Narayani Gupta (born 13 November 1942) is an Indian historian who was a professor of history at Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi.

Growing up in Delhi after 1946, she could observe the rapid changes in the social fabric post-Partition and the planning of Independent India.

[citation needed] She is a founder-member and former president (1986–88) of the Conservation Society of Delhi[3] which emerged out of the Environment Group.

She is a columnist for newspapers and online magazines like Indian Express,[7] The Hindu, Times of India[8] and writes about historical matters and contemporary history.

[9][10] She is one of the people who took a stand on the issue of the redevelopment of Central Vista and filed a case in Supreme Court against it.