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Arun Shourie

1941 - Today

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Arun Shourie (born 2 November 1941) is an Indian economist, journalist, author and politician. He has worked as an economist with the World Bank, a consultant to the Planning Commission of India, editor of the Indian Express and The Times of India and a Minister of Communications and Information Technology in the Vajpayee Ministry (1998–2004). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arun Shourie has received more than 888,020 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Arun Shourie is the 17,488th most popular politician (down from 16,362nd in 2019), the 955th most popular biography from India (down from 860th in 2019) and the 260th most popular Indian Politician.

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  • 890k

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  • 40.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arun Shourie ranks 17,488 out of 19,576. Before him are Beattie Ramsay, John Hickenlooper, Corinne Lepage, Marino Riccardi, Mário Centeno, and Paul Boffa. After him are Thomas François Burgers, Gao Zhisheng, Knut Holmann, Temir Sariyev, John J. Crittenden, and Hamza Abdi Barre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Arun Shourie ranks 602. Before him are Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, Dr. Demento, Frederick D. Gregory, David Darling, Hugo Berly, and Sushilkumar Shinde. After him are Yasmeen Lari, Bobby Goldsboro, Dipali Barthakur, Ellen Geer, Mel Winkler, and Rainer Simon.

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In India

Among people born in India, Arun Shourie ranks 955 out of 1,861. Before him are Brahmanandam (1956), Nimmi (1933), Bishan Singh Bedi (1946), Pankaj Udhas (1951), Mani Ratnam (1956), and Anushka Sharma (1988). After him are Usha Uthup (1947), Bipasha Basu (1979), Dipali Barthakur (1941), Ameesha Patel (1975), Geetanjali Shree (1957), and Leo Amery (1873).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Arun Shourie ranks 260. Before him are Asaf Ali (1888), Uma Bharti (1959), P. A. Sangma (1947), Sushilkumar Shinde (1941), Sikandar Jah (1768), and Raman Singh (1952). After him are Leo Amery (1873), Margaret Alva (1942), Priyanka Gandhi (1972), Vikas Swarup (1961), Aruna Roy (1946), and P. Chidambaram (1945).

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