19th-century Indian philanthropists

The list 19th-century Indian philanthropists includes Dyal Singh Majithia, Jaganath Shunkerseth, Radhakanta Deb, Jatindramohan Tagore and Elias David Sassoon. The list consists of 51 members.

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Annie Besant

British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)

Overview: Annie Besant (née Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was an English socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist and campaigner for Indian nationalism ...

Date of birth: 1 October 1847

Date of death: 20 September 1933

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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Indian suffragists 8T

19th-century English women writers 351T

Women mystics 93T
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Radhakanta Deb

Indian scholar

Overview: Sir Raja Radhakanta Deb Bahadur (10 March,1784– 19 April,1867) was a scholar and a leader of the Calcutta conservative Hindu society,son of Gopimohan Deb of Shovabazar Raj who was the adopted son and heir ...

Date of birth: 10 March 1784

Date of death: 19 April 1867

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Philanthropist

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19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

Indian Sanskrit scholars 141T

19th-century Indian linguists 27T
3.

Dyal Singh Majithia

Indian banker and activist

Overview: Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia (1848–98) was an Indian banker and activist in progressive and social reform measures in Punjab. He established The Tribune newspaper in Lahore in 1881, and later remained ...

Date of birth: 1848

Date of death: 1898

Age: 49 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Philanthropist

Gender: Male

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Businesspeople from Varanasi 4T

19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

19th-century Indian businesspeople 36T
4.

Elias David Sassoon

Indian businessman and philanthropist

Overview: Elias David Sassoon (27 March 1820 – 21 March 1880), an Indian merchant and banker born in Baghdad, was the second son of David Sassoon, an Iraqi-Indian philanthropist Jewish businessman involved in trade ...

Date of birth: 27 March 1820

Date of death: 21 March 1880

Age: 59 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Business

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19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

Businesspeople from Mumbai 267T

Indian people of Iraqi-Jewish descent 18T
5.

Jaganath Shunkerseth

Indian businessman

Overview: Hon. Jagannath Shankarsheth Murkute (also spelled as Jugonnath "Nana" Shunkersheth and Jaggannath Shankarsheth Murkute; 10 February 1803 – 31 July 1865) was an Indian philanthropist and educationalist ...

Date of birth: 10 February 1803

Date of death: 31 July 1865

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Philanthropist

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19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

Members of the Bombay Legislative Council 51T

Businesspeople from Mumbai 267T
6.

Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal

Queen of Bhopal

Overview: Shahjahan Begum GCSI CI (29 July 1838 – 16 June 1901) was the Begum of Bhopal (the ruler of the princely state of Bhopal in central India) for two periods: 1844–60 (her mother acting as regent), and s ...

Date of birth: 29 July 1838

Date of death: 16 June 1901

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Philanthropist

Gender: Female

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19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

Women educators from Madhya Pradesh 12T

19th-century Indian historians 44T
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Kalikrishna Mitra

Overview: Kalikrishna Mitra (1822 — 2 August 1891) was a Bengali philanthropist, educator and writer. He established the first non-government girls’ school in India.

Date of birth: 1822

Date of death: 2 August 1891

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Philanthropist

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19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

19th-century Indian educators 25T

19th-century Indian linguists 27T
8.

Mohammad Amir Hasan Khan

Overview: Maharaja Sir Mohammad Amir Hasan Khan, Khan Bahadur, KCIE (1849 - 27 June 1903) was the Raja of Mahmudabad from 1858 to 27 June 1903 and a noted zamindar of British India.

Date of birth: 1849

Date of death: 27 June 1903

Age: 54 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Philanthropist

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19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

19th-century Indian educational theorists 72T

19th-century Indian poets 142T
9.

Hara Kumar Tagore

Indian philanthropist and schoalr

Overview: Hara Kumar Tagore or Hara Coomar Tagore (1798–1858) was a leading land owner, philanthropist, Sanskrit scholar, writer and musician from Calcutta. He belonged to the Pathuriaghata branch of the Tagore ...

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Philanthropist

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19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

Sanskrit scholars from Bengal 16T

Musicians from Kolkata 77T
10.

