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Pandita Ramabai

1858 - 1922

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Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati (Marathi: पंडिता रमाबाई सरस्वती; 23 April 1858 – 5 April 1922) was an Indian social reformer and Christian missionary. She was the first woman to be awarded the titles of Pandita as a Sanskrit scholar and Sarasvati after being examined by the faculty of the University of Calcutta. She was one of the ten women delegates of the Indian National Congress session of 1889. During her stay in England in early 1880s she converted to Christianity. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pandita Ramabai is the 1,880th most popular religious figure (down from 1,311th in 2019). (down from 1,255th in 2019)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pandita Ramabai ranks 1,880 out of 3,187. Before her are Gilberto Agustoni, Pietro Aldobrandini, Lokaksema, Andrew Bobola, Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, and Manuel Clemente. After her are Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, Marie Laveau, Domenico Calcagno, Julian of Toledo, Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, and Francesco Montenegro.

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Among people born in 1858, Pandita Ramabai ranks 72. Before her are Maximilien Luce, Medardo Rosso, George Albert Boulenger, Petar Bojović, Hans Rott, and Archibald Gracie IV. After her are Ye Wanyong, Anthon van Rappard, Gustaf Kossinna, Stjepan Sarkotić, Maximilian Njegovan, and Cipriano Castro. Among people deceased in 1922, Pandita Ramabai ranks 57. Before her are Sidney Sonnino, John William Godward, Kamo, Felip Pedrell, Jules Guesde, and Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. After her are Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Oscar Hertwig, Erskine Childers, Nikolai Nebogatov, Dimitrios Gounaris, and Max Abraham.

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