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Debendranath Tagore

1817 - 1905

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Debendranath Tagore (15 May 1817 – 19 January 1905; birth name: Debendronath Thakur) was an Indian philosopher and religious reformer, active in the Brahmo Samaj (earlier called Bhramho Sabha) ("Society of Brahma", also translated as Society of God). He joined Brahmo samaj in 1842. He was the founder in 1848 of the Brahmo religion, which today is synonymous with Brahmoism. Born in Shilaidaha, his father was the industrialist Dwarakanath Tagore; he himself had 14 children, many of whom, including Nobel-prize winning poet Rabindranath Tagore, made significant artistic or literary contributions to society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Debendranath Tagore is the 941st most popular philosopher (down from 940th in 2019), the 437th most popular biography from India (down from 410th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Debendranath Tagore ranks 941 out of 1,267. Before him are Perry Anderson, Johannes Agricola, Michel Marcel Navratil, Azmi Bishara, Guillaume Faye, and Apollodorus the Epicurean. After him are Isidore of Alexandria, Theodor Gomperz, Camillo Berneri, Élisabeth Badinter, Ogyū Sorai, and Ibrahim al-Nazzam.

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Among people born in 1817, Debendranath Tagore ranks 49. Before him are George Frederic Watts, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély, Wilhelm Griesinger, Georg Herwegh, Heinrich Graetz, and Joseph Poelaert. After him are Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, Adolphe Alphand, Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher, Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, and Jozef Miloslav Hurban. Among people deceased in 1905, Debendranath Tagore ranks 55. Before him are Máximo Gómez, Henry Irving, Siegfried Bing, Robert Whitehead, Tippu Tip, and John Henninger Reagan. After him are John Rogan, Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure, René Goblet, Hermann Wissmann, Charles Renard, and Émile Oustalet.

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In India

Among people born in India, Debendranath Tagore ranks 437 out of 1,861. Before him are Fatima Sheikh (1831), Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725), Kavita Krishnamurthy (1958), Kumar Sanu (1957), Sridevi (1963), and Rukhmabai (1864). After him are Irrfan Khan (1967), BP Koirala (1914), Naushad (1919), Sarada Devi (1853), Satya Nadella (1967), and Jacques Lauriston (1768).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Debendranath Tagore ranks 38. Before him are Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), Narayana Guru (1855), Eknath (1533), Rishabhanatha (null), Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), and Jaimini (-390). After him are Sarada Devi (1853), Keshub Chandra Sen (1838), Ramananda (1400), Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), and Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916).

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