Writers from Prayagraj

The list Writers from Prayagraj includes Feroze Gandhi, Sumitranandan Pant, Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Mahadevi Varma and Dharamvir Bharati. The list consists of 36 members.

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Allahabad

Metropolis in Uttar Pradesh, India

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Feroze Gandhi

Indian politician

Overview: Feroze Gandhi (born Feroze Jehangir Ghandy; 12 September 1912 – 8 September 1960) was an Indian freedom fighter, politician and journalist.

Date of birth: 12 September 1912

Date of death: 8 September 1960

Age: 47 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Male

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Politicians who died in office 2,943T

Husbands of national leaders 10T

People who died in office 731T
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Sumitranandan Pant

Indian writer

Overview: Sumitranandan Pant (20 May 1900 – 28 December 1977) was an Indian poet. He was one of the most celebrated 20th century poets of the Hindi language and was known for romanticism in his poems which were ...

Date of birth: 20 May 1900

Date of death: 28 December 1977

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Male

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20th-century Indian male writers 1,202T

Poets from Uttarakhand 14T

Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education 264T
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Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'

Indian poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer

Overview: Suryakant Tripathi (21 February 1896 – 15 October 1961), known by his pen name Nirala, was an Indian poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer. He also drew many sketches.

Date of birth: 21 February 1896

Date of death: 15 October 1961

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Male

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20th-century Indian male writers 1,202T

Writers from West Bengal 35T

Poets from West Bengal 80T
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Mahadevi Varma

Indian writer and poet (1907-1987)

Overview: Mahadevi Varma (24 March 1904 – 11 September 1987) was one of the poets and novelist of Hindi. She is considered as one of the four major pillars of the Chhayawadi era in Hindi literature. She has been ...

Date of birth: 26 March 1907

Date of death: 11 September 1987

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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20th-century women educators 647T

Women educators from Uttar Pradesh 27T

Novelists from Uttar Pradesh 56T
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Dharamvir Bharati

Indian writer

Overview: Dharamvir Bharati (25 December 1926 – 4 September 1997) was a renowned Hindi poet, author, playwright and a social thinker of India. He was the chief editor of the popular Hindi weekly magazine Dharmayug ...

Date of birth: 25 December 1926

Date of death: 4 September 1997

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Playwright

Gender: Male

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Dramatists and playwrights from Uttar Pradesh 17T

20th-century Indian male writers 1,202T

Indian male dramatists and playwrights 304T
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Malini Agarwal

Indian blogger

Overview: Malini Agarwal (born 26 May 1977), a.k.a. MissMalini, is an Indian digital influencer, TV host, entrepreneur and best-selling author. Formerly a radio jockey on Mumbai's Radio One (India) and Head of ...

Date of birth: 26 May 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Personality

Gender: Female

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Indian women bloggers 18T

Writers from Uttar Pradesh 136T

Indian DJs 38T
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Madan Mohan Malaviya

Indian politician

Overview: Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (pronunciation (25 December 1861 – 12 November 1946) was an Indian scholar, educational reformer and politician notable for his role in the Indian independence movement, as ...

Date of birth: 25 December 1861

Date of death: 12 November 1946

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Male

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Scholars from Allahabad 21T

Politicians from Allahabad 48T

State funerals in India 165T
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Prem Chand Pandey

Indian scientist

Overview: Prem Chand Pandey is an Indian scientist and academic in the fields of Satellite Oceanography, Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Science, Antarctic and Climate Change

Date of birth: 10 August 1945

Age: 79

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Scientist

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Scholars from Allahabad 21T

Scientists from Allahabad 14T

20th-century Indian earth scientists 71T
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Akbar S. Ahmed

Pakistani-American academic and former diplomat

Overview: Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed, (born. 15 January 1943) is a Pakistani-American academic, author, poet, playwright, filmmaker and former diplomat. He currently holds the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and ...

Date of birth: 15 January 1943

Age: 81

Nationality: American

Occupation: Anthropologist

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American Book Award winners 440T

21st-century Muslim scholars of Islam 102T

American academics of Pakistani descent 31T
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Meena Alexander

Indian writer

Overview: Meena Alexander (17 February 1951 – 21 November 2018) was an Indian poet, scholar, and writer. Born in Allahabad, India, and raised in India and Sudan, Alexander lived and worked in New York City, where ...

