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Born c.416 BCE
Died None • Cnidus • Turkey
Subjects Of Study India • Persia
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Megasthenes
Greek historian
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
Al-Bīrūnī, Afghan commemorative stamp, 1973.
al-Bīrūnī
Persian scholar and scientist
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ʿAbd al-Qādir Badāʾūnī
Indo-Persian historian
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Bana
Indian writer
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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Pietro della Valle
Italian traveler and writer
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Mahadev Govind Ranade
Indian politician
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian social activist, lawyer, and politician
Detail from Charles Le Brun's painting showing Alexander the Great in profile, wearing a gold helmet with white plumes and a blue cloak, with soldiers in the background.
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
Jawaharlal Nehru, c. 1930s
Jawaharlal Nehru
prime minister of India
Annie Besant
Annie Besant
British social reformer
Amit Shah
Amit Shah
Indian politician
Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi
prime minister of India
Lord Curzon
Lord Curzon
British foreign secretary
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Pakistani governor-general
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese navigator
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

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