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Acarya Dr Raghuvira (1902 -1963) was born in Rawalpindi (erstwhile west Punjab now in Pakistan) on December 30, 1902. A staunch nationalist, a great scholar, and a well-known philologist, he is famous for his untiring efforts to unravel and highlight the broad span of Indian history, culture and civilisation at the global level. He was an MA from Punjab University and did his PhD from London and DLitt from Leiden (Holland) universities. Thus well-versed in both modern Western education and Indian classical literature, he started his teaching career at Lahore where he became the Head of the Sanskrit Department in Sanatan Dharma College. He was soon offered the position of the Principal of the College which he refused because it required him to stay away from politics.