Date of birth: 1951

Date of death: 21 November 2018

Age: 67 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Female

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2018 deaths 9,212T

Novelists from Uttar Pradesh 56T

Novelists from New York (state) 1,277T
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Allan Sealy

Indian writer

Overview: Irwin Allan Sealy (born 1951) is an Indian writer. His novel The Everest Hotel: A Calendar was shortlisted for the 1998 Booker prize.

Date of birth: 1951

Age: 73

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

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Novelists from Uttar Pradesh 56T

Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education 431T

21st-century Indian novelists 212T
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Rajiv Dixit

Social activist

Overview: Rajiv Dixit (30 November 1967 – 30 November 2010) was an Indian social activist, public speaker and a promoter of Ayurveda.

Date of birth: 30 November 1967

Date of death: 30 November 2010

Age: 43 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Activist

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Activists from Uttar Pradesh 39T

Swadeshi activists 13T

Unsolved deaths 237T
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Zafar Ishaq Ansari

scholar of Islamic Studies

Overview: Zafar Ishaq Ansari (Urdu: ﻇﻔﺮﺍﺳﺤﺎﻖ اﻧﺻﺎﺭﻯ‎) (27 December 1932 – 24 April 2016) was a scholar of Islamic Studies. He was the Director General of the Islamic Research Institute of the International ...

Date of birth: 27 December 1932

Date of death: 24 April 2016

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Pakistani

Occupation: Educator

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McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies alumni 10T

20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam 261T

2016 deaths 9,448T
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Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

Indian Urdu language poet, author, critic, and theorist (1935–2020)

Overview: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi was an Indian poet and an Urdu critic and theorist. He formulated fresh models of literary appreciation. He absorbed western principles of literary criticism and subsequently applied ...

Date of birth: 15 January 1935

Date of death: 25 December 2020

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India 97T

2020 deaths 11,737T

21st-century Indian male writers 199T
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Akbar Allahabadi

Poet

Overview: Syed Akbar Hussain, popularly known as Akbar Allahabadi (16 November 1846 – 15 February 1921) was an Indian Urdu poet in the genre of satire.

Date of birth: 16 November 1846

Date of death: 15 February 1921

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Male

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20th-century Indian male writers 1,202T

19th-century Indian poets 142T

Poets from Uttar Pradesh 154T
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Nayantara Sahgal

Indian writer

Overview: Nayantara Sahgal (born 10 May 1927) is an Indian writer who writes in English. She is a member of the Nehru–Gandhi family, the second of the three daughters born to Jawaharlal Nehru's sister, Vijaya Lakshmi ...

Date of birth: 10 May 1927

Age: 97

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Writers from Dehradun 11T

Novelists from Uttar Pradesh 56T

20th-century Indian women writers 541T
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Krishna Hutheesing

Indian writer (1907–1967)

Overview: Krishna Nehru Hutheesing (2 November 1907 – 9 November 1967) was an Indian writer, the youngest sister of Jawaharlal Nehru and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, and part of the Nehru-Gandhi family.

Date of birth: 1907

Date of death: 1967

Age: 59 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Politicians from Allahabad 48T

Indian women autobiographers 20T

Indian women non-fiction writers 50T
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Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Indian politician and poet

Overview: Harivansh Rai Bachchan (27 November 1907 - 18 January 2003) was an Indian poet of the Nayi Kavita literary movement (romantic upsurge) of early 20th century Hindi literature. Born in the village of B ...

Date of birth: 27 November 1907

Date of death: 18 January 2003

Age: 95 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Male

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Bachchan family 7T

20th-century Indian male writers 1,202T

Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education 264T
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Vikas Swarup

Indian diplomat

Overview: Vikas Swarup (born 22 June 1961) is a retired Indian diplomat and writer. He retired from the Indian Foreign Service as the Secretary (West) at the Ministry of External Affairs, India on 30 June 2021 and ...

Date of birth: 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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21st-century Indian male writers 199T

Novelists from Uttar Pradesh 56T

21st-century Indian short story writers 76T
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Dhiraj Mishra

Overview: Dhiraj Mishra is an Indian screenwriter and playwright on movies such as Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan.

Date of birth: 6 December 1980

Age: 43

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Male

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Screenwriters from Uttar Pradesh 26T

Hindi screenwriters 93T

Indian male screenwriters 535T