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ʿAbd al-Qādir Badāʾūnī: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born 1540 • India
Died c.1615 • India
Notable Works “Kitāb al-Ḥadīth” • “Muntakhab al-tawārīkh”
Subjects Of Study Muhammad • India • Islam
Al-Bīrūnī, Afghan commemorative stamp, 1973.
al-Bīrūnī
Persian scholar and scientist
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Muslim scholar
Abul Kalam Azad
Abul Kalam Azad
Indian theologian
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Bana
Indian writer
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Mahadev Govind Ranade
Indian politician
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Sayyid Amir Ali
Indian political leader
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
English politician and author
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Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th earl of Minto
British official
Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, sepia drawing by George Frederick Watts; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Baronet
British law scholar
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Ctesias
Greek physician and historian
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Megasthenes
Greek historian
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian social activist, lawyer, and politician
Jawaharlal Nehru, c. 1930s
Jawaharlal Nehru
prime minister of India
Amit Shah
Amit Shah
Indian politician
Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi
prime minister of India
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Pakistani governor-general
Amitabh Bachchan wearing a black tuxedo, bow tie, and glasses, with neatly styled hair and a trimmed beard, photographed in 2013.
Amitabh Bachchan
Indian actor
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
Indian writer
Statue of Shaheed Udham Singh adorned with a garland, surrounded by numerous Indian flags held by people paying tribute in Amritsar.
Udham Singh
Indian revolutionary
A photo of Nirmala Sitharaman, seated and dressed in red.
Nirmala Sitharaman
Indian politician and economist

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