Two of the triumvirate of the pioneer Indian novelists in English are Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao. In their novels it is evident that they present a departure from the tradition of Indian fiction which is a common characteristic in the novels of the major trio. Till then the bottom dogs had not been allowed to enter the pages of the novel and act as protagonists. Mulk Raj Anand's characters are both types and individuals. Raja Rao’s first novel (1938) is the story of a village in south India, he named it Kanthapura. He allowed the poor and the underdogs to enter the pages of his novels. In this paper I shall try to do a comparative study of the art of characterization in the selected novels of Mulk Raj Anand &Raja Rao. Characters of Mulk Raj Anand are remarkable for intimate touches of exultation of the exploited. He has written about the suffering and tragedy of the downtrodden and the poor whom he has actually seen and known from his childhood and youth.