# List of autobiographies by Indians

List of autobiographies written by Indians
| Author | Title of book | Year | Remarks |
| Banarasidas | Ardhakathānaka | 1641 | Braj Bhasha |
| Rassundari Devi | Aamar Jiban | 1876 | Bengali |
| Bhagat 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 | ENGLISH |
| U. V. Swaminatha Iyer | En Sarithiram | 1950 | Tamil |
| Nirad C. Chaudhuri | The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian | 1951 | |
| Prakash Tandon | Punjabi Century 1857-1947 | 1963 | |
| Ravi Shankar | My Music, My Life | 1968 | |
| Kamala Surayya | Ente Katha | 1973 | English version My Story |
| Anna Chandy, first female judge | Atmakatha | 1973 | Malayalam |
| Swami Rama | Living with the Himalayan Masters | 1978 | |
| Manilal Dwivedi | Atmavrittanta | 1979 | Published posthumously by Dhirubhai Thaker |
| 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. |
| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | Wings of Fire | 1999 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | 2011 | |
| Arjun Singh | A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of Time | 2012 | Hay House |
| Verghese Kurien | The Man Who Made The Elephant Dance | 2012 | Audioautobiography - Om Audio Books |
| Mary Kom | Unbreakable | 2013 | |
| Milkha Singh | The Race of My Life | 2013 | |
| Kapil Dev | Straight from the Heart | 2013 | |
| Vijay Kumar Singh | Courage and Conviction | 2013 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | The Test of My Life | 2013 | |
| M. Karunanidhi | Nejukku Needhi | 2013 | 6 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 | 2020 | |
| Ranjan Gogoi | Justice for the Judge | 2021 | |
| Dagdu Maruti Pawar | Baluta | 1978 | |
| Annabhau Sathe | Fakira | 1959 | part myth, part autobiography |
| Baburao Bagul | When I concealed my caste - (जेव्हा मी जात चोरली होती!) | 1963 | |
| Namdeo Dhasal | Golpitha | 1978 | |
| Laxman Mane | Upara | 1980 | |
| Raja Dhale | Dalit Pantherchi Sansthapana: Vastustithi Ani Viparyas | 2002 | |
| Shankarrao Kharat | Taral Antaral | 1981 | |
| Urmila Pawar | Aaydan (The Weave of My Life: A Dalit Woman's Memoirs) | 2003 | |
| Babytai Kamble | Jinne Amuche ('Our Lives') | 1986 | |
| Narendra Jadhav | Aamcha Baap Ani Amhi (Our Father And We) | 1993 | |
| Shantabai Kamble | Mazhya Jalmachi Chittarkatha (The Kaleidoscopic Story Of My Life) | 1983 | |