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Gautam Buddha was born in ______.

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Lumbini
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Vaishali
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Bodh Gaya
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Pataliputra
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Solution

The correct option is A Lumbini
Buddha, whose original name was Siddhartha Gautama, was the founder of Buddhism. He was born in Lumbini into the Shakya clan and thought to have lived in India from 563 B.C. to 483 B.C. He obtained his enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, gave his first sermon in Sarnath, and died in Kushinagar.

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