Complex sentence: A student in comparative linguistics at the University of Saxe-Anhalt, in April 1914, Viren met Dr Abinash Bhattacharya alias Bhatta and some other patriotic Indian students; the former was well-known to the influential members belonging to the Kaiser's immediate circle.
Split into simpler sentences: A student in comparative linguistics at the University of Saxe-Anhalt, in April 1914, Viren met Dr Abinash Bhattacharya alias Bhatta and some other patriotic Indian students. The former was well-known to the influential members belonging to the Kaiser's immediate circle.