Talk:Ranjit Sitaram Pandit

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Did you know... that Ranjit Sitaram Pandit (pictured) translated Kalhana's Rajatarangini while he was imprisoned?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:57, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Ranjit Sitaram Pandit (1937)

... that Ranjit Sitaram Pandit (pictured) translated Kalhana's Rajatarangini, while imprisoned? Rajatarangini...which Ranjit translated in prison. [1]
- ALT1:~~... that when Ranjit Sitaram Pandit (pictured) died in 1944, the law in India did not allow his widow an inheritance?~~ Widowed after her barrister husband Ranjit Sitaram Pandit died ... She brought up her children independently because of discriminatory Indian laws dictated that women were not entitled to any inheritance. [2]

Reviewed:Pontobdella muricata

Created by Whispyhistory (talk) and Philafrenzy (talk). Nominated by Whispyhistory (talk) at 20:29, 29 December 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting, sad life, on substantial sources, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and fine. I like the original, talking about his achievements, much better. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:07, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]