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The 19th Century Hindu saint of India, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, who was renowned for simplifying complex spiritual teachings, was born in which district of West Bengal?

AHowrah

BHooghly

CAlipurduar

DBirbhum

Answer:

B. Hooghly

Read Explanation:

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, the 19th-century Hindu saint, was born in the village of Kamarpukur, located in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. Ramakrishna was born on 18 February 1836, in the village of Kamarpukur, in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, India, in a very poor and pious Bengali Brahmin family. He was the fourth and the youngest child of his parents, father Khudiram Chattopadhyaya, born in 1775, and mother Chandramani Devi, born in 1791.


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