List of autobiographies by Indians

List of autobiographies written by Indians AuthorTitle of bookYear Remarks Banarasidas Ardhakathānaka 1641 Braj BhashaRassundari Devi Aamar Jiban 1876 BengaliBhagat Singh Why I Am An Atheist 1931 Narmad Mari Hakikat 1933 Gujarati B. R. Ambedkar Waiting for a Visa 1935 The book is used as a textbook in Columbia University.Jawaharlal Nehru An Autobiography 1936 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi The Story of My Experiments with Truth 1940s Paramahansa Yogananda Autobiography of a Yogi 1946 Rajendra Prasad, first president Atmakahktha 1946 ENGLISHU. V. Swaminatha Iyer En Sarithiram 1950 TamilNirad C. Chaudhuri The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian 1951 Annabhau Sathe Fakira 1959 part myth, part autobiography Baburao Bagul When I concealed my caste - (जेव्हा मी जात चोरली होती!) 1963 Prakash Tandon Punjabi Century 1857-1947 1963 Vinayak Damodar SavarkarShatruchya Shibiraat1965Originally written in Marathi, and later translated to English. Translated version in English is titled "Inside the Enemy Camp".Ravi Shankar My Music, My Life 1968 Kamala Surayya Ente Katha 1973 English version My StoryAnna Chandy, first female judge Atmakatha 1973 MalayalamSunil Gavaskar Sunny Days: Sunil Gavaskar's Own Story 1976 Amrita Pritam The Revenue Stamp 1977 Swami Rama Living with the Himalayan Masters 1978 Dagdu Maruti Pawar Baluta 1978 Namdeo Dhasal Golpitha 1978 Manilal Dwivedi Atmavrittanta 1979 Published posthumously by Dhirubhai Thaker Laxman Mane Upara 1980 Shankarrao Kharat Taral Antaral 1981 Sita Ram Goel How I Became a Hindu 1982 Satyajit Ray, director Jakhan Choto Chilam 1982 Shantabai Kamble Majya Jalmachi Chittarkatha 1983 First autobiography of Dalit woman. Shantabai Kamble Mazhya Jalmachi Chittarkatha (The Kaleidoscopic Story Of My Life) 1983 Babytai Kamble Jinne Amuche ('Our Lives') 1986 Narendra Jadhav Aamcha Baap Ani Amhi (Our Father And We) 1993 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Wings of Fire 1999 Raja Dhale Dalit Pantherchi Sansthapana: Vastustithi Ani Viparyas 2002 Urmila Pawar Aaydan (The Weave of My Life: A Dalit Woman's Memoirs) 2003 Khushwant Singh Truth, Love & a Little Malice 2002 J. B. Kripalani My Times: An Autobiography 2004 Aribam Syam Sharma Living Shadows 2006 Phoolan Devi The Bandit Queen of India 2006 Nalini Jameela The Autobiography Of A Sex Worker 2007 L. K. Advani My Country My Life 2008 V. R. Krishna Iyer Wandering in Many Worlds 2009 Abhinav Bindra A Shot at History 2011 I K Gujral Matters of Discretion 2011Arjun Singh A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of Time 2012 Hay HouseVerghese Kurien The Man Who Made The Elephant Dance 2012 Audioautobiography - Om Audio BooksMary Kom Unbreakable 2013 Milkha Singh The Race of My Life 2013 Kapil Dev Straight from the Heart 2013 Prabha Khaitan A Life Apart 2013 Vijay Kumar Singh Courage and Conviction 2013 Yuvraj Singh The Test of My Life 2013 M. Karunanidhi Nenjukku Needhi20136 Volumes. 3926 Pages. Covering period from 1924 to 2006 K. Natwar Singh One Life Is Not Enough 2014 Sachin Tendulkar Playing It My Way 2014 Temsula Ao Once Upon a Life: Burnt Curry and Bloody Rags: A Memoir 2014 Sharad Pawar On my Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power 2015 Sania Mirza Ace Against Odds 2016 Anil K. Rajvanshi A Life of an ordinary Indian - An exercise in self-importance 2016 Sonu Sood I Am No Messiah 2020Ranjan GogoiJustice for the Judge2021Arundhati RoyMother Mary Comes To Me2025Vir DasThe Outsider: A Memoir for Misfits2025

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