PHILOSOPHER

Keshub Chandra Sen

1838 - 1884

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Keshub Chandra Sen (Bengali: কেশবচন্দ্র সেন; also spelled Keshab Chunder Sen; 19 November 1838 – 8 January 1884) was an Indian philosopher and social reformer who attempted to incorporate Christian theology within the framework of Hindu thought. Born a Hindu in the Bengal Presidency of British India, he became a member of the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but established his own breakaway "Bharatvarshiya Brahmo Samaj" in 1866 while the Brahmo Samaj remained under the leadership of Debendranath Tagore (who headed the Brahmo Samaj till his death in 1905). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Keshub Chandra Sen has received more than 584,721 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Keshub Chandra Sen is the 1,047th most popular philosopher, the 498th most popular biography from India and the 43rd most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Keshub Chandra Sen ranks 1,047 out of 1,267. Before him are Thrasyllus of Mendes, R. M. Hare, Phaenias of Eresus, Damaris Cudworth Masham, Aesara, and Hermann Gunkel. After him are Justus Möser, Samuel ibn Tibbon, Rémi Brague, Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Joachim Camerarius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Keshub Chandra Sen ranks 81. Before him are Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Raffaello Giovagnoli, Jules Méline, Édouard Colonne, Eli Lilly, and Toyohara Chikanobu. After him are Marianne Cope, Duleep Singh, Paul Mauser, Giovanni Cagliero, Gotō Shōjirō, and Marin Drinov. Among people deceased in 1884, Keshub Chandra Sen ranks 50. Before him are Aníbal Pinto, Cyrus McCormick, Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, Giuseppe De Nittis, Miroslav Tyrš, and Victor Massé. After him are Emanuel Geibel, Carlo Alberto Castigliano, Jean-Augustin Barral, Andon Bedros IX Hassoun, Buenaventura Báez, and Daniel Harrwitz.

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In India

Among people born in India, Keshub Chandra Sen ranks 498 out of 1,861. Before him are Kumaragupta I (400), Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), Balaji Baji Rao (1720), Irrfan Khan (1967), Kumar Pallana (1918), and Waheeda Rehman (1938). After him are Sunny Deol (1956), Surendranath Banerjee (1848), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), Saalumarada Thimmakka (1911), Gangubai Hangal (1913), and Dara Singh (1928).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Keshub Chandra Sen ranks 43. Before him are Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), Ramananda (1400), Jaimini (-390), Debendranath Tagore (1817), Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), and Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921). After him are Derek Prince (1915), Homi K. Bhabha (1949), Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874), and Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916).

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