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