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PHILOSOPHER

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

1921 - 1990

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Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (21 May 1921 – 21 October 1990), also known by his spiritual name Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti (Ánanda Múrti="Bliss Embodiment"), and known as Bábá ("Father") to his disciples, was a spiritual guru, philosopher, social reformer, linguist, author and composer of 5,018 songs mostly in the Bengali language. He founded Ananda Marga (the Path of Bliss) in 1955 as a spiritual and social organisation that continues to offer instruction in meditation and yoga. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar has received more than 415,233 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar is the 814th most popular philosopher (down from 806th in 2019), the 316th most popular biography from India (down from 267th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar ranks 814 out of 1,081. Before him are Tao Hongjing, Franz Neumann, Aedesia, Karl Vogt, Paolo Sarpi, and Joseph Dietzgen. After him are Philippa Foot, Claude Lefort, Charles Kay Ogden, Kazimierz Twardowski, John Italus, and Necip Fazıl Kısakürek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar ranks 168. Before him are Gitta Sereny, Ilse Aichinger, Louis Lachenal, Joseph A. Walker, Georgy Beregovoy, and Silvio Gazzaniga. After him are Daniel Gélin, Guy Laroche, Walter Laqueur, Branko Stanković, Sena Jurinac, and Erich Fried. Among people deceased in 1990, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar ranks 103. Before him are Martin Ritt, Del Shannon, Irene Dunne, Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, Carlos Peucelle, and Gordon Bunshaft. After him are Aldo Fabrizi, Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, Mariano Rumor, Edmund Conen, Michael Powell, and Alan Perlis.

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In India

Among people born in India, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar ranks 316 out of 1,493. Before him are Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Sumitranandan Pant (1900), Harilal Gandhi (1888), Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908), Merle Oberon (1911), and Lakshmi Sahgal (1914). After him are Jahanara Begum (1614), Rakesh Sharma (1949), Pran (1920), Rash Behari Bose (1886), K. Shivaram Karanth (1902), and Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar ranks 36. Before him are Eknath (1533), Thiruvalluvar (350), Hemachandra (1089), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), Sarada Devi (1853), and Rishabhanatha (null). After him are Debendranath Tagore (1817), Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), Vallabha (1479), Jaimini (-390), Derek Prince (1915), and Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888).

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