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Born 1544 • Ahmedabad • India
Died c.1603 • India
Founder Dadu Panth
Antal
Indian poet
Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
Indian scholar
Sayyid Husain Bilgrami
Indian political leader
Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
Candidus
Greek theologian
Dayal Das
Indian religious leader
Balak Singh
Indian religious leader
Lakshminath Bezbarua
Indian writer
Kalidas Bhattacharyya
Indian philosopher [1911–1984]
N. V. Banerjee
Indian philosopher
Govinda Das
Bengali poet
Devika Rani
Indian actress
Ashok Kumar
Indian actor
Rajesh Khanna
Indian actor
Mani Kaul
Indian filmmaker
Asha Bhosle
Indian singer
Hema Malini
Indian actress
Buddha
Buddha
founder of Buddhism
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian leader
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
prime minister of India