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Bengali Hindus

  • 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…
  • Satyendra Nath BoseSatyendra Nath Bose was born on the 1st of January 1894 in Calcutta. He grew up as the eldest son among seven children in a Bengali Kayastha family.
  • Ravi ShankarRavi Shankar was born on the 7th of April 1920 in Benares, now known as Varanasi. He grew up as the youngest of seven brothers in a Bengali Hindu family.
  • Sarojini NaiduSarojini Naidu was born on the 13th of February 1879 in Hyderabad. Her father Aghorenath Chattopadhyay held a doctorate from Edinburgh University and served…