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Pandurang Vaman Kane

1880 - 1972

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Pandurang Vaman Kane (kɑːnɛ KAANAY; 7 May 1880 – 18 April 1972) was an Indian academic, historian, lawyer, Indologist, and Sanskrit scholar. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award in 1963. Kane's academic career spanned for more than four decades, and included a tenure as the vice-chancellor of the University of Bombay, from 1947 to 1949. He is known for his magnum opus, History of Dharmaśāstra (1930–62), a five-volume treatise on law in ancient and medieval India. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pandurang Vaman Kane is the 15,343rd most popular politician (up from 15,705th in 2019). (up from 4,293rd in 2019)

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Among politicians, Pandurang Vaman Kane ranks 15,343 out of 19,576. Before him are Matija Ljubek, Abdul Qadir al-Badri, Erhard Keller, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Stefanos Stefanopoulos, and Letizia Moratti. After him are Liese Prokop, Juan Rafael Mora Porras, Boris Kurakin, Aulus Atilius Serranus, Hilda Cameron, and Dumuzid the Fisherman.

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Among people born in 1880, Pandurang Vaman Kane ranks 188. Before him are Frederick Lane, William Varley, Vlastimil Tusar, Earle Page, Yordan Yovkov, and Herman Glass. After him are Charles King, W. T. Cosgrave, Paul Castanet, Arthur Dove, Alexandros Chalkokondylis, and Vilhelm Carlberg. Among people deceased in 1972, Pandurang Vaman Kane ranks 210. Before him are Tevfik Rüştü Aras, Américo Castro, Gia Scala, Charu Majumdar, Ntare V of Burundi, and Geraldine Beamish. After him are Mikhail Artamonov, Per Bertilsson, Frederico Paredes, Sidney Franklin, Carlos Cillóniz, and John Grierson.

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