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Ram Chandra Datta

Householder disciple of Ramakrishna

Died when: 47 years 79 days (566 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Ram Chandra Datta

Ram Chandra Datta (30 October 1851 — 17 January 1899) was a householder disciple of Ramakrishna and a writer.Datta was a relative of Indian monk and social reformer Swami Vivekananda.

After completing his graduation, he took job of a Government employee and a chemist.He invented an antidote for blood dysentery from an extract of an indigenous medicinal plant and started promoting "modern science".

Datta became a disciple of Ramakrishna and encouraged Narendranath Datta (pre-monastic name of Swami Vivekananda) to go to Dakshineswar and meet Ramakrishna.

He died on 17 January 1899 after suffering from heart disease and chronic asthma.


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