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Abdul Qadir

1944 - 2014

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Colonel General Abdul Kadir Dagarwal (Russian: Абдул Кадыр; Dari/Pashto: عبد القادر دگروال; 1944 – April 22, 2014) was an Afghan politician, diplomat, and a military officer in the Afghan Air Force who participated in the coup d'état that created the Republic of Afghanistan under the President Dawood Khan, and later directed the Afghan Air Force and Army Air Corps squadrons that attacked the Radio-TV station during the Saur Revolution. He served as the acting head of state for three days when the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) took power and declared the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, before handing over power to PDPA leader Noor Mohammad Taraki. He later served two terms as Minister of Defense, the first as part of the Taraki government from April to August 1978, and the latter as part of the Babrak Karmal government from 1982 to 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdul Qadir has received more than 155,192 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Abdul Qadir is the 11,662nd most popular politician (up from 12,521st in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 94th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Afghan Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdul Qadir ranks 11,662 out of 19,576. Before him are Valentina Grizodubova, Max von Hausen, Alberto Demicheli, John, Duke of Randazzo, Chu Suiliang, and Jacques Lauriston. After him are Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, Ptolemy of Cyprus, Jaan Anvelt, Sandro Rosell, and Agneta Andersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Abdul Qadir ranks 333. Before him are Bruno Platter, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Roberto Miranda, Patti LaBelle, Harun Farocki, and Naná Vasconcelos. After him are Jan Olsson, Richard Robarts, Anthony Heald, Ján Čarnogurský, José Wilker, and Jacques-Alain Miller. Among people deceased in 2014, Abdul Qadir ranks 181. Before him are Ante Žanetić, Paul Mazursky, On Kawara, Harun Farocki, Pierre Bec, and Christophe de Margerie. After him are Wu Ma, Gustavo Cerati, Julio Abbadie, Pino Cerami, José Wilker, and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Abdul Qadir ranks 87 out of 177. Before him are Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Unsuri (980), Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), Ibrahim al-Nazzam (760), and Afghan Girl (1972). After him are Abdul Ahad Mohmand (1959), Ali Hujwiri (1009), Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (1139), Farrukhi Sistani (980), and Mahmud Tarzi (1865).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Abdul Qadir ranks 58. Before him are Diodotus I (-285), Mawdud of Ghazni (1012), Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza (1422), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), and Demetrius I of Bactria (-300). After him are Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (1139), Mahmud Tarzi (1865), Shah Shujah Durrani (1785), Amrullah Saleh (1972), and Heliocles I (-200).

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