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[[File:Sanichar-cropped.png|thumb|Sanichar as a young man, c. | [[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 | '''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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[[Category: | [[Category:1895 deaths]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1860s births]] | ||
[[Category:Feral children]] | [[Category:Feral children]] | ||
[[Category:19th-century Indian people]] | [[Category:19th-century Indian people]] | ||
[[Category:Indian people with disabilities]] | |||
[[Category:19th-century deaths from tuberculosis]] | |||
[[Category:Tuberculosis deaths in India]] | |||
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