Fort William College 

Meer Amaan ( Meer Aman )

Syed Haidar Bakhsh Haidari[ about 1768- 1823 ]

Meer Sher Ali Afsos [ 1746- 1809 ]

Meer Bahadur Ali Hussaini 

Meer Kaazim ali Jawaan [ died 1816 ]

Nihaal Chand Laahori

Mazhar Ali Khan Walaa [ died 1816 ]

Maulwi Ikraam Ali 

Beni Narayan Jahaan 

Lallo Laal Ji 

Mirza Ali Lutf [ about 1754- 1822 ]

Maulwi Amanat-ul-allah Shaida 

Mirza Jaan Tapish [ 1767- 1816 ]

Hammed-ud-deen Bihari 

Mirza Muhammad Fitrat 

Outside Fort William College :
 
 

Muhammad Bakhsh Mahjoor : in Lucknow wrote Nau-ratan, Gulshan-e-bahaar 

Muhammad Haseen Kaleem : Friend of Meer Taqi Meer, translated fasoos-ul-hukum in Urdu

Haqeeqat : Jazab-e-Ishq

Tishna : Hafat Sayyah

Inshaullah Khan Insha : Rani Ketki aur Uday Bhai Ki Kahani (this is considered first story written in Hindi); dariyaa-e-latafat; Salak Guhar (a short story , doesn't contain even one letter with nuqta) 

Mualwi Kareem-ud-deen : translated Abi-ul-fida (Arabic, History)

Maulwi Muhammad Safa : Zaad-e-aakhirat

Haafiz Ali : Raah-e-nijaat

Maulwi Muhammad Hayaat : Siraaj-ul-hayaat

Mualwi Abdul Qaadir : Gulshan-e-deen

Captain Joseph Tailor : English- Urdu Dictionary (published in 1808)

Gladwin : Dictionary ( published in 1809)

John Shakespeare : Urdu Dictionary ( 1813) 

Maulwi Ismael : leader of the Wahabi Movement, wrote Taqweeyat-ul-imaan

It was established in 1825 to teach modern education. Sociology, Science, and Geography like subjects were taught in Urdu. No book was published here, but the education was based on lectures and students took notes and participated in Science experiments. 

Vernacular Translational Society

Was in existence till 1857. Dr. Springer ( Principle Dilli College), Master Ram Chandar, and Maulana Sahbaai. Many books were written and many translated from Persian and English. 

Ramayan, Mahabharat, Dharam Shastra, Leelawati, Shakuntala, etc. books were translated. Deewan of Sauda, Meer, Dard, Jaraat and others was published. 

Urdu was decleared official language in 1832. 

Faqeer Muhammad Khan Goya [ about 1805- 1850 ] : Bustaan-e-Hikmat (translated work) published 1825

Mirza Rajab Ali Beg Saroor [ 1786- 1849 ] : Fasaana-e-ajaayab (published 1824) most famous book; his other books are Saroor Sultani (1847), Sharar Ishq (1856), Shagoofa-e-muhabbat, Gulzaar-e-suroor, Shabistaan-e-saroor, and Insha-e-saroor. 

Mirza Ghalib : famous for his letter writing. brought a new style in prose writing.

Ghulam Imaam Shaheed [ 1804- 1876 ] : Majmooa Maulood Shareef; Insha-e-bahaar-e-khizaaN

Ghulam Ghaus Bekhabar [ 1824- 1905 ] : Khoona-ba-e-jigar; Rashk-e-laal-o-guhar; Fughaan-e-bekhabar; and Insha-e-bekhabar.

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan [ 1817- 1898 ] : Founder of world famous Aligarh Muslim University. 

Muhsin-ul- Mulk [ 1817- 1908 ] :  His real name was Syed Mehdi Ali 

Chiragh Ali [ 1846- 1895 ] : 

Muhammad Haseen Azaad : Aab-e-hayaat ( history of Urdu poetry) , he laid the foundation of criticism in Urdu. "sach aur jhoot ka roznama " ( allegory), darbaar-e- akbari ( book) ; qasas-e-hind ( history for the chlidren)

Altaf Hussain Haali [ 1837- 1914 ] : first major book was majlis-ul-nisa ( for education of women ); hayaat-e-saadi; yadgaar-e-ghalib; hayaat-e-javed ( biography of Sir Syed Ahmed); 
His most important work was "muqadma sher-o-shayari " written as a preface to his collection of  poetry. Aal Ahmad Sarwar called it "the first manifesto of Urdu poetry. " 

Nazeer Ahmed [ 1836- 1912 ]: First novel  writer of Urdu, murat-ul-uroos, binaat-ul-na'ash; translated Quran into idiomatic Urdu ; translated with others  Indian Penal Code as "taazeeraat-e-hind" .

