Poets/Writers From India
Total: 936
Izhar Warsi
1940 - 2018
Ismat Chughtai
1915 - 1991
One of the most prominent fiction writers of the non-traditional kind, well known for her stories 'Lihaf' and 'Tedhi Lakeer'.
Ismail Merathi
1844 - 1917
Most famous Urdu poet writing poetry for children.
Ishwari Prasad
1911 - 1973
Ishrat Bareilvi
1821
Irfan Siddiqi
1939 - 2004
One of the most-prominent modern poets, famous for his neo-classical poetry.
Iqbal Varma Sehr
1942
- Died : Fatehpur
Iqbal Ashhar Quraishi
1950 - 1993
Insha Allah Khan Insha
1752 - 1817
- Born : Murshidabad
- Domicile : Delhi
- Died : Lucknow
One of the most firebrand poets of Lucknow. Contemporary of Meer Taqi Meer. His rivalry with Mushafi is well-recorded. Also wrote Rekhti poetry and 'Raani Ketki ki kahani" in prose
Indulal Ke Yajnik
1892 - 1972
Inderjeet Lal
1926 - 1990
- Born : Rawalpindi
- Died : Delhi
Inder Kumar Gujral
1919 - 2012
Inayatullah Raushan Badauni
1860 - 1945
Imtiyaz Ali Arshi
1904 - 1981
Imtiyaz Ahmad Qamar
1944 - 1993
Imroz
1926 - 2023
- Born : Faisalabad
- Domicile : Delhi
- Died : Mumbai
Imdad Sabri
1914 - 1988
Imdad Imam Asar
1849 - 1933
Famous for his trend setting book on criticism, 'Kaashif-ul-Haqaaiq'.
Imdad Ali Bahr
1810 - 1878
Imam Bakhsh Nasikh
1772 - 1838
One of the most prominent and trend-setter classical poets from Lucknow. Contemporary of Mirza Ghalib.
Ikram Javed
1935 - 2019
Iftikhar Ahmad Alvi Kakori
1937 - 2000
- Born : Aurangabad
- Died : Delhi
Ibrat Bahraichi
1933 - 2021
Ibraheem Hosh
1918 - 1988
Ibne Kanwal
1957 - 2023
One of the postmodernist story writers; author of several books of criticism.
