Literature

Literature

Sri Aurobindo

Philosopher, yogi, poet and early nationalist leader

1872 – 1950

Politics & Leadership

M. Karunanidhi

Five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and screenwriter

1924 – 2018

Literature

Ruskin Bond

Author of stories for children and adults set in the Himalayan foothills

Born 1934

Music

Rabindranath Tagore

Poet, writer and composer; first non-European Nobel laureate in Literature

1861 – 1941

Literature

R. K. Narayan

Novelist and creator of the fictional town of Malgudi

1906 – 2001

Literature

Premchand

Hindi and Urdu novelist and short-story writer

1880 – 1936

Politics & Leadership

Shashi Tharoor

Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, author and former UN Under-Secretary-General

Born 1956