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Also Known As Gorakshanatha
Flourished c.950 - c.1050
Dayal Das
Indian religious leader
Candidus
Greek theologian
Govinda Das
Bengali poet
Sayyid Husain Bilgrami
Indian political leader
Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
Indian scholar
N. V. Banerjee
Indian philosopher
Antal
Indian poet
Kalidas Bhattacharyya
Indian philosopher [1911–1984]
Balak Singh
Indian religious leader
Lakshminath Bezbarua
Indian writer
Sanjay Gandhi
Indian politician
Devika Rani
Indian actress
Rajesh Khanna
Indian actor
Asha Bhosle
Indian singer
Mani Kaul
Indian filmmaker
Ashok Kumar
Indian actor
Buddha
Buddha
founder of Buddhism
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian leader
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
prime minister of India