List of Indian poets

Assamese

• Amulya Barua, first published posthumously in 1964
• Atul Chandra Hazarika, poet, dramatist, children's story writer and translator
• Parvati Prasad Baruva, lyricist, poet and filmmaker
• Bhabananda Deka, writer, poet, critic, columnist, playwright
• Ganesh Gogoi
• Hem Barua, poet and politician
• Lakshminath Bezbarua, a doyen of Assamese literature
• Chandra Kumar Agarwala, Romantic poet
• Hemchandra Goswami, Romantic poet
• Ambikagiri Raichoudhury, Romantic poet
• Hiren Bhattacharya, writer, poet, critic, columnist and editor
• Homen Borgohain, writer, poet, critic, columnist and editor
• Indira Goswami, Jnanapith Award winner, poet, editor and academician
• Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker
• Bishnu Prasad Rabha
• Nabakanta Barua, also known as Ekhud Kokaideu, novelist and poet
• Nilmani Phookan
• Harekrishna Deka, poet, fiction writer, and critic
• Mahim Bora, poet, fiction writer
• Santana Tanty, poet

  Bengali

• Abul Bashar, poet and writer
• Annadashankar Roy
• Bharatchandra Ray, Raygunakar, Shakta court poet and song writer in Krishnanagar
• Binoy Majumdar, Indian poet
• Bishnu Dey, poet, prose writer, movie critic
• Buddhadeb Basu , poet, novelist, short-story writer and essayist
• Kumudini Basu, poet, journalist, social reformer, freedom fighter and women's rights activist
• Chandidas, refers to medieval poet
• Dwijendralal Ray, poet, playwright, and musician, known primarily for patriotic plays and songs, as well as Hindu devotional lyrics
• Girindramohini Dasi, 19th century poet
• Govindadasa, Medieval Vaishanavite poet
• Humayun Kabir, poet, educationalist, politician, writer, philosopher
• Iswarchandra Gupta, poet and writer
• Jatindramohan Bagchi
• Jatindranath Sengupta, poet and writer
• Jibanananda Das
• Joy Goswami, Indian poet
• Kazi Nazrul Islam , poet, musician, revolutionary, and philosopher
• Krittibas Ojha, medieval poet
• Malay Roy Choudhury, founder of the Hungry generation movement
• Mallika Sengupta, poet and writer
• Mandakranta Sen, feminist poet, youngest winner of Ananda Puraskar and Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee award
• Michael Madhusudan Dutta , born Madhusudan Dutt, poet and dramatist
• Nabaneeta Dev Sen , writer and poet
• Nabinchandra Sen, poet and writer
• Premendra Mitra, poet, novelist, short-story writer, including thrillers and science fiction
• Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, known for Prabhat Samgiita
• Purnendu Patri, poet, novelist, artist and film maker
• Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet who won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Ramprasad Sen, Shakta court poet
• Shankha Ghosh, poet and critic
• Shivadasa Sen
• Samir Roychoudhury, post-modern poet, short story writer, critic and editor
• Subhash Mukhopadhyay
• Subhro Bandopadhyay, poet
• Subodh Sarkar, poet
• Sudhindranath Dutta
• Sukanta Bhattacharya, poet
• Sukumar Ray, humorous poet, short-story writer and playwright
• Sunil Gangopadhyay , Indian poet, novelist
• Syed Kawsar Jamal, Indian poet and essayist
• Tarapada Roy, poet, essayist and short-story writer, short stories, and essays, humourist

