Britain - India E HOMEPAGES F South Asia
| INDIA 1700-1947 ~ who's who ~ PEOPLE |
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OUTSIDERS
Andrews, C |
Presbyterian minister, friend of Gandhi |
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Besant, A |
British socialist-feminist-aetheist. Conversion to Theosophy 1878, moved to India 1893, President of Theosophical Society (Adyar) 1907, sets up Home Rule League (?), President of the Indian National Congress 1917, University (?), announces Krishnamurti as next 'World Leader' |
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Blavatsky |
American founder (with Olcott) of Theosophy (1875), in India 1882-1878? |
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| Churchill | N.W. Frontier 1890s, against Indian Home Rule in 1930s | |
Clive |
'of India', empire building in Bengal e.g. Battle of Plassy (1754) |
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Dupleix |
French empire builder, against Clive |
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| Forster | India 1912-13, Passage to India (1924) critique, Hill of Devi (1952) | |
Hastings, W |
East India Company |
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Jones |
1746-94 |
'Orientalist' translator, founder of the Asiatick Society (Calcutta) |
| Kipling | Reporter NW Frontier 1890s, Kim, East is East.., White Man's Burden, etc. | |
Macaulay |
Minute on Education |
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Marx, K |
Socialist-Communist, writings on India |
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Mountbatten |
Last British Viceroy of India, 'Partition' |
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Olcott |
Fellow founder with Blavatsky of Theosophist movement, in India |
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INSIDERS
| Ambedkar | 'the Father of the Constitution' (1949), untouchable caste leader, critique of Gandhi re. caste, conversion to Budddhsim 1956 | |
| Bhave | Gramadan voluntary land redistribution programme, Gandhi disciple | |
| Bose | 1897-1945 | Indian National Socialism, Indian Army |
| Derozio | 1809-1831 | 'Anglo-Indian', poet and educator |
| Gokhale | 1866-1915 | Educationalist, political gradual 'Reformists' (v. Tilak's 'Extremists') |
| Gandhi | 1869-1948 | Mahatma 'Great Soul', India-London-S.Africa-India |
| Ghose | 1872-1950 | Bengal radical, jailed, turns to mysticism, Pondicherry 1917 ~> |
| Iqbal | 1873-1938 | Poet, Muslim Homeland |
| Jinnah | 1876-1949 | Quaid-i-Azam 'Father of the Nation', Muslim League leader, 1st leader of Pakistan |
| Khan, Syed | 1817-1898 | Muslim reform |
| Marharshi | Silent saint, Vedanta mysticism | |
| Naoroji | 1825-1917 | Zoroastrian (Parsi), 'the Grand Old Man of India', Labour MP 1892-95, President of Indian National Congress 1886,1893, 1906 |
| Nehru | 1889- | Pandit 'Teacher', Humanistic socialism, post-independence leader, affair with Lady Mountbatten ? |
| Pillai | 1709-1761 | Hindu merchant, agent for French, Diary |
| Radhakrishnan | neo-Advaita Vedanta philosopher, professor, then Vice president | |
| Ramakrishna | 1836-1886 | Ecstatic mystic, guru of 'Vivekananda' |
| Roy | 1772-1883 | Early reformer, especially education, anti-caste, 'Father of Modern India' (De Bary) |
| Savarkar | 1883- | Hindu nationalist, founder of RSS |
| Sen, Keshub | Early Hindu reformer (Brahmo Samaj), ~> 'Asian' Christ (v. Tagore) | |
| Saraswati, D | 1824-1883 | Hindu reformer, 'back to the Vedas', combating outside influences |
| Taleb | 1752- | Travels to Europe |
| Tagore, D | 1817-1905 | Hindu reformer (Brahmo Samaj), more Hindu-Upanishads (versus Sen) |
| Tagore, R | 1861-1941 | Poet, educationalist, Nobel Literature prize |
| Tilak | 1856-1920 | 'Father of Indian unrest' (Chirol), Bengal radical, direct action, 'The Extremist' party versus Gokhale's 'The Moderates' |
| Vivekananda | 1863-1902 | devotee of Ramakrishna, path of action, social reform, USA stay |
| Yogananda | yogic teachings, settles in America |
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