The Progressive Writers'Association was established in London in 1935 by Indian writers and intellectuals, with the encouragement and support of some British literary figures. It was a group of writers, including Mulk Raj Anand, Sajjad Zaheer and Jyotirmaya Ghosh. It thought critically about the problems of hunger and poverty,social backwardness, and political subjection of Indian people. Gandhi became the central theme of these writers.