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	'''Dina Sanichar''' (1860 or 1861–1895) was a [[feral child]]. ~~Sanichar was discovered by a~~ group of hunters among [[Indian wolf\|wolves]] in a cave in [[Bulandshahr]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[British Raj\|India]] in February 1867,<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Kaul\|first=Ikbal\|date=1978-10-15\|title=During the last century, nearly 50 cases of wolf children reported in India\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/19781015-during-the-last-century-nearly-50-cases-of-wolf-children-reported-in-india-823091-2014-03-12\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=India Today\|language=en\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120103821/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/19781015-during-the-last-century-nearly-50-cases-of-wolf-children-reported-in-india-823091-2014-03-12 \|archive-date=2021-01-20 }}</ref> at the age of around six.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Degregory\|first=Lane\|date=2008-08-03\|title=Feral children through the ages\|url=http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/feral-children\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=www.tampabay.com\|language=en\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117023911/http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/feral-children/ \|archive-date=2017-11-17 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Mathur\|first=Priyanshi\|date=2018-12-10\|title=Meet The Real-Life Mowgli – Dina Sanichar Who Was Raised By A Pack Of ~~beautiful~~ Wolves\|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/meet-the-real-life-mowgli-dina-sanichar-who-was-raised-by-a-pack-of-wolves-358296.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=IndiaTimes\|language=en-IN\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210162249/https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/meet-the-real-life-mowgli-dina-sanichar-who-was-raised-by-a-pack-of-wolves-358296.html \|archive-date=2018-12-10 }}</ref><ref name="malson">{{cite book \|last=Malson \|first=Lucien \|date=1972 \|title=Wolf children and the problem of human nature \|url=https://archive.org/details/wolfchildrenprob00mals \|location=New York and London \|publisher=Monthly Review Press \|page=45 \|isbn=9780902308244}}</ref><ref name="ferris20">{{cite book \|last=Ferris \|first=George C. \|date=3 June 1902 \|title=Sanichar the Wolf-Boy of India \|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Lanichar_the_wolf_boy_of_India_.._(IA_lanicharwolfboyo00ferr).pdf \|location=New York City \|page=20 \|isbn=}}</ref> Sanichar was taken to Sikandra Mission Orphanage<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|date=2013-11-06\|title=Legendary wildlife conservators and jungle lore\|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/world/legendary-wildlife-conservators-and-jungle-lore-23576.html\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=The Statesman\|language=en-US}}</ref> where he was given the name "Sanichar" because he arrived on a Saturday.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Real story of Mowgli Netflix Movie: Who was Mowgli. The Jungle Book character & how did it inspire Netflix's 2018 Hindi movie Mowgli\|url=https://www.gqindia.com/content/true-story-behind-mowgli-netflix-hindi-movie-2018-what-is-the-real-story-of-mowgli-legend-of-the-jungle-who-was-mowgli-jungle-book-character\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=GQ India\|language=en-IN}}</ref> When he arrived at the orphanage, he reportedly walked on all fours and ate raw meat.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Wyness\|first=Michael\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nmkCDgAAQBAJ&dq=dina+sanichar&pg=PT46\|title=Childhood, Culture and Society: In a Global Context\|date=2018-06-27\|publisher=Sage\|isbn=978-1-5264-2250-7\|language=en}}</ref> While he could not speak, he would make sounds similar to a wolf.<ref name=":0" /> He went on to live among other humans for over twenty years but never learned to speak and remained seriously impaired his entire life.<ref name="malson" /><ref name="zingg">{{cite journal \|last1=Zingg \|first1=Robert M. \|date=1940 \|title=Feral man and extreme cases of isolation \|journal=The American Journal of Psychology \|volume=53 \|issue=4 \|pages=487–517\|doi=10.2307/1417630 \|jstor=1417630 }}</ref> Sanichar was a heavy smoker.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Malson\|first=Lucien\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtZWCgAAQBAJ&dq=dina+sanichar&pg=PA45\|title=Wolf Children\|date=1972\|publisher=NYU Press\|isbn=978-0-85345-264-5\|language=en}}</ref> He died of [[tuberculosis]] in 1895.