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British-Indian novelist
Ruskin Bond19 May 1934
Writer
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Journalist
Chetan Bhagat22 April 1974
Author
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Independence Activist, Reformer
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Spike Milligan16 April 1918
Comedian
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Novelist, Lawyer, Journalist & Politician
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Novelist
Amrita Pritam31 August 1919
Writer
Mulk Raj Anand12 December 1905
Kamal Amrohi17 January 1918
Director
Mahadevi Varma26 March 1907
Poet
Ramachandra Guha29 April 1958
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Ahmed Deedat01 July 1918
Writer
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar23 September 1908
Poet
Tanikella Bharani14 July 1954
Actor
R. K. Narayan10 October 1906
Nabaneeta Dev Sen13 January 1938
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Kusumagraj27 February 1912
Poet
Gollapudi Maruti Rao14 April 1939
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Soumitra Chatterjee19 January 1935
Actor
Dinesh D'Souza25 April 1961
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Nagarjun30 June 1911
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Shreya Ghoshal12 March 1984
Singer, Writer, Actor, Composer
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Writer, Human rights activist, Children's writer
Arundhati Roy24 November 1961
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Zakir Naik18 October 1965
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Sudha Murthy19 August 1950
Author, Social worker, Computer scientist,
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Actress
Ashutosh Rana10 November 1967
Actor
Palak Muchhal30 March 1992
Singer
Javed Akhtar17 January 1945
Screenwriter, Politician, Writer, Poet, Lyricist,
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Poet
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Film director
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri18 March 1926
Author
Kamala Suraiyya31 March 1934
Honey Irani25 August 1955
Actor, Writer, Screenwriter
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Girish Karnad19 May 1938
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Salman Khurshid01 January 1953
Politician
Amish Tripathi18 October 1974
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Actress
Kannadasan24 June 1927
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Piyush Mishra13 January 1963
Screenwriter, Music director, Actor, Singer,
Vandana Shiva05 November 1952
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Rahat Indori01 January 1950
Poet
Sheela22 March 1945
Actress
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Vaikom Muhammad Basheer21 January 1908
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Sahir Ludhianvi08 March 1921
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
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Novelist
Raja Rao08 November 1908
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Nissim Ezekiel14 December 1924
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Dibakar Banerjee21 June 1969
Film director, Screenwriter
Sujatha Rangarajan03 May 1935
Writer, Screenwriter
Ritwik Ghatak04 November 1925
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Ramchandra Gandhi09 June 1937
Author, Philosopher, University teacher, Writer
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Mahasweta Devi14 January 1926
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Swami Sivananda08 September 1887
Spiritual & Yoga Teacher
Siddhartha Mukherjee21 July 1970
Physician
Shobhaa De07 January 1948
Journalist, Writer, Socialite, Model
Irom Chanu Sharmila14 March 1972
Poet, Journalist
Jeyamohan22 April 1962
Arun Shourie02 November 1941
Politician, Journalist, Writer
Naushad25 December 1919
Musician
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