Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.4

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The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries form one of the most fertile periods in the history of Indian intellectual discourses. Raja Rammohun Roy⁴ (1774–1833), Swami Nārāyaṇa (1781–1830), Debendranath Tagore (1817–1905), Swami Dayananda Saraswati (1824-83), Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1834-86), Keshub Chandra Sen (1838-84), Chattambi Swamikal (1854–1924), Sri Narayana Guru (1857–1928), Swami Vivekananda (1862–1902), Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948), Sri Aurobindo (1872–1951) and Bhim Rao Ambedkar (1891–1956) are some of the names known for revolutionizing the vision and thought processes of the country.