  Indian poets writing in English

• Aditya Tiwari
• A. J. Thomas, poet, editor
• A. K. Ramanujan, poet and scholar of Indian literature who wrote in both English and Kannada
• Abhay K, poet, diplomat, writer, author and artist
• Agha Shahid Ali, Kashmiri-American poet writing in English
• Amit Chaudhuri, author and poet writing in English
• Amitabh Mitra poet, artist and emergency medicine physician
• Amol Redij, English poet and writer
• Arun Kolatkar, poet writings in English and Marathi
• Arundhathi Subramaniam, poet and writer and web editor writing in English
• Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, poet, anthologist, literary critic and translator writing in English
• Bibhu Padhi, poet, translator and critic writing in English
• C. P. Surendran, poet, novelist and editor writing in English
• D. C. Chambial, poet, editor and critic
• Eunice De Souza, poet, literary critic and novelist writing in English
• Feroze Varun Gandhi, poet, politician and columnist
• Fredoon Kabraji, poet, writer, journalist, and artist writing in English
• G. S. Sharat Chandra, author and poet writing in English
• Gieve Patel, poet, playwright, painter and a practising general physician
• Gopi Kottoor, internationally acclaimed poet, playwright and translator
• Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, Indian poet
• Jagannath Prasad Das, also known as J P Das, award-winning poet in English and Oriya
• Jayant Kashyap, poet
• Jayanta Mahapatra, internationally acclaimed poet, winner of Padma Shri and first ever Sahitya Akademi Award for English poetry
• Jeet Thayil, poet, novelist, editor, winner of Sahitya Akademi Award and first Indian to win DSC Prize
• Kamala Das also known as "Kamala Suraiya", writer and poet in English and Malayalam
• Keki Daruwalla, winner of Padma Shri and Sahitya Akademi Award winner for English poetry
• K. V. Dominic, poet, short story writer, critic and editor
• Makarand Paranjape, poet writing in English
• Mani Rao, poet writing in English
• Meena Alexander, poet, scholar and writer in English, Distinguished Professor of English at Hunter College
• Meena Kandasamy, writer, poet, translator and activist
• Michael Madhusudan Dutt, poet and dramatist
• Nissim Ezekiel, poet, playwright and art critic and editor writing in English
• Nalini Priyadarshni, poet, writer, and critic in English
• Nandini Sahu, feminist poet, writer, and critic writing in English
• Neelam Saxena Chandra, poet, author, novelist writing in English and Hindi
• P. Lal, poet, translator, professor and publisher; founder and publisher of Writers Workshop in Calcutta, India
• P C K Prem, poet, critic and author writing in Hindi and English
• Pritish Nandy, poet, journalist, politician, television personality and film producer writing in English
• R. Parthasarathy, poet, translator, critic, and editor writing in English
• Rochelle Potkar, fiction writer and poet
• Raman Mundair, poet, writer, artist and playwright writing in English
• Yuyutsu Sharma, poet, editor and translator, writes in English
• Ranjit Hoskote, poet, art critic, cultural theorist and independent curator writing in English
• Rashmi Parekh, poet of free verse poetry
• Robin S Ngangom, poet writing in English
• Rukmini Bhaya Nair, poet and theorist, writing in English
• Salik Shah, poet, author, editor and publisher in English
• Samartha Vashishtha, poet, editor
• Sarojini Naidu, eminent poet, freedom fighter and administrator writing in English
• Shahzad A. Rizvi, author, scholar and poet writing in English and Urdu
• Shiv Kumar, poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer
• Shreekumar Varma, newspaper columnist, poet, novelist writing in English
• Smita Agarwal, poet, critic, educator, and singer
• Som Ranchan, poet and novelist writing in English
• Sri Aurobindo, poet, philosopher, and yogi writing in English and French
• Sudeep Sen, poet and editor writing in English
• Tabish Khair, poet, novelist and essayist
• Tapan Kumar Pradhan, activist, poet, writer; winner of Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Award for poetry
• Tishani Doshi, internationally acclaimed poet; first ever Indian to win Forward Poetry Prize
• T.K. Doraiswamy, poet, novelist, translator and professor of English
• T. Vasudeva Reddy, poet, novelist, critic and professor of English
• Toru Dutt, poet, wrote in English and French
• Urvashi Bahuguna, poet and essayist
• Vihang A. Naik, poet and educator writing in English and Gujarati.
• Vikram Seth, award winning novelist and poet writing in English.

  Gujarati

• Akho, poet, Vedantist and radical
• Adil Mansuri, Gujarati poet from Gujarat, India
• Niranjan Bhagat, Gujarati poet
• Anil Chavda, Gujarati language poet, writer and columnist from Gujarat
• Ashok Chavda, Gujarati language poet, writer and critic from Gujarat
• Pir Sadardin, fourteenth-century Ismaili Da'i; regarded as the founder of the Khoja Ismaili sect; also called Satpanth
• Dalpatram, father of Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi
• Dayaram, Gujarati poet of medieval Gujarati literature
• Dileep Jhaveri, poet, translator and editor from Mumbai
• Mahadev Desai, writer in English, Gujarati and Bengali
• Suresh Joshi, novelist, short-story writer, critic, poet and writer
• Umashankar Joshi – see listing under "Umashankar", below
• Kalapi, poet and the royal of Lathi state in Gujarat
• Kavi Kant, writer and poet in Gujarati
• Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi
• Jhaverchand Meghani, novelist, poet, short-story writer, folklorist in Gujarati
• Narsinh Mehta, alternate spelling Narasingh Mehta
• Chinu Modi, Gujarati poet from Gujarat, India
• Manhar Modi, Gujarati poet from Gujarat, India
• K. M. Munshi, novelist, playwright, writer, politician and lawyer
• Narmad, Gujarati poet, playwright, essayist and reformer during British India
• Vihang A. Naik, writes poetry in Gujarati and English
• Ravji Patel, modernist poet and novelist in Gujarati
• Rajendra Shah, Gujarati poet and Jnanpith Award winner
• Rajendra Shukla, Gujarati poet
• Sundaram, poet, short-story writer, travel writer, biographer and critic
• Govardhanram Tripathi, novelist and poet
• Umashankar Joshi, novelist, poet, playwright, writer and academic; surname: Umashankar, Jnanpith Award winner
• Sitanshu Yashaschandra, Gujarati language poet and playwright