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Writer
Amrita Pritam31 August 1919
Writer
Javed Akhtar17 January 1945
Screenwriter, Politician, Writer, Poet, Lyricist,
Gulzar18 August 1936
film director, film producer, screenwriter,
Kumar Vishwas10 February 1970
Politician
Irom Chanu Sharmila14 March 1972
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Mahadevi Varma26 March 1907
Poet, Author, Writer
Kuvempu29 December 1904
Writer, Poet, Professor
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar23 September 1908
Writer, Poet, Politician, Journalist, Literary
Kannadasan24 June 1927
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Vairamuthu13 July 1953
Author, Actor, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Mahasweta Devi14 January 1926
Human rights activist, Writer, Poet, Novelist,
Irshad Kamil05 September 1971
Poet, Writer, Lyricist, Songwriter
Sahir Ludhianvi08 March 1921
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Shiv Kumar Batalvi23 July 1936
Author, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande08 November 1919
Author, Film director, Actor, Composer, Poet,
O. N. V. Kurup27 May 1931
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Na. Muthukumar13 July 1975
Poet, Lyricist, Writer, Songwriter
Sumitranandan Pant20 May 1900
Writer, Poet
Majrooh Sultanpuri01 October 1919
Author, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan16 August 1904
Author, Poet
K. Shivaram Karanth10 October 1902
Author, Poet
Sugathakumari03 January 1934
Writer, Human rights activist, Children's writer
Jan Nisar Akhtar14 February 1914
author, poet, lyricist, songwriter
Chandrashekhara Kambara02 January 1937
Film director, Poet, Writer
Veturi Sundararama Murthy29 January 1936
Poet, Songwriter, Lyricist
Kusumagraj27 February 1912
Author, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar18 July 1919
Poet, Composer, Philosopher, Philanthropist,
G. Sankara Kurup03 June 1901
Politician, Poet
Balamani Amma19 July 1909
Author
Nagarjun30 June 1911
Poet, Writer
Vayalar Ramavarma28 March 1928
Author, Lyricist, Songwriter
C. Narayana Reddy29 July 1931
Author, Politician, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Kavi Pradeep06 February 1915
Poet, Singer, Lyricist, Songwriter
Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon11 May 1911
Poet, Writer
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Dharamvir Bharati25 December 1926
Poet, Journalist, Author, Writer
Aarudhra31 August 1925
Poet, Songwriter, Writer, Historian, Author,
K. S. Narasimhaswamy26 January 1915
Author
Gopalakrishna Adiga1918 AD
poet
P. Kunhiraman Nair04 October 1905
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri18 March 1926
Author
Goreti Venkanna1963 AD
author, songwriter
Sri Sri30 April 1910
author, poet, lyricist, songwriter
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Harivanshrai Bachchan27 November 1907