Champat Rai Jain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1867
Place of Birth: Delhi, India
Date of Death: 02-Jun-1942
Profession: lawyer
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Champat Rai Jain
- Champat Rai Jain (1867-1942) was a Digambara Jain born in Delhi and who studied and practiced law in England.
- He became an influential Jainism scholar and comparative religion writer between 1910s and 1930s who translated and interpreted Digambara texts.
- In early 1920s, he became religiously active in India and published essays and articles defending Jainism against misrepresentations by colonial era Christian missionaries, contrasting Jainism and Christianity.
- He founded Akhil Bharatvarsiya Digambara Jain Parisad in 1923 with the aim of activist reforms and uniting the south Indian and north Indian Digambara community.
- He visited various European countries to give lectures on Jainism.
- He was conferred with the title Vidya-Varidhi (lit.
- Ocean of Wisdom) by Bharata Dharma Mahamandal (The India-Religious Association).
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