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UPSC 2001: Who amongst the following Englishmen first translated the Bhagavad-Gita into English?
(a)William Jones
(b)Charles Wilkins
(c)Alexander Cunningham
(d)John Marshall
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Sir Charles Wilkins produced the first complete English translation of the Bhagavad-Gītā in 1785 under the patronage of Governor-General Warren Hastings. William Jones translated other Sanskrit works; Cunningham and Marshall were archaeologists, not translators of the Gītā. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wilkins?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2001, GS Paper 1, as Question 17. It falls under Art & Culture > Literature & Languages.
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