1827 in India
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- 3 December - Acharya RajendrasuriAcharya RajendrasuriAcharya Rajendrasuri was the major Svetambara Jain reformer of the 18th and 19th centuries. He was born on 3 December 1826 at Bharatpur, Rajasthan. In 1880, as the leader of the Tapa Gaccha, he led a movement to restore the orders of wandering monks, leading to near extinction of the Yati...
, reformer in Shvetambar sect of JainismJainismJainism is an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings. Its philosophy and practice emphasize the necessity of self-effort to move the soul towards divine consciousness and liberation. Any soul that has conquered its own inner enemies and achieved the state...
(d.19061906 in IndiaEvents in the year 1906 in India.-Events:*1 January - British India officially adopts Indian Standard Time.*11 September - Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa....
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