1974Bengali Kadambarikara Bankim ChandraA. R. KrishnashastryPremchand: Kalam Ka SipahiAmrit Rai1962Adarsha Bharat-SevakaNarahar Raghunath PhatakJinnah: India, Partition, IndependenceJaswant Singh2009In service of Emergent IndiaJaswant Singh2006Akkanna Madannala CharitraVedam Venkataraya Sastry1949Manilal Nabhubhai: JivanrangDhirubhai Thaker1957Andhra SaintsBiruduraju RamarajuFlorence Nightingale Nu Jivan CharitraSharda Mehta1918Pandita Nilamani BidyaratnaGanesh Ram NahakDr. Parasmaniko JivanyatraNagendramani PradhanDr. KetkarD. N. GokhaleNatyacharya DevalS N BanahattiGuru Gomke Pandit Raghunath MurmuRam Chandra MurmuAr-Raheeq Al-MakhtumSafiur Rahman Mubarakpuri1976VishwastaShakuntala Karandikar1992Zafar-ul-Muhasselin Baaahwal-ul-MusannefinMuhammad Hanif GangohiA True Revolutionary and A Radical Thinker Mahatma GandhiNagasuri Venugopal2020Amarajeevi balidaanamNagasuri VenugopalGruhalakshmi Volume 1Jagbandhu SinghGruhalakshmi Volume 2Jagbandhu SinghSri Gandhi MahatmyaJagbandhu Singhଭକ୍ତିଗୀତିକାRama Chandra Acharya1929BalmikiRama Chandra AcharyaPranaya PrabahaRama Chandra AcharyaThe First Woman President of IndiaSunaina Singh2013Akhtar Orenvi: Bihar Mein Urdu Sahitya Ke NirmataSyed Amjad Hussain2023Uzhappal Uyarntha OruvarA. Chidambaranatha Chettiar1955Bhakta SudamaMukunda DasChanakyaIshwar SahuPitrudebaRadhanathaKhuradha DarpanaDigambara SrichandanHalt Station IndiaRajendra B. Aklekar2014The Firsts: Life Sketches of Medical Women in IndiaSharayu BhatiaKanwarKazhinjakaalamJawaharlal Nehru

The writers

Shripad Mahadev Mate

1886–1957Aclaimed author, professor, social reform activist, social worker, sociologist, autobiographer, Publisher

Rahul Sankrityayan

1893–1963Buddhist scholar, polyglot and travel writer (1893–1963); 'Father of Hindi travel literature'

Mu. Varadarajan

1912–1974Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Tamil scholar, writer and educationist

Jaswant Singh

1938–2020politician and retired army officer (1938–2020)

Sharda Mehta

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

Navin Chawla

1945–2025Retired Indian civil servant and 16th Chief Election Commissioner of India

Kasibhatta Brahmaiah Sastry

1863–1940Telugu writer, scholar, researcher, and critic who fiercely defended orthodox Sanatana Dharma against contemporary social reform movements

Pendyala Subrahmanyasastri

1877–1950Pendyala Venkata Subrahmanya Sastri (1877–1950) was an eminent Telugu scholar, dramatist, and literary researcher.

Gorrepati Venkata Subbaiah

1898–1982Gorrepati Venkata Subbaiah (1898–1981) was an eminent Indian freedom fighter, biographer, and a pioneer of the early Telugu library movement from Ghantasala, Andhra Pradesh.

Hughlet Warjri

Khasi author, biographer, and a founding member of the Khasi Authors' Society from Meghalaya, India.