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[[File:Sanichar-cropped.png|thumb|Sanichar as a young man, c. 1889–1894]]
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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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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,[1] at the age of around six.[2][3][4][5] Sanichar was taken to Sikandra Mission Orphanage[6] where he was given the name "Sanichar" because he arrived on a Saturday.[7] When he arrived at the orphanage, he reportedly walked on all fours and ate raw meat.[8] While he could not speak, he would make sounds similar to a wolf.[3] He went on to live among other humans for over twenty years but never learned to speak and remained seriously impaired his entire life.[4][9] Sanichar was a heavy smoker.[10] He died of tuberculosis in 1895.[6]


References

  1. ↑ Kaul, Ikbal (1978-10-15). "During the last century, nearly 50 cases of wolf children reported in India". India Today. Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  2. ↑ Degregory, Lane (2008-08-03). "Feral children through the ages". www.tampabay.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mathur, Priyanshi (2018-12-10). "Meet The Real-Life Mowgli – Dina Sanichar Who Was Raised By A Pack Of beautiful Wolves". IndiaTimes. Archived from the original on 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Malson, Lucien (1972). Wolf children and the problem of human nature. New York and London: Monthly Review Press. p. 45. ISBN 9780902308244.
  5. ↑ Ferris, George C. (3 June 1902). Sanichar the Wolf-Boy of India (PDF). New York City. p. 20.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Legendary wildlife conservators and jungle lore". The Statesman. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  7. ↑ "Real story of Mowgli Netflix Movie: Who was Mowgli. The Jungle Book character & how did it inspire Netflix's 2018 Hindi movie Mowgli". GQ India. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  8. ↑ Wyness, Michael (2018-06-27). Childhood, Culture and Society: In a Global Context. Sage. ISBN 978-1-5264-2250-7.
  9. ↑ Zingg, Robert M. (1940). "Feral man and extreme cases of isolation". The American Journal of Psychology. 53 (4): 487–517. doi:10.2307/1417630. JSTOR 1417630.
  10. ↑ Malson, Lucien (1972). Wolf Children. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-85345-264-5.


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