Scholars from Kolkata

Yogi, Kriya Yoga guru and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship (1893-1952)

Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic

Vice President of India from 2007 to 2017

Indian politician, barrister and academic (1901-1953)

Bengali linguist (1890–1977)

Indian spiritual Guru, philosopher, social reformer and composer (1921–1990)

Bengali scholar of Sanskrit and philosophy (1887-1952)

Bengali writer

Christian missionary in India, close friend of Mahatma Gandhi

Indian academic, feminist (1927-2013)

Bengali historian (1870–1958)

Indian Hindu mystic (1866-1939)

39th Chief Justice of India (1948–2017)

Indian historian and journalist (born 1967)

Indian academic

Bengali scholar

Indian historian

Indian Marxist philosopher (1918–1993)

Hindu spiritual leader (1880–1935)

British historian and Indologist (1914-1986)

Indian linguist (1900–1992)

Bengali scholar and author (1853-1931)

Indian academic and scholar

American social scientist

Indian educationalist (1851–1915)

Bengali folklorist (1866-1939)

Indian meditation teacher (1911–1989)

Indian filmmaker, critic, film historian (1921-2011)

Bengali writer (1835–1910)

Saradananda (23 December 1865 – 19 August 1927), also known as Swami Saradananda, was born as Sarat Chandra Chakravarty in 1865, and was one of the direct monastic disciples of Ramakrishna. He was the first Secretary of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, a post which he held until his death in 1927. He established the Udbodhan house in the Bagbazar area of Calcutta, which was built primarily for the stay of Sri Sarada Devi in Calcutta, from where he used to publish the Bengali magazine Udbodhan. There he wrote Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga in Bengali, on the life of Ramakrishna,

Lay disciple of Ramakrishna

Hindu writer (1925-2007)

Indian politician (1907-1983)

Sri Saveda Devi disciple (1851-1924)

Swami Shivananda (1854–1934), born Tarak Nath Ghosal, was a Hindu spiritual leader and a direct disciple of Ramakrishna, who became the second president of the Ramakrishna Mission. His devotees refer to him as Mahapurush Maharaj (Great Soul). Shivananda and Subodhananda were the only direct disciples of Ramakrishna to be filmed. He was a Brahmajnani ("knower of Brahman or the Supreme Being"). Shivananda introduced the celebration of the birthdays of his brother-monks. He was known to have laid the foundation stone of Shri Ramakrishna Temple at Belur Math, which was designed by Vijnanananda.

Indian economist

Indian historian

Hindu Theosophist (1858–1936)

Indian historian

Indian archaeologist

Bengali musicologist

Bengali Writer, Indologist, and pundit of Pali and Buddhism (1888-1948)

Bengali author

Indian activist (1861–1907)

Indian Islamic scholar

Hindu religious leader (1896–1941)

Indian historian (1910–1990)

Indian academician, writer

naturalist, educationist and intellectual

Hindu saint and mystic

Bengali educationist, feminist, and freedom fighter

Sri Anirvan (8 July 1896 – 31 May 1978), born Narendra Chandra Dhar, was an Indian Hindu monk, writer and philosopher. Widely known as a scholar, his principal works were a Bengali translation of Sri Aurobindo's The Life Divine and the three-volume treatise Veda Mimamsa.

Indian lawyer, social worker and film producer

Indian historian (1892–1957)

Swami Gambhirananda (1899–1988), born Jatindranath Datta, was a Hindu sanyasi who served as the 11th President of the Ramakrishna Mission.

20th Chief Justice of India

historian, professor and writer

Indian archaeologist, museologist, art historian and professor of Sanskrit (1919-2016)

lawyer

Bengali scholars (1878-1959)