Autobiographies & Memoirs of Famous Indian Personalities
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Autobiographies & Memoirs of Famous Indian Personalities(49)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| AA Century is Not Enough: My Roller-coaster Ride to Success | Sourav Ganguly.A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of Time –Arjun Singh.A Life of an Ordinary Indian: An exercise in self-importance –Anil K. Rajvanshi.A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold–Abhinav Bindra |
| Ace against Odds | Sania Mirza |
| All from Memory | B. V. Acharya(High Court Judge).An Autobiography (also known as Toward Freedom) –Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| And Then One Day: A Memoir | Nasiruddin Shah |
| Annie Besant: An Autobiography | Annie Besant |
| Atmakatha | Anna Chandy(First Woman Judge, written in Malayalam) |
| Atmakatha | Dr. Rajendra Prasad(First President) |
| Autobiography of an Actor | Sivaji Ganesan(Tamil Actor) |
| Autobiography of a Yogi | Paramahansa Yogananda.BBaburnama–Babur |
| Black Rose | Amritha Pritam |
| Bonding… A Memoir | Vyjayantimala Bali.By God's Decree: The Autobiography ofKapil Dev–Kapil Dev.CCourage and Conviction –General Vijay Kumar Singh |
| Courage & Commitment: An Autobiography | Margaret Alva |
| Cracking the Code: My Journey in Bollywood | Ayushmann Khurana(Actor).DDreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India –Sam Pitroda(Co-author: David Chanoff).EEn Sarithiram –U. V. Swaminathan Iyer(Tamil Scholar) |
| Ente Katha (My Story) | Kamala Surayya.GGoal –Major Dhyan Chand |
| Golden Girl | P.T. Usha.HHappy For No Reason –Mandira Bedi |
| How I Became a Hindu | Sita Ram Goel.II Am No Messiah –Sonu Sood.I too had a dream –Dr. Varghese Kurian.(LDC/Time Keeper/Computer Programmer, 2025)In the Afternoon of Time: An Autobiography –Harivansh Rai Bachchan.In the footsteps of the Mahatma –B.D. Birla.JJakhan Choto Chilam –Satyajit Ray(Director, written in Bengali)* |
| Joseph Anton | Salman Rushdie.LLessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly: An Autobiography –Anupam Kher |
| Life On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power | Sharad Pawar |
| Living Shadows | Aribam Syam Sharma(Film Director).MMajya Jalmachi Chittarkatha –Shantabai Krushnaji Kamble(Marathi Writer) |
| Matters of Discretion | I.K. Gujral.My Country My Life –L.K. Advani.My Days –R.K. Narayan.My Days in the Underworld: Rise of the Bangalore Mafia –Agni Sreedhar(Sahitya Academy Award).My Experiments with Truth –Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.My Life and Times –V.V. Giri.My Many Trysts with God –P. V. Raghunathan.My Music My Life –Pandit Ravi Shankar.My Own Boswell: Memoirs –M. Hidayatullah.My Presidential Years –R. Venkataraman.My Reminiscences –R.N. Tagore.My Tale of Four Cities–Jayant V Narlikar.My Times: An Autobiography –J. B. Kripalani(Freedom Fighter).NNejukku Needhi –M. Karunanidhi(written in Tamil).OOne Life Is Not Enough –K. Natwar Singh.PPlaying It My Way–Sachin Tendulkar |
| Playing to Win- My Life On and Off Court | Saina Nehwal.RRaga Mala –Pandit Ravi Shankar |
| Revenue Stamp: An Autobiography | Amrita Pritam |
| Romancing With Life | Dev Anand(Actor, Memoir) |
| Roses in December | M.C. Chagla.SShadows of Words–Amritha Pritam |
| Shashi Kapoor | the Householder, the Star –Shashi Kapoor |
| Shuttler’s Flick: Making Every Match Count | Pullela Gopichand |
| Straight from the Heart | Kapil Dev |
| Stumped, Life behind and beyond Twenty Two Yards | Syed Kirmani.(LDC/Time Keeper/Computer Programmer, 2025)Sunny Days –Sunil Gavaskar.TThe Autobiography of an Unknown Indian –Nirad C. Chaudhuri* |
| The Bandit Queen of India | Phoolan Devi |
| The Fall of a Sparrow | Salim Ali(Ornithologist) |
| The Man Who Made The Elephant Dance | Dr. Verghese Kurien(Amul) |
| The Nice Guy Who Finished First: A Biography of Rahul Dravid | Devendra Prabhudesai |
| The Insider | P.V. Narasimha Rao |
| The Race of My Life | Milkha Singh |
| The Revenue Stamp | Amritha Pritam |
| The Score of My Life | Zubin Mehta |
| The Story of a Law Teacher: Turning Point | Dr. N.R. Madhava Menon(Lawyer, Father of Modern Legal Education) |
| The Substance And The Shadow: An Autobiography | Dilip Kumar(Actor) |
| The Test of My Life | Yuvraj Singh |
| The Tunnel of Time | R. K. Laxman(Cartoonist) |
| The Z Factor: My Journey as the Wrong Man at the Right Time | Subhash Chandra |
| Truth, Love & a Little Malice | Khushwant Singh |
| Tuzk-e-Jahangiri | Jahangir.UUnbreakable –Mary Kom.An Unsuitable Boy –Karan Johar.WWaiting for a Visa –B. R. Ambedkar |
| Wandering in Many Worlds | V. R. Krishna Iyer |
