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Indira Gandhi
Indian politician
Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian lawyer, statesman, and writer, first Prime Minister of India
Dinesh D'Souza
Indian-American political commentator, filmmaker, author
Baba Hari Dass
Master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition

Rajneesh
Indian mystic
Bobby Jindal
American politician and 55th governor of Louisiana
Irai Anbu
Indian writer
Jaswant Singh
Indian politician and retired army officer

D. Rajendra Babu
Film director
C. Rajagopalachari
Indian political leader

G. Venkatasubbiah
Indian lexicographer
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Father of India's Constitution, polymath, revolutionary, social reformer
Deepak Chopra
Indian-American physician, public speaker and writer

Bawa Buddha Singh
Punjabi writer

Fredoon Kabraji
Indian poet, writer and journalist

G. Sankara Pillai
Indian playwright
Chanakya
Indian teacher and philosopher
Dara Shikoh
Indian prince

G. V. Iyer
Indian filmmaker

Dinesh Chandra Goswami
Indian scientist, science writer from Assam

Ipsita Roy Chakraverti
Indian Wiccan priestess
Behramji Malabari
Indian poet and social reformer

Jayasree Kalathil
Indian writer, translator, mental health researcher and activist

Ikbal Ali Shah
Author, diplomat, savant
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Punjabi poet
Gulzar
Indian poet, lyricist and film director

Jagannath Prasad Das
Indian (Odia) Writer

Dnyaneshwar
Great Hindu Marathi saint philospher 13th-century)

Chathanath Achuthanunni
Indian Malayalam-language writer and translator
Ismat Chughtai
An Indian Urdu language writer
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Mughal emperor
Girish Karnad
Indian playwright

Joe Paul
Indian lyricist and music composer

Charu Nivedita
Tamil-language writer
Bhatt Mathuranath Shastri
Sanskrit poet of 20th century

Jaladhar Sen
Bengali writer

Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
Indian actress

A. K. Perumal
Indian folklorist and epigrapher
B. K. S. Iyengar
Indian yoga teacher and scholar

Bahauddeen Kooriyad
Indian islamic scholar