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The Modern Era
The industrial and imperial centuries: inventors, statesmen, artists, and the makers of the modern world.
Modern era
Salim Ali
November 12, 1896 – July 27, 1987
Indian ornithologist (1896-1987)
Modern era
K. S. Krishnan
December 4, 1898 – June 14, 1961
Indian physicist (1898-1961)
Modern era
Meghnad Saha
October 6, 1893 – February 16, 1956
Bengali astrophysicist (1893–1956)
Modern era
Satish Dhawan
September 25, 1920 – January 3, 2002
Former ISRO Chairman
Modern era
Vainu Bappu
August 10, 1927 – August 19, 1982
Indian astronomer (1927-1982)
Modern era
G. N. Ramachandran
October 8, 1922 – April 7, 2001
Indian scientist (1922-2001)
Modern era
Sambhu Nath De
February 1, 1915 – April 15, 1985
Indian medical researcher (1915-1985)
Modern era
Dilip Mahalanabis
November 12, 1934 – 2022
Indian pediatrician (1934–2022)
Modern era
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
June 29, 1893 – June 28, 1972
Indian scientist and statistician (1893–1972)
Modern era
Verghese Kurien
November 26, 1921 – September 9, 2012
Indian entrepreneur
Modern era
M. S. Swaminathan
August 7, 1925 – September 28, 2023
Indian agronomist (1925–2023)
Modern era
Riazuddin
November 10, 1930 – September 9, 2013
Pakistani nuclear physicist (1930–2013)
Modern era
Ahmad Hassan Dani
June 20, 1920 – January 26, 2009
Pakistani intellectual, archaeologist, historian, and linguist (1920–2009)
Modern era
Umar bin Muhammad Daudpota
June 1, 1897 – November 22, 1958
Pakistsani scholar (1897–1958)
Modern era
Nain Singh Rawat
October 21, 1830 – February 1, 1882
Pundit who explored the Himalayas for the British
Modern era
Kinthup
1849 – 1915
Indian explorer (1800s)
Modern era
Deputy Nazir Ahmad
1831 – 1912
Indian writer
Modern era
Abdul Halim Sharar
September 4, 1860 – December 1, 1926
Indian author, playwright, essayist and historian
Modern era
Mirza Hadi Ruswa
1857 – October 21, 1931
Indian Urdu poet and writer of fiction, plays, and treatises
Modern era
Ratan Nath Sarshar
1846 – January 21, 1903
Indian writer and magazine editor (1846–1903)
Modern era
Mir Anis
1800 – 1874
Urdu Poet
Modern era
Akhtar Sheerani
May 4, 1905 – September 9, 1948
Pakistani poet (1905–1948)
Modern era
Saghar Siddiqui
1928 – July 19, 1974
Poet
Modern era
Mustafa Zaidi
October 16, 1930 – October 12, 1970
Urdu poet from Pakistan
Modern era
Shakeb Jalali
October 1, 1934 – November 12, 1966
Pakistani poet
Modern era
Syed Zamir Jafri
January 1, 1916 – May 16, 1999
Blogger (1916–1999)
Modern era
Dilawar Figar
July 8, 1929 – January 25, 1998
Pakistani writer (1929-1998)
Modern era
Shaukat Thanvi
1904 – 1963
Pakistani writer
Modern era
Muhammad Hasan Askari
November 5, 1919 – January 18, 1978
Writer, Critic, Short story writer, translator (1919–1978)
Modern era
Mumtaz Shirin
1924 – 1973
Pakistani writer (1924-1973)
Modern era
Hajra Masroor
January 17, 1930 – September 15, 2012
Pakistani writer
Modern era
Khadija Mastoor
December 11, 1927 – July 25, 1982
Pakistani writer (1927-1982)
Modern era
Altaf Fatima
June 10, 1927 – November 29, 2018
Pakistani writer
Modern era
Razia Butt
May 19, 1924 – October 4, 2012
Writer (1924-2012)
Modern era
A. Hameed (writer)
1934 – May 20, 1991
Pakistani film score composer
Modern era
Ustad Bukhari
January 16, 1930 – October 9, 1996
Pakistani poet (1930-1992)
Modern era
Nanak Singh
July 4, 1897 – December 28, 1971
Indian writer (1897–1971)
Modern era
Bhai Vir Singh
December 5, 1872 – June 10, 1957
Indian poet, scholar and theologian (1872–1957)
Modern era
Dhani Ram Chatrik
October 4, 1876 – December 18, 1954
Punjabi poet and typographer (1876–1954)
Modern era
Gurbaksh Singh Preetlari
1895 – August 20, 1971
Punjabi writer
Modern era
Bhartendu Harishchandra
September 9, 1850 – January 6, 1885
Indian Hindi writer, poet and dramatist (1850–1885); father of modern Hindi literature
Modern era
Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
May 15, 1864 – December 21, 1938
Indian writer (1864-1938)
Modern era
Jaishankar Prasad
January 30, 1889 – January 14, 1937
Indian poet, dramatist, and novelist of modern Hindi literature (1889–1937)
Modern era
Suryakant Tripathi Nirala
February 21, 1896 – October 15, 1961
Indian Hindi poet and novelist (1896–1961); pioneer of free verse in Hindi; Chhayavaad pillar
Modern era
Sumitranandan Pant
May 20, 1900 – December 28, 1977
Indian writer
Modern era
Makhanlal Chaturvedi
April 4, 1889 – January 30, 1968
Indian writer (1889-1968)
Modern era
Maithili Sharan Gupt
August 3, 1886 – December 12, 1964
Indian poet and one of the pioneers of modern Hindi literature(1886-1964)
Modern era
Phanishwar Nath Renu
March 4, 1921 – April 11, 1977
Indian writer and activist (1921-1977)
Modern era
Mir Mosharraf Hossain
November 13, 1847 – 1912
Bengali novelist, essayist and playwright
Modern era
Dinabandhu Mitra
1830 – November 1, 1873
Bengali dramatist (1830–1873)
Modern era
Girish Chandra Ghosh
February 28, 1844 – February 8, 1912
Bengali actor, director, and writer
Modern era
Sukanta Bhattacharya
August 15, 1926 – May 13, 1947
Bengali poet (1926–1947)
Modern era
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
September 12, 1894 – November 1, 1950
Indian Bengali author (1894–1950)
Modern era
Ashapurna Devi
January 8, 1909 – July 12, 1995
Indian writer (1909–1995)
Modern era
Mahasweta Devi
January 14, 1926 – July 28, 2016
Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (1926-2016)
Modern era
Sufia Kamal
June 20, 1911 – November 20, 1999
Bangladeshi writer
Modern era
Jasimuddin
January 1, 1903 – March 13, 1976
Bangladeshi poet, writer, and lyricist (1903–1976)
Modern era
Syed Mujtaba Ali
September 13, 1904 – February 11, 1974
Bengali author and scholar
Modern era
Shamsur Rahman
October 23, 1929 – August 17, 2006
Bangladeshi poet, writer, journalist (1929–2006)
Modern era
Shahidullah Kaiser
February 16, 1927 – December 14, 1971
Bengali novelist and journalist (1927-1971)