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Keshub Chandra Sen

1838 - 1884

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Keshub Chandra Sen (Bengali: কেশবচন্দ্র সেন; also spelled Keshab Chunder Sen; 19 November 1838 – 8 January 1884) was an Indian philosopher and social reformer who attempted to incorporate Christian theology within the framework of Hindu thought. Born a Hindu in the Bengal Presidency of British India, he became a member of the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but established his own breakaway "Bharatvarshiya Brahmo Samaj" in 1866 while the Brahmo Samaj remained under the leadership of Debendranath Tagore (who headed the Brahmo Samaj until his death in 1905). In 1878, his followers abandoned him after the underage child marriage of his daughter which exposed his campaign against child marriage as hollow. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Keshub Chandra Sen is the 954th most popular philosopher (up from 1,047th in 2019), the 445th most popular biography from India (up from 498th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Keshub Chandra Sen ranks 954 out of 1,267. Before him are Lanza del Vasto, Leo Baeck, Sarada Devi, Dirck Coornhert, Stanley Cavell, and Bernard Stiegler. After him are Lars Gustafsson, Sandra Harding, Ramananda, Derek Parfit, Nemesius, and Monimus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Keshub Chandra Sen ranks 64. Before him are Henry Irving, Siegfried Bing, Sherburne Wesley Burnham, Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal, Raffaello Giovagnoli, and August Šenoa. After him are Thomas Blake Glover, Édouard Colonne, Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso, Marin Drinov, Jules Méline, and Ferdinand Zirkel. Among people deceased in 1884, Keshub Chandra Sen ranks 37. Before him are Hans Rott, Bernardo Guimarães, Gotthilf Hagen, Eduard Totleben, Ludwig Richter, and Gustave Le Gray. After him are Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, Antonio García Gutiérrez, Aníbal Pinto, Auguste Franchomme, Johann Gottfried Piefke, and Victor Massé.

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In India

Among people born in India, Keshub Chandra Sen ranks 445 out of 1,861. Before him are BP Koirala (1914), Naushad (1919), Sarada Devi (1853), Satya Nadella (1967), Jacques Lauriston (1768), and Jahandar Shah (1661). After him are Satish Kumar (1936), Anil Kapoor (1956), Ramananda (1400), Gangubai Hangal (1913), Oswald Gracias (1944), and D. R. Kaprekar (1905).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Keshub Chandra Sen ranks 40. Before him are Eknath (1533), Rishabhanatha (null), Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), Jaimini (-390), Debendranath Tagore (1817), and Sarada Devi (1853). After him are Ramananda (1400), Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916), Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), and Rambhadracharya (1950).

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