Mira Farhatullah Baig [ 1830-1947] :

Zakaullah [ 1832- 1910 ] : Wrote many articles on diiferent subjects and topics. 

Allama Shibli Nomani [ 1857- 1914 ] : author of "Al-Mamoon", "Al-Farooq", "seerat-ul-nabi", "ilm-ul-kalaam", "sho'ara-e-ajam" etc. seerat-ul-nabi was his last book which was completed after his death by his shaagird Syed Sulaiman Nadvi. 

Pandit Ratan Nath Sarshaar [1847-1902] : author the most well know book in urdu "fasaana-e-aazad", another book is "jaam-e-sarshaar." Editor of "awadh akhbaar".
click for an excerpt from fasaana-e-aazad

Abdul Haleem Sharar [1860-1926] : author of more than 100 books, published magazine "dil gudaaz" first from Lucknow then from Hyderabad. Travelled to England learned French.  His famous books are "firdaus-e-bareeN", "mansoor mohna", "husn ka daku", "zavaal-e-baghdad." 

Munshi Sajjad Hussain [ 1856-1915] : started magazine "awadh panch" in 1887. 

Mirza Muhammad Hadi Rusva[ 1858-1931]: 

Muhammad Abdul Rashid (Rashid-ul-kHeri) [1868-1936]: 

Maulvi Abdul Haq [ 1870-1961]:

Dhanpat Rai Premchand [ 1880-1936] : 

Ziyauddin Ahmed Barni [1890-1969] :

Rasheed Ahmed Siddiqui [ 1897-1977] :

Ahmed Shah Pitras Bukhari [ 1898-1957]: 

Dr. Aijaz Hussain [ 1898-1975] : 

Abdul Majeed Saalik [ 1893-1959]:

Qazi Abdul Ghaffar [ died 1956]: 

Sajjad Zaheer [1904-1973]:

Shaukat Thaanvi [ 1905-1963] :

Ashraf Saboohi [1905-1990]: 

Shahid Ahmed Dahalvi [ 1906-1967]:

Krishan Chandar [ 1912-1977]:

Ismat Chughtai [1915-1991] :

Rajendar Singh Bedi [1915-1984]: 

Azeez Ahmed [1914-1978]: 

Qurrat-ul-ain Haider [ born 1927]:

Qazi Abdul Sattar [ born 1930] :

Sajjad Haider [1880-1943]:

Upendra Nath Ashk [1910-1996]:

Pandit Badri Nath Sudarshan [1896-1967]:

Sultan Haider Josh [ born 1954]:

Azam Koraivi [ 1899- 1955] 

Ali Abbas Hussaini [ 1897-1969]:

Akhter Hussain Raipuri [ born 1912]:

Saadat Hussain Mantoo [ 1912-1955] :

Syed Akhter Ahmed ( Akhter Oriyanvi) [1910-1977]:

Suhail Azeemabadi [ 1911-1979]:

Shakeela Akhter [ born 1916]:

Muhammad Tafeel [1923-1986]:

Akhter Ansari 

Majnoon Gorakhpuri 

Hayatullah Ansari

Khwaja Ahmed Abbas

Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi

Balwant Singh

Hans Raj Rahbar

Mumtaz Mufti

Muhammad Hasan Askari

Mehdi Hasan Ahsan Lakhnawi [ 1859-1930]: 

Pandit Narayan Parshad Betaab :

Munshi Vinayak Parshad (Taalib Banarasi) [ 1852-1922]:

Agha Hashr Kashmiri [ 1889-1925] :

Ahmed Shuja [1893- 1969] :

Muhamamd Umar Noor-ul-ilaah :

Dr. Syed Abid Hussain :

Ishtiyaaq Hussain Quraishi :

Imtiyaz Ali Taj [1900-1970] :

Prof. Muhammad Mujeeb :

work in progress....