Famous People Born in India

Aravind Adiga (Writer) - Madras, India (October 23rd, 1974)

Viswanathan Anand (Chess player) - Mayiladuthurai, India (December 11th, 1969)

Chatterjee Bankim Chandra (Poet, Writer) - Naihati, India (June 27th, 1838)

Amit Chaudhuri (Novelist) - Calcutta, India (January 1st, 1962)

Mahatma Gandhi (Political Leader) - Porbandar, India (October 2nd, 1869)

Surya Shekhar Ganguly (Chess player) - Kolkata, India (February 24th, 1983)

Ghalib Mirza (Poet) - Agra, India (December 27th, 1797)

Amitav Ghosh (Writer) - Calcutta, India (July 11th, 1956)

Vidit Gujrathi (Chess player) - Nashik, India (October 24th, 1994)

Pentala Harikrishna (Chess player) - Guntur, India (May 10th, 1986)

Hashmi Zarina (Printmaker, Sculptor) - Aligarh, India (July 16th, 1937)

Koneru Humpy (Chess player) - Vijayawada, India (March 31st, 1987)

M. F. Husain (Painter) - Pandharpur, India (September 17th, 1915)

Rupi Kaur (Poet) - Punjab, India (October 4th, 1992)

Aravind Malagatti (Poet) - Mysuru, India (October 14th, 1956)

Saadat Hasan Manto (Writer) - Samrala, India (May 11th, 1912)

Naidu Sarojini (Poet) - Hyderabad, India (February 13th, 1879)

V. S. Naipaul (Writer) - Chandernagore, India (August 17th, 1932)

R.K. Narayan (Writer) - Madras, India (October 10th, 1906)

George Orwell (Writer) - Motihari, India (June 25th, 1903)

Rai Aishwarya (Actor) - Mangalore, India (November 1st, 1973)

Arundhati Roy (Activist, Writer) - Shillong, India (November 24th, 1961)

Geetanjali Shree (Novelist) - Mainpuri, India (June 12th, 1957)

Tagore Rabindranath (Poet, Writer) - Calcutta, India (May 7th, 1861)

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