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Ramakrishna
Ramakrishna (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886), also called Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (; ; ), born Ramakrishna Chattopadhyay (his childhood nickname was Gadadhar), was an Indian Hindu mystic. He was a devotee of the goddess Kali, but adhered to various religious practices from the Hindu traditions of Vaishnavism, Tantric Shaktism, and Advaita Vedanta, as well as Christianity and Sufi Islam. His parable-based teachings advocated the essential unity of religions and proclaimed that world religions are "so many paths to reach one and the same goal". He is regarded by his followers as an avatar (di
Ram Mohan Roy
Indian religious, social, and educational reformer, and humanitarian
Yukteswar Giri
Indian yogi, occultist and guru (1855-1936)
M. J. Akbar
Indian journalist and politician
Bula Choudhury
Indian swimmer
Brajendra Nath Seal
Indian academic and scholar
Syed Nabi
Indian association football player
Madhusudan Gupta
Indian physician
Anil Kumar Das
Indian astronomer
Shawkat Osman
Bangladeshi writer
Saroj Nalini Dutt
Indian feminist
Shafiur Rahman
Bangladeshi activist (1918–1952)
Rangalal Bandyopadhyay
Bengali author
Titas Sadhu
Indian cricketer
Hemchandra Bandyopadhyay
Bengali poet (1838-1903)
Akshay Chandra Sarkar
Indian poet (1846–1917)
Kingshuk Debnath
Indian footballer
Anustup Majumdar
Indian cricketer
Mani Shankar Mukherjee
Bengali writer
Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee
Indian politician
Indumadhab Mallick
Indian polymath (1869-1917)
Nirmal Jibon Ghosh
Bengali revolitionary
Manoranjan Byapari
Indian writer, social activist and politician

Alpana Goswami
Indian film actress
Muhammad Mohsin
Bengali philanthropist

Sambhu Nath De
Indian medical researcher (1915-1985)
Debjit Majumder
Indian association football player
Jamadar Kisku
Santhali language writer

Abbas Siddiqui
Indian Islamic scholar, theologian and politician
Ganapati Chakraborty
Bengali magician
Masuda Khatun
Pinaki Thakur
Indian poet
Banasree Sengupta
Indian singer