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BP Koirala

1914 - 1982

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Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (Nepali: विश्वेश्वरप्रसाद कोइराला; 8 September 1914 – 21 July 1982), better known as B. P. Koirala (Nepali: बीपी कोइराला), was a Nepali revolutionary, political leader, and writer. He was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 1959 to 1960. He led the Nepali Congress, a social democratic political party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of BP Koirala has received more than 167,234 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). BP Koirala is the 14,125th most popular politician (down from 14,118th in 2019), the 588th most popular biography from India (down from 573rd in 2019) and the 181st most popular Indian Politician.

BP Koirala was a prominent Nepali politician, writer, and literary figure who is most famous for his contributions to Nepal's democracy movement and his role as the country's first democratically elected Prime Minister. He was a key figure in the Nepali Congress, the country's oldest political party, and played a crucial role in the establishment of Nepal as a constitutional monarchy. His literary works, which include novels, essays, and poems, are also widely acclaimed and have contributed to the development of Nepali literature.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, BP Koirala ranks 14,125 out of 19,576. Before her are Andrés Narvarte, Ranulf II of Aquitaine, Augusts Voss, Sadiq al-Mahdi, Walburga Habsburg Douglas, and Dorothea Köring. After her are Lucius Cassius Longinus, Syed Nazrul Islam, Klaus von Dohnanyi, Kassim Majaliwa, Mohammad Ali Bogra, and Wilhelm Matthias Naeff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, BP Koirala ranks 268. Before her are David Wayne, Karel Kolský, Mary Carlisle, Manlio Di Rosa, Carl Scarborough, and Yrjö Nikkanen. After her are Julián Marías, Giuseppe Caprio, Fumio Hayasaka, Eddie Chapman, Jeff Corey, and Amelia Bence. Among people deceased in 1982, BP Koirala ranks 185. Before her are Boris Andreyev, Tomás Romero Pereira, Hendrik Wade Bode, Percy Williams, Eino Penttilä, and Marie Rambert. After her are Victor Buono, Dominique Dunne, Virginia Hall, Marie Braun, Hércules de Miranda, and Victor Jory.

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In India

Among people born in India, BP Koirala ranks 588 out of 1,861. Before her are Charu Majumdar (1918), Kajal Aggarwal (1985), Cerverí de Girona (1259), Baji Rao II (1775), Sanjay Dutt (1959), and Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924). After her are Shudraka (500), George Fernandes (1930), Jaipal Singh Munda (1903), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), and Gopinath Bordoloi (1890).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, BP Koirala ranks 181. Before her are Margaret Abbott (1878), Mohammad Hamid Ansari (1937), Rahul Gandhi (1970), Sushma Swaraj (1952), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), and Baji Rao II (1775). After her are George Fernandes (1930), Jaipal Singh Munda (1903), Gopinath Bordoloi (1890), Purushottam Das Tandon (1882), Karamchand Gandhi (1822), and K. B. Hedgewar (1889).

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