<ref name=":1" />		'''Dina Sanichar''' (1860 or 1861–1895) was a [[feral child\|feral boy]]. A group of hunters discovered him among [[Indian wolf\|wolves]] in a cave in [[Bulandshahr]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[British Raj\|India]] in February 1867,<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Kaul\|first=Ikbal\|date=1978-10-15\|title=During the last century, nearly 50 cases of wolf children reported in India\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/19781015-during-the-last-century-nearly-50-cases-of-wolf-children-reported-in-india-823091-2014-03-12\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=India Today\|language=en\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120103821/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/19781015-during-the-last-century-nearly-50-cases-of-wolf-children-reported-in-india-823091-2014-03-12 \|archive-date=2021-01-20 }}</ref> at the age of around six.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Degregory\|first=Lane\|date=2008-08-03\|title=Feral children through the ages\|url=http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/feral-children\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=www.tampabay.com\|language=en\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117023911/http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/feral-children/ \|archive-date=2017-11-17 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Mathur\|first=Priyanshi\|date=2018-12-10\|title=Meet The Real-Life Mowgli – Dina Sanichar Who Was Raised By A Pack Of Wolves\|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/meet-the-real-life-mowgli-dina-sanichar-who-was-raised-by-a-pack-of-wolves-358296.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=IndiaTimes\|language=en-IN\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210162249/https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/meet-the-real-life-mowgli-dina-sanichar-who-was-raised-by-a-pack-of-wolves-358296.html \|archive-date=2018-12-10 }}</ref><ref name="malson">{{cite book \|last=Malson \|first=Lucien \|date=1972 \|title=Wolf children and the problem of human nature \|url=https://archive.org/details/wolfchildrenprob00mals \|location=New York and London \|publisher=Monthly Review Press \|page=45 \|isbn=9780902308244}}</ref><ref name="ferris20">{{cite book \|last=Ferris \|first=George C. \|date=3 June 1902 \|title=Sanichar the Wolf-Boy of India \|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Lanichar_the_wolf_boy_of_India_.._(IA_lanicharwolfboyo00ferr).pdf \|location=New York City \|page=20 \|isbn=}}</ref>

	{{~~Commons~~\|~~Category~~:~~Dina~~ Sanichar\|~~Dina~~ Sanichar}}		Sanichar was sent to the Secundra orphanage at [[Agra]] where he lived among other humans for over twenty years. He never learned to speak and remained seriously impaired his entire life.

			==Discovery==
			Dina Sanichar was discovered in a cave in the [[Bulandshahr district\|district of Bulandshahr]] and was brought to [[William Lowe (civil servant)\|William Lowe]], the local [[District magistrate\|district magistrate and collector]].<ref name=Notes1886>{{cite book \|title=Notes and Queries \|date=1886 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|page=178 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pLeLZtG33ZwC&dq=william+henry+lowe+bulandshahr&pg=PA178 \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=Ha>{{cite book \|last1=Ha \|first1=James C. \|last2=Campion \|first2=Tracy L. \|title=Dog Behavior: Modern Science and Our Canine Companions \|date=2018 \|publisher=Academic Press \|isbn=978-0-12-816746-5 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gON8DwAAQBAJ&dq=bulandshahr%C2%A0&pg=PA176 \|language=en}}</ref> Lowe subsequently sent Sanichar to the Secundra orphanage at [[Agra]].<ref name=Notes1886/><ref>{{cite news \|title=Wolf boys \|publisher=North British Advertiser & Ladies' Journal \|date=5 September 1885 \|page=3}}</ref>

			At the orphanage<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|date=2013-11-06\|title=Legendary wildlife conservators and jungle lore\|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/world/legendary-wildlife-conservators-and-jungle-lore-23576.html\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=The Statesman\|language=en-US}}</ref> he was given the name "Sanichar" because he arrived on a Saturday.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Real story of Mowgli Netflix Movie: Who was Mowgli. The Jungle Book character & how did it inspire Netflix's 2018 Hindi movie Mowgli\|url=https://www.gqindia.com/content/true-story-behind-mowgli-netflix-hindi-movie-2018-what-is-the-real-story-of-mowgli-legend-of-the-jungle-who-was-mowgli-jungle-book-character\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=GQ India\|date=7 December 2018 \|language=en-IN}}</ref> When he arrived at the orphanage, he reportedly walked on all fours and ate raw meat.