Rahul Sankrityayan

Indian linguist

Rahul Sankrityayan (9 April 1893 – 14 April 1963), is called the Father of Indian Travelogue Travel literature. He is the one who played a pivotal role to give travelogue a 'literature form', was one of the most widely travelled scholars of India, spending forty-five years of his life on travels away from his home.

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Rahul Sankrityayan was born on Sunday, 9 April 1893 in Pandaha Village, Azamgarh District, Uttar Pradesh, British India. He was best known as a writer. Sankrityayan's country of citizenship (nationality) was Indian. He died on Sunday, 14 April 1963 in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India at the age of 70. His zodiac star sign was Aries.

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Date of birth	9 April 1893	edit
Place of birth	Pandaha Village, Azamgarh District, Uttar Pradesh, British India	edit
Date of death	14 April 1963	edit
Age	70 (age at death)
Place of death	Darjeeling, West Bengal, India	edit
Occupation	Writer, Essayist, Scholar, sociology, Indian Nationalist, History, Indology, Philosophy, Buddhism, Tibetology, Lexicography, Grammar, Textual Editing, Folklore, Science, drama, Politics, Polymath, Polyglot	edit
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Nationality	Indian	edit

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