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Born 1544 • Ahmadabad • India
Died c.1603 • India
Founder Dadu Panth
Balak Singh
Indian religious leader
Dayal Das
Indian religious leader
Kalidas Bhattacharyya
Indian philosopher [1911–1984]
Govinda Das
Bengali poet
Antal
Indian poet
Sayyid Husain Bilgrami
Indian political leader
Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
Lakshminath Bezbarua
Indian writer
N. V. Banerjee
Indian philosopher
Candidus
Greek theologian
Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
Indian scholar
Devika Rani
Indian actress
Ashok Kumar
Indian actor
Buddha
Buddha
founder of Buddhism
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian leader
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
prime minister of India
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli
Indian cricketer
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Pakistani governor-general
Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi
prime minister of India
Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
prime minister of India