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Wyness\|first=Michael\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nmkCDgAAQBAJ&dq=dina+sanichar&pg=PT46\|title=Childhood, Culture and Society: In a Global Context\|date=2018-06-27\|publisher=Sage\|isbn=978-1-5264-2250-7\|language=en}}</ref> While he could not speak, he would make sounds similar to a wolf.<ref name=":0" /> He went on to live among other humans for over twenty years but never learned to speak and remained seriously impaired his entire life.<ref name="malson" /><ref name="zingg">{{cite journal \|last1=Zingg \|first1=Robert M. \|date=1940 \|title=Feral man and extreme cases of isolation \|journal=The American Journal of Psychology \|volume=53 \|issue=4 \|pages=487–517\|doi=10.2307/1417630 \|jstor=1417630 }}</ref> Sanichar was a heavy smoker.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Malson\|first=Lucien\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtZWCgAAQBAJ&dq=dina+sanichar&pg=PA45\|title=Wolf Children\|date=1972\|publisher=NYU Press\|isbn=978-0-85345-264-5\|language=en}}</ref>

			==Death and legacy==
			He died of [[tuberculosis]] in 1895.<ref name=":1" />

			Sanichar was possibly the inspiration for the character [[Mowgli]] in ''[[The Jungle Book]]'' by [[Rudyard Kipling]].<ref name=Sorabji1904>{{cite book \|last=Sorabji \|first=Caroline \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g0A2AQAAMAAJ&dq=lowe&pg=PA38 \|title=The Wide World Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly of True Narrative, Travel, Customs, and Sport \|date=1904 \|publisher=George Newnes \|pages=38 \|language=en}}</ref>

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	'''Dina Sanichar''' (1860 or 1861–1895) was a [[feral child]]. Sanichar was discovered by a group of hunters among [[Indian wolf\|wolves]] in a cave in [[Bulandshahr]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[British Raj\|India]] in February 1867,<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Kaul\|first=Ikbal\|date=1978-10-15\|title=During the last century, nearly 50 cases of wolf children reported in India\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/19781015-during-the-last-century-nearly-50-cases-of-wolf-children-reported-in-india-823091-2014-03-12\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=India Today\|language=en}}</ref> at the age of around six.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Degregory\|first=Lane\|date=2008-08-03\|title=Feral children through the ages\|url=http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/feral-children\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=www.tampabay.com\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Mathur\|first=Priyanshi\|date=2018-12-10\|title=Meet The Real-Life Mowgli – Dina Sanichar Who Was Raised By A Pack Of Wolves\|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/meet-the-real-life-mowgli-dina-sanichar-who-was-raised-by-a-pack-of-wolves-358296.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=IndiaTimes\|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="malson">{{cite book \|last=Malson \|first=Lucien \|date=1972 \|title=Wolf children and the problem of human nature \|url=https://archive.org/details/wolfchildrenprob00mals \|location=New York and London \|publisher=Monthly Review Press \|page=45 \|isbn=9780902308244}}</ref><ref name="ferris20">{{cite book \|last=Ferris \|first=George C. \|date=3 June 1902 \|title=Sanichar the Wolf-Boy of India \|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Lanichar_the_wolf_boy_of_India_.._(IA_lanicharwolfboyo00ferr).pdf \|location=New York City \|page=20 \|isbn=}}</ref> Sanichar was taken to Sikandra Mission Orphanage<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|date=2013-11-06\|title=Legendary wildlife conservators and jungle lore\|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/world/legendary-wildlife-conservators-and-jungle-lore-23576.html\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=The Statesman\|language=en-US}}</ref> where he was given the name "Sanichar" because he arrived on a Saturday.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Real story of Mowgli Netflix Movie: Who was Mowgli. The Jungle Book character & how did it inspire Netflix's 2018 Hindi movie Mowgli\|url=https://www.gqindia.com/content/true-story-behind-mowgli-netflix-hindi-movie-2018-what-is-the-real-story-of-mowgli-legend-of-the-jungle-who-was-mowgli-jungle-book-character\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=GQ India\|language=en-IN}}</ref> When he arrived at the orphanage, he reportedly walked on all fours and ate raw meat.