India’s First Progressive Thinkers

India’s First Progressive Thinkers

They proposed better deal for the underprivileged and wanted science and technology to spearhead the movement for social development.

Sajjad Zaheer

Ahmed Ali

Mahmuduzzafar

Syed Fakhruddin Balley (Balley Alig)

Rashid Jahan

Mirza Adeeb

Sadat Hassan Manto

Sibt-e-Hassan

Ali Jawad Zaidi

Prof. Zoe Ansari

Dr M. D. Taseer

Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Vijaydan Detha

Khagendra Thakur

Bhisham Sahni

Dr Nusrat Jehan

Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi

Ahmed Faraz

Habib Jalib

Gul Khan Nasir

Kaifi Azmi

Krishan Chander

Ismat Chughtai

Hameed Akhter

Rajinder Singh Bedi

Habib Tanvir

Prem Nath Dar

Ali Sardar Jafri

Josh Malihabadi

Jan Nisar Akhtar

Majrooh Sultanpuri

Gulam Rabbani Taban

Makhdoom Mohiuddin

Munshi Premchand

Majnun Gorakhpuri

Firaq Gorakhpuri

Amrita Pritam

Majaz Lucknawi

Sahir Ludhianvi

Sulaiman Areeb

Raja Zulqarnain

Zafar Mairaj

Idris Azad

Saadat Saeed

Jamal Naqvi

Muhammad Ali Siddiqi

Muslim Shameem

Mazhar Haider

Mushtaq Shabab

Khatar Ghaznavi

Farigh Bukhari

Raza Hamadani

Sajjad Babar

Nasir Alisyed

Hussam Hur

Awais Garani

Manzar Saleem