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Bahubali

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Bahubali (IAST: Bāhubalī, lit. 'one with strong arms') was the son of Rishabhanatha (the first tirthankara of Jainism) and the brother of the chakravartin Bharata. He is a revered figure in Jainism. He is said to have meditated motionless for 12 years in a standing posture (kayotsarga), with climbing plants having grown around his legs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bahubali has received more than 5,317,729 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Bahubali is the 9,343rd most popular politician (down from 8,080th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from India (down from 257th in 2019) and the 109th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bahubali ranks 9,343 out of 19,576Before him are Nicolás Bravo, Edith Head, Cai Yuanpei, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, Titus Annius Milo, and Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are John I, Duke of Saxony, Princess Marie Louise of Hanover, Vyacheslav Kebich, Hayır Bey, Olympias II of Epirus, and Louis Michel.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bahubali ranks 324 out of 1,861Before him are T. H. White (1906), Mastani (1699), Rambhadracharya (1950), Sikandar Lodi (1450), Puneeth Rajkumar (1975), and Bhāskara I (600). After him are Girish Karnad (1938), Abbé Faria (1756), Viswanathan Anand (1969), Abanindranath Tagore (1871), Tatya Tope (1814), and Rajnath Singh (1951).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Bahubali ranks 109Before him are Zail Singh (1916), Chandra Shekhar (1927), Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861), Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921), Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), and Sikandar Lodi (1450). After him are Rajnath Singh (1951), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939), Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), Sanjay Gandhi (1946), and Guru Hargobind (1595).