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Born April 11, 1586 • Rome • Italy
Died April 21, 1652 (aged 66) • Rome • Italy
Subjects Of Study India • Persia

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Faxian
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Ctesias
Greek physician and historian
Sonia Gandhi
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Giovanni da Montecorvino
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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.
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Jawaharlal Nehru, c. 1930s
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Annie Besant
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Amit Shah
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Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi
prime minister of India
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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Lord Curzon
Lord Curzon
British foreign secretary
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Pakistani governor-general
Al-Bīrūnī, Afghan commemorative stamp, 1973.
al-Bīrūnī
Persian scholar and scientist
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
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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
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Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
prime minister of India