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19th-century Indian male writers

  • Mahatma GandhiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on the 2nd of October 1869 in Porbandar, a coastal town on the Kathiawar Peninsula. His father Karamchand Uttamchand…
  • Govardhanram TripathiGovardhanram Madhavram Tripathi entered the world on the 20th of October 1855 during the Dashera festival in Nadiad. His family belonged to a Vaishnav…
  • Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore was born on the 7th of May 1861 inside the Jorasanko mansion in Calcutta. He was the youngest of thirteen surviving children to…
  • Gopal Krishna GokhaleGopal Krishna Gokhale was born on the 9th of May 1866 in Kotluk village. His family belonged to the Chitpavan Brahmin community within the Ratnagiri district.
  • Vinayak Damodar SavarkarVinayak Damodar Savarkar began his political activities as a high school student in 1895. He led fellow students in an attack on the village mosque following…
  • NarmadThe great fire of 1837 consumed the family home in Amliran, Surat. Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave was only four years old when the flames destroyed his…