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Wyness\|first=Michael\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nmkCDgAAQBAJ&dq=dina+sanichar&pg=PT46\|title=Childhood, Culture and Society: In a Global Context\|date=2018-06-27\|publisher=Sage\|isbn=978-1-5264-2250-7\|language=en}}</ref> While he could not speak, he would make sounds similar to a wolf.<ref name=":0" /> He went on to live among other humans for over twenty years but never learned to speak and remained seriously impaired his entire life.<ref name="malson" /><ref name="zingg">{{cite journal \|last1=Zingg \|first1=Robert M. \|date=1940 \|title=Feral man and extreme cases of isolation \|journal=The American Journal of Psychology \|volume=53 \|issue=4 \|pages=487–517\|doi=10.2307/1417630 \|jstor=1417630 }}</ref> Sanichar was a heavy smoker.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Malson\|first=Lucien\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtZWCgAAQBAJ&dq=dina+sanichar&pg=PA45\|title=Wolf Children\|date=1972\|publisher=NYU Press\|isbn=978-0-85345-264-5\|language=en}}</ref> He died of [[tuberculosis]] in 1895.<ref name=":1" />		'''Dina Sanichar''' (1860 or 1861–1895) was a [[feral child]]. Sanichar was discovered by a group of hunters among [[Indian wolf\|wolves]] in a cave in [[Bulandshahr]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[British Raj\|India]] in February 1867,<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Kaul\|first=Ikbal\|date=1978-10-15\|title=During the last century, nearly 50 cases of wolf children reported in India\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/19781015-during-the-last-century-nearly-50-cases-of-wolf-children-reported-in-india-823091-2014-03-12\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=India Today\|language=en\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120103821/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/19781015-during-the-last-century-nearly-50-cases-of-wolf-children-reported-in-india-823091-2014-03-12 \|archive-date=2021-01-20 }}</ref> at the age of around six.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Degregory\|first=Lane\|date=2008-08-03\|title=Feral children through the ages\|url=http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/feral-children\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=www.tampabay.com\|language=en\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117023911/http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/feral-children/ \|archive-date=2017-11-17 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Mathur\|first=Priyanshi\|date=2018-12-10\|title=Meet The Real-Life Mowgli – Dina Sanichar Who Was Raised By A Pack Of beautiful Wolves\|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/meet-the-real-life-mowgli-dina-sanichar-who-was-raised-by-a-pack-of-wolves-358296.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=IndiaTimes\|language=en-IN\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210162249/https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/meet-the-real-life-mowgli-dina-sanichar-who-was-raised-by-a-pack-of-wolves-358296.html \|archive-date=2018-12-10 }}</ref><ref name="malson">{{cite book \|last=Malson \|first=Lucien \|date=1972 \|title=Wolf children and the problem of human nature \|url=https://archive.org/details/wolfchildrenprob00mals \|location=New York and London \|publisher=Monthly Review Press \|page=45 \|isbn=9780902308244}}</ref><ref name="ferris20">{{cite book \|last=Ferris \|first=George C. \|date=3 June 1902 \|title=Sanichar the Wolf-Boy of India \|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Lanichar_the_wolf_boy_of_India_.._(IA_lanicharwolfboyo00ferr).pdf \|location=New York City \|page=20 \|isbn=}}</ref> Sanichar was taken to Sikandra Mission Orphanage<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|date=2013-11-06\|title=Legendary wildlife conservators and jungle lore\|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/world/legendary-wildlife-conservators-and-jungle-lore-23576.html\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=The Statesman\|language=en-US}}</ref> where he was given the name "Sanichar" because he arrived on a Saturday.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Real story of Mowgli Netflix Movie: Who was Mowgli. The Jungle Book character & how did it inspire Netflix's 2018 Hindi movie Mowgli\|url=https://www.gqindia.com/content/true-story-behind-mowgli-netflix-hindi-movie-2018-what-is-the-real-story-of-mowgli-legend-of-the-jungle-who-was-mowgli-jungle-book-character\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=GQ India\|language=en-IN}}</ref> When he arrived at the orphanage, he reportedly walked on all fours and ate raw meat.