The Most Famous
PHILOSOPHERS from Bangladesh
This page contains a list of the greatest Bangladeshi Philosophers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,267 Philosophers, 2 of which were born in Bangladesh. This makes Bangladesh the birth place of the 61st most number of Philosophers behind Georgia, and Vietnam.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bangladeshi Philosophers of all time. This list of famous Bangladeshi Philosophers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Anandamayi Ma (1896 - 1982)
With an HPI of 54.26, Anandamayi Ma is the most famous Bangladeshi Philosopher. Her biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.
Anandamayi Ma (born Nirmala Sundari; 30 April 1896 – 27 August 1982) was an Indian saint, teacher, and mystic. She was revered as an incarnation of Hindu goddess Durga. She was described by Sivananda Saraswati (of the Divine Life Society) as "la fleur la plus parfaite que le sol de l'Inde ait produite" [the most perfect flower the Indian soil has produced]. Her life was suffused in Bhakti Yoga and she was considered an epitome of "divine grace" that inspired the societal cultural milieu to lead the path of service, love and constant remembrance of the divine. Her followers experienced her spiritual attributes including precognition, faith healing and miracles. Paramahansa Yogananda translates the Sanskrit epithet Anandamayi as "Joy-permeated" in English. This name was given to her by her devotees in the 1920s to describe her perpetual state of divine joy.
2. Pritilata Waddedar (1911 - 1932)
With an HPI of 46.95, Pritilata Waddedar is the 2nd most famous Bangladeshi Philosopher. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Pritilata Waddedar (5 May 1911 – 24 September 1932) was an Indian revolutionary nationalist who was influential in the Indian independence movement. After completing her education in Chattogram (formerly Chittagong) and Dhaka (formerly Dacca), she attended Bethune College in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). She graduated in philosophy with distinction and became a school teacher. She is praised as "Bengal's first woman martyr". Pritilata joined a revolutionary group headed by Surya Sen. She is known for leading fifteen revolutionaries in the 1932 armed attack on the Pahartali European Club, during which one person was killed and eleven injured. The revolutionaries torched the club and were later caught by the colonial police. Pritilata committed suicide by cyanide. Her suicide was preplanned. She had a suicide note or a letter with her, where she had penned down the objectives of the Indian Republican Army, Chittagong Branch. In the letter, along with the names of Masterda Surya Sen and Nirmal Sen, she had also mentioned about her experience of meeting Ramkrishna Biswas a number of times in the Alipore Central Jail. Ramkrishna Biswas was waiting his execution by hanging by the British and Pritilata used to meet him in the alias of his cousin sister.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Bangladeshi philosophers born between 1896 and 1911. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Bangladeshi philosophers include Anandamayi Ma, and Pritilata Waddedar.