| Why I am an Atheist | Bhagat Singh |
| Whom To Tell My Tale | Kartar Singh Duggal |
| Wings of Fire | Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| Wular Ke Kinarey | Syed Ali Geelani |
| Miscellaneous281 and Beyond | VVS Laxman |
AA Century is Not Enough: My Roller-coaster Ride to Success
Sourav Ganguly.A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of Time –Arjun Singh.A Life of an Ordinary Indian: An exercise in self-importance –Anil K. Rajvanshi.A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold–Abhinav Bindra
Ace against Odds
Sania Mirza
All from Memory
B. V. Acharya(High Court Judge).An Autobiography (also known as Toward Freedom) –Jawahar Lal Nehru
And Then One Day: A Memoir
Nasiruddin Shah
Annie Besant: An Autobiography
Annie Besant
Atmakatha
Anna Chandy(First Woman Judge, written in Malayalam)
Atmakatha
Dr. Rajendra Prasad(First President)
Autobiography of an Actor
Sivaji Ganesan(Tamil Actor)
Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda.BBaburnama–Babur
Black Rose
Amritha Pritam
Bonding… A Memoir
Vyjayantimala Bali.By God's Decree: The Autobiography ofKapil Dev–Kapil Dev.CCourage and Conviction –General Vijay Kumar Singh
Courage & Commitment: An Autobiography
Margaret Alva
Cracking the Code: My Journey in Bollywood
Ayushmann Khurana(Actor).DDreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India –Sam Pitroda(Co-author: David Chanoff).EEn Sarithiram –U. V. Swaminathan Iyer(Tamil Scholar)
Ente Katha (My Story)
Kamala Surayya.GGoal –Major Dhyan Chand
Golden Girl
P.T. Usha.HHappy For No Reason –Mandira Bedi
How I Became a Hindu*
Sita Ram Goel.II Am No Messiah –Sonu Sood.I too had a dream –Dr. Varghese Kurian.(LDC/Time Keeper/Computer Programmer, 2025)In the Afternoon of Time: An Autobiography –Harivansh Rai Bachchan.In the footsteps of the Mahatma –B.D. Birla.JJakhan Choto Chilam –Satyajit Ray(Director, written in Bengali)
Joseph Anton
Salman Rushdie.LLessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly: An Autobiography –Anupam Kher
Life On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power
Sharad Pawar
Living Shadows
Aribam Syam Sharma(Film Director).MMajya Jalmachi Chittarkatha –Shantabai Krushnaji Kamble(Marathi Writer)
Matters of Discretion
I.K. Gujral.My Country My Life –L.K. Advani.My Days –R.K. Narayan.My Days in the Underworld: Rise of the Bangalore Mafia –Agni Sreedhar(Sahitya Academy Award).My Experiments with Truth –Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.My Life and Times –V.V. Giri.My Many Trysts with God –P. V. Raghunathan.My Music My Life –Pandit Ravi Shankar.My Own Boswell: Memoirs –M. Hidayatullah.My Presidential Years –R. Venkataraman.My Reminiscences –R.N. Tagore.My Tale of Four Cities–Jayant V Narlikar.My Times: An Autobiography –J. B. Kripalani(Freedom Fighter).NNejukku Needhi –M. Karunanidhi(written in Tamil).OOne Life Is Not Enough –K. Natwar Singh.PPlaying It My Way–Sachin Tendulkar
Playing to Win- My Life On and Off Court
Saina Nehwal.RRaga Mala –Pandit Ravi Shankar
Revenue Stamp: An Autobiography
Amrita Pritam
Romancing With Life
Dev Anand(Actor, Memoir)
Roses in December
M.C. Chagla.SShadows of Words–Amritha Pritam
Shashi Kapoor
the Householder, the Star –Shashi Kapoor
Shuttler’s Flick: Making Every Match Count
Pullela Gopichand
Straight from the Heart
Kapil Dev
Stumped, Life behind and beyond Twenty Two Yards*
Syed Kirmani.(LDC/Time Keeper/Computer Programmer, 2025)Sunny Days –Sunil Gavaskar.TThe Autobiography of an Unknown Indian –Nirad C. Chaudhuri
The Bandit Queen of India
Phoolan Devi
The Fall of a Sparrow
Salim Ali(Ornithologist)
The Man Who Made The Elephant Dance
Dr. Verghese Kurien(Amul)
The Nice Guy Who Finished First: A Biography of Rahul Dravid
Devendra Prabhudesai
The Insider
P.V. Narasimha Rao
The Race of My Life
Milkha Singh
The Revenue Stamp
Amritha Pritam
The Score of My Life
Zubin Mehta
The Story of a Law Teacher: Turning Point
Dr. N.R. Madhava Menon(Lawyer, Father of Modern Legal Education)
The Substance And The Shadow: An Autobiography
Dilip Kumar(Actor)
The Test of My Life
Yuvraj Singh
The Tunnel of Time
R. K. Laxman(Cartoonist)
The Z Factor: My Journey as the Wrong Man at the Right Time
Subhash Chandra
Truth, Love & a Little Malice
Khushwant Singh
Tuzk-e-Jahangiri
Jahangir.UUnbreakable –Mary Kom.An Unsuitable Boy –Karan Johar.WWaiting for a Visa –B. R. Ambedkar
Wandering in Many Worlds
V. R. Krishna Iyer
Why I am an Atheist
Bhagat Singh
Whom To Tell My Tale
Kartar Singh Duggal
Wings of Fire
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Wular Ke Kinarey
Syed Ali Geelani
Miscellaneous281 and Beyond
VVS Laxman
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