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Wyness\|first=Michael\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nmkCDgAAQBAJ&dq=dina+sanichar&pg=PT46\|title=Childhood, Culture and Society: In a Global Context\|date=2018-06-27\|publisher=Sage\|isbn=978-1-5264-2250-7\|language=en}}</ref> While he could not speak, he would make sounds similar to a wolf.<ref name=":0" /> He went on to live among other humans for over twenty years but never learned to speak and remained seriously impaired his entire life.<ref name="malson" /><ref name="zingg">{{cite journal \|last1=Zingg \|first1=Robert M. \|date=1940 \|title=Feral man and extreme cases of isolation \|journal=The American Journal of Psychology \|volume=53 \|issue=4 \|pages=487–517\|doi=10.2307/1417630 \|jstor=1417630 }}</ref> Sanichar was a heavy smoker.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Malson\|first=Lucien\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtZWCgAAQBAJ&dq=dina+sanichar&pg=PA45\|title=Wolf Children\|date=1972\|publisher=NYU Press\|isbn=978-0-85345-264-5\|language=en}}</ref> He died of [[tuberculosis]] in 1895.<ref name=":1" />

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	'''Dina Sanichar''' (1860 or 1861–1895) was a [[feral child]]. Sanichar was discovered by a group of hunters among wolves in a cave in [[Bulandshahr]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India in February 1867,<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Kaul\|first=Ikbal~~\|first3=\|last4=\|first4=~~\|date=1978-10-15\|title=During the last century, nearly 50 cases of wolf children reported in India\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/19781015-during-the-last-century-nearly-50-cases-of-wolf-children-reported-in-india-823091-2014-03-12\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=India Today\|language=en}}</ref> at the age of around six.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Degregory\|first=Lane\|date=2008-08-03\|title=Feral children through the ages\|url=http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/feral-children\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=www.tampabay.com\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Mathur\|first=Priyanshi\|date=2018-12-10\|title=Meet The Real-Life Mowgli - Dina Sanichar Who Was Raised By A Pack Of Wolves\|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/meet-the-real-life-mowgli-dina-sanichar-who-was-raised-by-a-pack-of-wolves-358296.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=IndiaTimes\|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="malson">{{cite book \|last=Malson \|first=Lucien \|date=1972 \|title=Wolf children and the problem of human nature \|url=https://archive.org/details/wolfchildrenprob00mals \|location=New York and London \|publisher=Monthly Review Press \|page=45 \|isbn=9780902308244}}</ref><ref name="ferris20">{{cite book \|last=Ferris \|first=George C. \|date=3 June 1902 \|title=Sanichar the Wolf-Boy of India \|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Lanichar_the_wolf_boy_of_India_.._(IA_lanicharwolfboyo00ferr).pdf \|location=New York City \|page=20 \|isbn=}}</ref> Sanichar was taken to Sikandra Mission Orphanage<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|date=2013-11-06\|title=Legendary wildlife conservators and jungle lore\|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/world/legendary-wildlife-conservators-and-jungle-lore-23576.html\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=The Statesman\|language=en-US}}</ref> where he was given the name "Sanichar" because he arrived on a Saturday.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Real story of Mowgli Netflix Movie: Who was Mowgli. The Jungle Book character & how did it inspire Netflix's 2018 Hindi movie Mowgli\|url=https://www.gqindia.com/content/true-story-behind-mowgli-netflix-hindi-movie-2018-what-is-the-real-story-of-mowgli-legend-of-the-jungle-who-was-mowgli-jungle-book-character\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=GQ India\|language=en-IN}}</ref> When he arrived at the orphanage, he reportedly walked on all fours and ate raw meat.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Wyness\|first=Michael\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nmkCDgAAQBAJ~~&pg=PT46&lpg=PT46~~&dq=dina+sanichar&~~source~~=~~bl&ots=X943bWbC2V&sig=ACfU3U3XGAL4c8tH8CsMXxD0Wbbls4ty4Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4m7G4pOvvAhVoMVkFHS_jD-84UBDoATAJegQIBRAD#v=onepage&q=dina%20sanichar&f=false~~\|title=Childhood, Culture and Society: In a Global Context\|date=2018-06-27\|publisher=~~SAGE~~\|isbn=978-1-5264-2250-7\|language=en}}</ref> While he could not speak, he would make sounds similar to a wolf.<ref name=":0" /> He went on to live among other humans for over twenty years but never learned to speak and remained seriously impaired his entire life.