World Philosophy Atlas
Delhi
- Delhi
Delhi has been a centre of learning across several eras. Shah Waliullah, the eighteenth-century Muslim scholar who studied in the Hejaz after a pilgrimage in 1732, was born in Delhi in 1702 or 1703 and died there in 1762. In the twentieth century Daya Krishna took his master's degree and did doctoral research at Delhi University before teaching at Rajasthan University in Jaipur. B. R. Ambedkar, who studied at Columbia and the London School of Economics, converted to Buddhism in 1956 and died in Delhi later that year.
When
- 1703–1762 Shah Waliullah His lifetime in Mughal Delhi.
- 1956 Ambedkar's last year Ambedkar converted to Buddhism and died in Delhi.
Schools and institutions
- Delhi University Daya Krishna took his master's degree and did doctoral research here.
Thinkers
- B. R. Ambedkar 1891 – 1956died here, 1956 (Converted to Buddhism in 1956 and died in Delhi later that year.)
- Daya Krishna 1924 – 2007studied here (Master's degree and doctoral research at Delhi University under Nikunja Vihari Banerjee; later taught at Rajasthan University, Jaipur (1963-1984).)
- Shah Waliullah 1703 – 1762born here, 1703 (Born in Delhi in 1702 or 1703; studied in the Hejaz after a pilgrimage in 1732.); died here, 1762 (Died in Delhi in 1762.)
Sources: Open University, Making Britain: B. R. Ambedkar · Vidyasagar University repository: obituary of Daya Krishna (2008-09) · Britannica: Shah Wali Allah