Poets/Writers From India
Total: 936
Bu Ali Shah Qalandar
Bismil Shahjahanpuri
Bismil Saeedi
Well-known poet of classical style / Disciple of Seemab Akbarabadi
Bismil Allahabadi
A disciple of Nooh Naravi, wrote on the day-to-day experiences of life and poems on social and religious personalities
Birj Lal Raana
- Born : Rawalpindi
- Died : Delhi
Famous for his rubais, also wrote ghazals and nazms
Bimal Krishn Ashk
Well-known poet, known for drawing upon day-to-day experiences of life
Bilqees Jamal Barelwi
Bhartendu Harishchandra
One of the most powerful campaigners of Hindi revivalism who wrote Urdu ghazals in classical style.
Bharat Bhushan Pant
One of the most prominent contemporary ghazal poets in India
Betab Azimabadi
A prominent disciple of Shad Azimabadi
Benazir Shah Warsi
Bekhud Mohani
Prominent poet and writer, well-known for his annotations of Mirza Ghalib, also published a critical book on poetry called Ganjina-e-Tahqeeq
Bekhud Badayuni
Prominent 19th century poet, disciple of Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali and Daagh Dehelvi, served as a magistr
Bedil Azimabadi
Bayan Meeruthi
A contemporary of Dagh Dehlvi, wrote poems of new tone and tenor under the influence of modernist writing
Bawan Behari Lal Mathur 'Shad'
Basit Ujjaini
Basit Bhopali
A famous poet from Bhopal, wrote poems of love and political concerns
Bashir Farooqi
Basheerunnisaa Begam Basheer
Basheeruddeen Basheer Warsi
Bashar Nawaz
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Aurangabad
- Died : Aurangabad
One of the prominent progressive poets, critic and lyricist Known for writing lyrics ‘karoge yaad to har baat yaad…’ for ‘Bazaar’.
Barqi Azmi
Poet based in Delhi, works for the Persian service of All India Radio
Barq Dehlvi
A later descendant of Delhi’s poetry tradition, known for his play 'Krishna Avataar'
Barham Nath Datt
- Born : Sialkot
- Died : Kurukshetra
Baqar Mehdi
Radical Urdu critic who wrote unconventional poetry.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Balwant Gargi
Dramatist, Theatre director, Novelist, and short story writer of the Punjabi Language
Balraj Komal
One of the leading modern poets and short story writer, who made outstanding contribution to modern Urdu Nazm in India.
Balraj Hairat
Bahadur Yaar Jung
Badri Prashad Shaida
Badnam Nazar
- Born : Sheikhpura
- Domicile : Sheikhpura
- Died : Sheikhpura
Badiuzzaman Khawar
Poet, writer and translator from Maharashtra, also translated Marathi poems into Urdu
Baburao Bagul
- Died : Lucknow