<ref name="malson" /><ref name="zingg">{{cite journal \|last1=Zingg \|first1=Robert M. \|date=1940 \|title=Feral man and extreme cases of isolation \|journal=The American Journal of Psychology \|volume=53 \|issue=4 \|pages=487–517\|doi=10.2307/1417630 \|jstor=1417630 }}</ref> Sanichar was a heavy smoker.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Malson\|first=Lucien\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtZWCgAAQBAJ~~&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45~~&dq=dina+sanichar&~~source~~=~~bl&ots=PH9Sc9SYE8&sig=ACfU3U2eHueG-eOFUdGqDuwmAILZmp1vAA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwicq-7OpOvvAhVGEFkFHQ0hACI4WhDoATADegQIBRAD#v=onepage&q=dina%20sanichar&f=false~~\|title=Wolf Children\|date=1972\|publisher=NYU Press\|isbn=978-0-85345-264-5\|language=en}}</ref> He died of tuberculosis in 1895.<ref name=":1" />		'''Dina Sanichar''' (1860 or 1861–1895) was a [[feral child]]. Sanichar was discovered by a group of hunters among [[Indian wolf\|wolves]] in a cave in [[Bulandshahr]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[British Raj\|India]] in February 1867,<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Kaul\|first=Ikbal\|date=1978-10-15\|title=During the last century, nearly 50 cases of wolf children reported in India\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/19781015-during-the-last-century-nearly-50-cases-of-wolf-children-reported-in-india-823091-2014-03-12\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=India Today\|language=en}}</ref> at the age of around six.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Degregory\|first=Lane\|date=2008-08-03\|title=Feral children through the ages\|url=http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/feral-children\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=www.tampabay.com\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Mathur\|first=Priyanshi\|date=2018-12-10\|title=Meet The Real-Life Mowgli – Dina Sanichar Who Was Raised By A Pack Of Wolves\|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/meet-the-real-life-mowgli-dina-sanichar-who-was-raised-by-a-pack-of-wolves-358296.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=IndiaTimes\|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="malson">{{cite book \|last=Malson \|first=Lucien \|date=1972 \|title=Wolf children and the problem of human nature \|url=https://archive.org/details/wolfchildrenprob00mals \|location=New York and London \|publisher=Monthly Review Press \|page=45 \|isbn=9780902308244}}</ref><ref name="ferris20">{{cite book \|last=Ferris \|first=George C. \|date=3 June 1902 \|title=Sanichar the Wolf-Boy of India \|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Lanichar_the_wolf_boy_of_India_.._(IA_lanicharwolfboyo00ferr).pdf \|location=New York City \|page=20 \|isbn=}}</ref> Sanichar was taken to Sikandra Mission Orphanage<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|date=2013-11-06\|title=Legendary wildlife conservators and jungle lore\|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/world/legendary-wildlife-conservators-and-jungle-lore-23576.html\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=The Statesman\|language=en-US}}</ref> where he was given the name "Sanichar" because he arrived on a Saturday.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Real story of Mowgli Netflix Movie: Who was Mowgli. The Jungle Book character & how did it inspire Netflix's 2018 Hindi movie Mowgli\|url=https://www.gqindia.com/content/true-story-behind-mowgli-netflix-hindi-movie-2018-what-is-the-real-story-of-mowgli-legend-of-the-jungle-who-was-mowgli-jungle-book-character\|access-date=2021-04-07\|website=GQ India\|language=en-IN}}</ref> When he arrived at the orphanage, he reportedly walked on all fours and ate raw meat.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Wyness\|first=Michael\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nmkCDgAAQBAJ&dq=dina+sanichar&pg=PT46\|title=Childhood, Culture and Society: In a Global Context\|date=2018-06-27\|publisher=Sage\|isbn=978-1-5264-2250-7\|language=en}}</ref> While he could not speak, he would make sounds similar to a wolf.<ref name=":0" /> He went on to live among other humans for over twenty years but never learned to speak and remained seriously impaired his entire life.<ref name="malson" /><ref name="zingg">{{cite journal \|last1=Zingg \|first1=Robert M. \|date=1940 \|title=Feral man and extreme cases of isolation \|journal=The American Journal of Psychology \|volume=53 \|issue=4 \|pages=487–517\|doi=10.2307/1417630 \|jstor=1417630 }}</ref> Sanichar was a heavy smoker.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Malson\|first=Lucien\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtZWCgAAQBAJ&dq=dina+sanichar&pg=PA45\|title=Wolf Children\|date=1972\|publisher=NYU Press\|isbn=978-0-85345-264-5\|language=en}}</ref> He died of [[tuberculosis]] in 1895.<ref name=":1" />

