RELIGIOUS FIGURE

11th Dalai Lama

1838 - 1856

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The 11th Dalai Lama, Khedrup Gyatso (9 October 1838 – 01 March 1855) was recognized by the Ganden Tripa as the 11th Dalai Lama of Tibet and enthroned in 1842. He enlarged the Norbulingka, studied at Sera Monastery, Drepung Monastery and Ganden Monastery, and taught students. He was recognised as the 11th Dalai Lama in 1841, after being born in Garthang near Dartsedo, the same village where the 7th Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso was born in 1708. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of 11th Dalai Lama has received more than 314,105 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). 11th Dalai Lama is the 990th most popular religious figure (up from 991st in 2019), the 374th most popular biography from China (down from 370th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Chinese Religious Figure.

The 11th Dalai Lama is most famous for being the Dalai Lama when Tibet was invaded by China.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, 11th Dalai Lama ranks 990 out of 3,187. Before him are Ermengarde of Tours, Peter Faber, Nicholas Mystikos, Najm al-Din Kubra, Humbert of Silva Candida, and Abdullah ibn Ja'far. After him are Mary Ann Nichols, Raymond Nonnatus, Fulgentius of Ruspe, Heinrich Bullinger, Adhemar of Le Puy, and Servatius of Tongeren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, 11th Dalai Lama ranks 25. Before him are Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Camille Jordan, Ōkuma Shigenobu, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Konstanty Kalinowski, and Marià Fortuny. After him are Edward W. Morley, Cleveland Abbe, Vladimir Markovnikov, William Henry Perkin, Arthur Auwers, and Fredrik Idestam. Among people deceased in 1856, 11th Dalai Lama ranks 11. Before him are Adolphe Adam, Nikolai Lobachevsky, Paul Delaroche, Ivan Paskevich, Étienne Cabet, and Ľudovít Štúr. After him are Théodore Chassériau, Farkas Bolyai, Manuela Sáenz, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, and Princess Elisabeth of Savoy.

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In China

Among people born in China, 11th Dalai Lama ranks 374 out of 1,610. Before him are Fuchai (-550), Trisong Detsen (742), Terence Young (1915), Xu Guangqi (1562), Bei Dao (1949), and Zhang Daoling (34). After him are Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (867), Guo Xi (1020), Taiichi Ohno (1912), Gengshi Emperor (null), Emperor Shunzong of Tang (761), and Su Song (1020).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In China

Among religious figures born in China, 11th Dalai Lama ranks 5. Before him are 14th Dalai Lama (1935), 13th Dalai Lama (1876), Huineng (638), and Je Tsongkhapa (1357). After him are Bao Xishun (1951), Dazu Huike (487), Joseph Zen (1932), Shaohao (null), Jianzhen (688), Sengcan (529), and Gan Ji (101).

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