Who was the first European to translate the Bhagavad Gita into English?

A Alexander Cunningham
B William Jones
C James Prinsep
D Charles Wilkins

Correct Answer: Charles Wilkins

In 1785, the Bhagavad Gita was first translated into English by Charles Wilkins and published as “Bhagvat-geeta or Dialogues of Kreeshna and Arjoon” by the British East India Company with an introduction by Lord Warren Hastings, the first British Governor-General of India.
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