Kazi Dawa Samdup, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kazi Dawa Samdup

Indian translator

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1868

Place of Birth: Kalimpong, West Bengal, India

Date of Death: 22-Mar-1922

Profession: writer, translator, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

"Lama" Kazi Dawa Samdup (17 June 1868 – 22 March 1922) is now best known as one of the first translators of important works of Tibetan Buddhism into the English language and a pioneer central to the transmission of Buddhism in the West.
From 1910 he also played a significant role in relations between British India and Tibet.