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Born 1850 • near Kanpur • India
Died 1929 (aged 79) • Lahore
Founder Dev Samaj
Subjects Of Study Dev Samaj • atheism
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English philosopher
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British philosopher
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Indian philosopher [1911–1984]
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Indian scholar
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