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Translators of the Bhagavad Gita

  • 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…
  • Maharishi Mahesh YogiMaharishi Mahesh Yogi was born Mahesh Prasad Varma on the 12th of January 1911, though some sources suggest 1917 or 1918.
  • Eugène BurnoufEugène Burnouf entered the world on the 8th of April 1801 within the city of Paris. His father Jean-Louis Burnouf held a position as a professor and…
  • August Wilhelm SchlegelAugust Wilhelm Schlegel entered the world on the 8th of September 1767 in Hanover. His father Johann Adolf Schlegel served as a Lutheran pastor there.
  • Annie BesantAnnie Wood was born on the 1st of October 1847 in London. Her father William Burton Persse Wood died when she was five years old.
  • 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…