Name(s) BHAGWAN DAS
Date of Birth January 12, 1869
Date of Death September 18, 1958
Identity Indian Theosophist and a scholar of Sanskrit.
Other Events & Developments
  • He wrote approximately 30 books, many of these in Sanskrit and Hindi.
  • For a while he served in the Central Legislative Assembly of British India.
  • He became allied with the Hindustani Culture Society and was active in opposing rioting as a form of protest.
  • As an advocate for national freedom from the British rule, he was often in danger of reprisals from the Colonial government.
  • With Annie Besant he formed a professional collaboration which led to the founding of the Central Hindu College.
  • He also later founded the Kashi Vidya Peeth, a national university where he served as headmaster.
  • A prominent road in New Delhi is named after him and a colony is also named after his name in Sigra area of Varanasi 'Dr. Bhagwan Das Nagar.'
Awards & Accolades He was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1955.
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