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Anagarika Dharmapala

1864 - 1933

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Anagārika Dharmapāla (Pali: Anagārika, [ɐˈnɐɡaːɽɪkɐ]; Sinhala: Anagārika, lit., Sinhala: අනගාරික ධර්‍මපාල; 17 September 1864 – 29 April 1933) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and a writer. Anagarika Dharmapāla is noted because he was: the first global Buddhist missionary one of the founding contributors of non-violent Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism a leading figure in the Sri Lankan independence movement against British rule a pioneer in the revival of Buddhism in India after it had been virtually extinct for several centuries the first Buddhist in modern times to preach the Dhamma in three continents: Asia, North America, and Europe. kept a close and cordial relationship with Ven. Kripasaran, a pioneer in the revival of Buddhism in Bengal and India Along with Henry Steel Olcott and Helena Blavatsky, the creators of the Theosophical Society, he was a major reformer and revivalist of Sinhala Buddhism and an important figure in its western transmission. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anagarika Dharmapala is the 1,951st most popular writer (down from 1,657th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Sri Lankan Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anagarika Dharmapala ranks 1,951 out of 7,302. Before him are Laura Mancinelli, Mikhail Artsybashev, Fredrika Bremer, Ippolita Maria Sforza, László Krasznahorkai, and Hendrik Conscience. After him are David Morrell, Almeida Garrett, James Murray, José Zorrilla, Felice Orsini, and Charles de Brosses.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Anagarika Dharmapala ranks 69. Before him are Infanta Eulalia of Spain, Peter Deunov, Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, George Albert Smith, Carsten Borchgrevink, and Wilhelm Souchon. After him are Tanaka Giichi, Isa Boletini, Arthur Zimmermann, Nikolay Chkheidze, William, Prince of Hohenzollern, and F. C. S. Schiller. Among people deceased in 1933, Anagarika Dharmapala ranks 44. Before him are Friedrich Zander, Raymond Roussel, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Sen Katayama, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Henri Duparc. After him are Princess Mathilde of Saxony, Rudolph Lewis, Mary Parker Follett, Mary Ann Bevan, Nitobe Inazō, and Haim Arlosoroff.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Anagarika Dharmapala ranks 9 out of 51. Before him are Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916), Velupillai Prabhakaran (1954), J. R. Jayewardene (1906), Chandrika Kumaratunga (1945), Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877), and Tony Hoare (1934). After him are Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945), Aryadeva (200), Malcolm Ranjith (1947), St John Philby (1885), Michael Ondaatje (1943), and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899).

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Among WRITERS In Sri Lanka

Among writers born in Sri Lanka, Anagarika Dharmapala ranks 1. After him are Aryadeva (200), Michael Ondaatje (1943), and Shehan Karunatilaka (1975).

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