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[[File:Sanichar-cropped.png|thumb|Sanichar as a young man, c. 1889-1894]]
'''Dina Sanichar''' (1860 or 1861–1895) was a [[feral child]]. Sanichar was discovered by a group of hunters among wolves in a cave in [[Bulandshahr]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India in February 1867,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kaul|first=Ikbal|first3=|last4=|first4=|date=1978-10-15|title=During the last century, nearly 50 cases of wolf children reported in India|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/19781015-during-the-last-century-nearly-50-cases-of-wolf-children-reported-in-india-823091-2014-03-12|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-07|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> at the age of around six.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Degregory|first=Lane|date=2008-08-03|title=Feral children through the ages|url=http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/feral-children|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-07|website=www.tampabay.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Mathur|first=Priyanshi|date=2018-12-10|title=Meet The Real-Life Mowgli - Dina Sanichar Who Was Raised By A Pack Of Wolves|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/meet-the-real-life-mowgli-dina-sanichar-who-was-raised-by-a-pack-of-wolves-358296.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-07|website=IndiaTimes|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="malson">{{cite book |last=Malson |first=Lucien |date=1972 |title=Wolf children and the problem of human nature |url=https://archive.org/details/wolfchildrenprob00mals |location=New York and London |publisher=Monthly Review Press |page=45 |isbn=9780902308244}}</ref><ref name="ferris20">{{cite book |last=Ferris |first=George C. |date=3 June 1902 |title=Sanichar the Wolf-Boy of India |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Lanichar_the_wolf_boy_of_India_.._(IA_lanicharwolfboyo00ferr).pdf |location=New York City |page=20 |isbn=}}</ref> Sanichar was taken to Sikandra Mission Orphanage<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2013-11-06|title=Legendary wildlife conservators and jungle lore|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/world/legendary-wildlife-conservators-and-jungle-lore-23576.html|access-date=2021-04-07|website=The Statesman|language=en-US}}</ref> where he was given the name "Sanichar" because he arrived on a Saturday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Real story of Mowgli Netflix Movie: Who was Mowgli. The Jungle Book character & how did it inspire Netflix's 2018 Hindi movie Mowgli|url=https://www.gqindia.com/content/true-story-behind-mowgli-netflix-hindi-movie-2018-what-is-the-real-story-of-mowgli-legend-of-the-jungle-who-was-mowgli-jungle-book-character|access-date=2021-04-07|website=GQ India|language=en-IN}}</ref> When he arrived at the orphanage, he reportedly walked on all fours and ate raw meat.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wyness|first=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nmkCDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT46&lpg=PT46&dq=dina+sanichar&source=bl&ots=X943bWbC2V&sig=ACfU3U3XGAL4c8tH8CsMXxD0Wbbls4ty4Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4m7G4pOvvAhVoMVkFHS_jD-84UBDoATAJegQIBRAD#v=onepage&q=dina%20sanichar&f=false|title=Childhood, Culture and Society: In a Global Context|date=2018-06-27|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-1-5264-2250-7|language=en}}</ref> While he could not speak, he would make sounds similar to a wolf.<ref name=":0" /> He went on to live among other humans for over twenty years but never learned to speak and remained seriously impaired his entire life.<ref name="malson" /><ref name="zingg">{{cite journal |last1=Zingg |first1=Robert M. |date=1940 |title=Feral man and extreme cases of isolation |journal=The American Journal of Psychology |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=487–517|doi=10.2307/1417630 |jstor=1417630 }}</ref> Sanichar was a heavy smoker.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Malson|first=Lucien|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtZWCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=dina+sanichar&source=bl&ots=PH9Sc9SYE8&sig=ACfU3U2eHueG-eOFUdGqDuwmAILZmp1vAA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwicq-7OpOvvAhVGEFkFHQ0hACI4WhDoATADegQIBRAD#v=onepage&q=dina%20sanichar&f=false|title=Wolf Children|date=1972|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-85345-264-5|language=en}}</ref> He died of tuberculosis in 1895.<ref name=":1" />

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