Nawab Faizunnesa

Nawab

Overview: Nawab Begum Faizunnesa Choudhurani (Bengali: নওয়াব বেগম ফয়জুন্নেসা চৌধুরানী; 1834–1903) was Zamindar of Homnabad-Pashchimgaon Estate in present-day Comilla District, Bangladesh. She is most famous for ...

Date of birth: 1834

Date of death: 1903

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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19th-century Indian businesswomen 2T

19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

19th-century Indian non-fiction writers 23T
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Gopi Mohun Deb

Indian scholar

Overview: Gopi Mohun Deb (1798-1847) was one of scions the Shovabazar Raj family, a noted philanthropist educationist and foremost leader of Calcutta's Hindu society.

Date of birth: 1798

Date of death: 1847

Age: 48 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Philanthropist

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19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

19th-century Indian scholars 40T

Scholars from Kolkata 99T
12.

Radha Gobinda Kar

Physician

Overview: Radha Gobinda Kar (রাধাগোবিন্দ কর) (23 August 1852 – 19 December 1918) was an eminent physician and philanthropist of Bengal.

Date of birth: 23 August 1852

Date of death: 19 December 1918

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Doctor

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Medical doctors from West Bengal 6T

19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

19th-century Indian medical doctors 43T
13.

Jatindramohan Tagore

Indian philanthropist

Overview: See Tagore for disambiguation

Date of birth: 16 May 1831

Date of death: 10 January 1908

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Philanthropist

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19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

Presidency University, Kolkata alumni 215T

Indian knights 336T
14.

Mutty Lall Seal

businessman

Overview: Mutty Lall Seal (also written as Mutty Loll Seal, Mati Lall Seal, or Motilal Seal) (1792 – 20 May 1854) was a businessman and philanthropist from India. Seal began his life as a bottle and cork dealer ...

Date of birth: 1792

Date of death: 20 May 1854

Age: 61 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Business

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19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

Businesspeople from Kolkata 93T

1854 deaths 985T
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Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari

former president of the Indian National Congress

Overview: Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari (25 December 1880 – 10 May 1936) was an Indian nationalist and political leader, and former president of the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League during the Indian Indep ...

Date of birth: 1880

Date of death: 1936

Age: 55 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Activist

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All India Muslim League members 67T

People from Ghazipur district 25T

Indian independence activists from Uttar Pradesh 96T
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Dinshaw Maneckji Petit

Indian baronet and businessman

Overview: Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 1st Baronet (born Dinshaw Maneckji Petit; 30 June 1823 – 5 May 1901), was a Parsi entrepreneur and founder of the first textile mills in India. Part of the Petit family ...

Date of birth: 30 June 1823

Date of death: 5 May 1901

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Business

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19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

Members of the Bombay Legislative Council 51T

Parsi people from Mumbai 198T
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Albert Abdullah David Sassoon

British-Indian businessman

Overview: Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, 1st Baronet KCB CSI, (25 July 1818 – 24 October 1896) was a British Baghdadi Jewish businessman and philanthropist.

Date of birth: 25 July 1818

Date of death: 24 October 1896

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Business

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Burials at Liberal Jewish Cemetery, Willesden 13T

19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

Members of the Bombay Legislative Council 51T
18.

Yele Mallappa Shetty

Overview: Rao Bahadur Yele Mallappa Shetty (also spelt as Setty or Chetty) (Kannada: ರಾವ್ ಬಹದ್ದೂರ್ ಎಲೆ ಮಲ್ಲಪ್ಪ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ), (1815-1887), was an Indian merchant and philanthropist. In the late 19th century when the ...

Date of death: 1887

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Businesspeople in British India 19T

19th-century Indian businesspeople 45T

Businesspeople from Bangalore 78T
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Rasa Clorinda

Indian Christian missionary

Overview: Rasa Clorinda (sometimes Clarinda or Clarindal) (c. 1750 - c. 1802/1806) was an Indian philanthropist, founder of a church in Tirunelveli.

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Moran Sarkar

Indian queen

Overview: Moran Sarkar (Punjabi: موراں سرکار) was a Punjabi Muslim Queen who married Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Punjab in 1802. She was a nautch girl before she became a queen. Maharaja was tied to slings by Akali ...

Date of death: 1862

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Dancer

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