Q. Who, amongst the following Englishmen, first translated ‘Bhagavad Gita’ into English?

A
William Jones
B
Charles Wilkins
C
Alexander Cunningham
D
John Marshall
Solution:

Sir Charles Wilkins, was an English typographer and Orientalist, and founding member of The Asiatic Society. He is notable as the first translator of Bhagavad Gita into English, and as the creator, alongside Panchanan Karmakar, of the first Bengali typeface.

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