024 Gita influenced great persons

Question: What is common among Adi ShankarAchArya Aurobindo bElvAlkar BhanDArkar dayAnanda saraswati eDvin Arnold Franklin Edgertan LokMAnya Bala Gangadhara Tilak MaxMueller rAjArAm mOhana rAy rAmAnujAchArya Rudolf Otto Swami Vivekananda Vinoba BhAvE

Answer: They have all tried to interpret Bhagavad Gita in their own way. Gita influenced Mahatma Gandhi also. Mahatma Gandhi and Lok MAnya Tilak were great leaders of Indian Freedom Struggle. Hence, Indian Freedom Struggle has also been influenced by Bhagavad Gita. This is list incomplete. I shall try to present in more detail the variations in their interpretations, and of course add my views also.