Talk:Shanti Devi

A fact from Shanti Devi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 February 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in the 1930s the Indian girl Shanti Devi related details of an alleged former life, and a commission set up by Gandhi deemed her claims to be accurate?

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Coincedence?[edit]

Should mention be made of the apparent coincedence that this woman shared a surname with her alleged previous incarnation?The2crowrox (talk) 09:31, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

@The2crowrox not needed. it was an extremely common surname in india. 2409:40F2:1038:AA96:E4CD:76FF:FEB4:CB3 (talk) 23:10, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Devi is not a last name in India. It is a honorific that is often added after the first name of a woman to address them in certain parts of North and Central India. It is somewhat similar to how the word "Lady" is used in English aristocratic circles before a lady's name, e.g. Lady Jane Grey.- Indian visitor to the page