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[[File:Sanichar-cropped.png|thumb|Sanichar as a young man, ca. 1889-1894]]
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'''Dina Sanichar''' (1866-1894) was a [[feral child]]. Sanichar was discovered among wolves in a cave in Sikandra (near [[Agra]]) in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India in 1872, at the age of 6, by a group of hunters from [[Bulandshahr]].<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> He went on to live among other humans for over twenty years, including picking up smoking, but never learned to speak and remained seriously impaired for 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}}</ref> he was reported to have chased over 70 mailmen who were extremely scared and confused
'''Dina Sanichar''' (1866-1894) was a [[feral child]]. Sanichar was discovered among wolves in a cave in Sikandra (near [[Agra]]) in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India in 1872, at the age of 6, by a group of hunters from [[Bulandshahr]].<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> He went on to live among other humans for over twenty years, including picking up smoking, but never learned to speak and remained seriously impaired for 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}}</ref>


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Sanichar as a young man, ca. 1889-1894

Dina Sanichar (1866-1894) was a feral child. Sanichar was discovered among wolves in a cave in Sikandra (near Agra) in Uttar Pradesh, India in 1872, at the age of 6, by a group of hunters from Bulandshahr.[1][2] He went on to live among other humans for over twenty years, including picking up smoking, but never learned to speak and remained seriously impaired for his entire life.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Malson, Lucien (1972). Wolf children and the problem of human nature. New York and London: Monthly Review Press. p. 45. ISBN 9780902308244.
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ Zingg, Robert M. (1940). "Feral man and extreme cases of isolation". The American Journal of Psychology. 53 (4): 487–517.