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WRITER

Bano Qudsia

1928 - 2017

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Bano Qudsia (Urdu: بانو قدسیہ‎; 28 November 1928 – 4 February 2017), also known as Bano Aapa, was a Pakistani novelist, playwright and spiritualist. She wrote literature in Urdu, producing novels, dramas plays and short stories. Qudsia is best recognized for her novel Raja Gidh. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bano Qudsia has received more than 421,482 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Bano Qudsia is the 5,764th most popular writer, the 763rd most popular biography from India and the 101st most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bano Qudsia ranks 5,764 out of 5,755Before her are Christopher Moore, Dominique Bona, Kiera Cass, Kari Hotakainen, David Gerrold, and Lester Bangs. After her are Dejan Ajdačić, Joyce Cary, Anderson Cooper, Paul Scott, Dan Houser, and Paul Klebnikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Bano Qudsia ranks 481Before her are Keely Smith, Ferenc Juhász, Serge Blusson, Cynthia Ozick, Jimmy Dean, and Andrew Sarris. After her are Hap Sharp, Ernestine Anderson, Samuel Adler, Harold Prince, Allen Stack, and Vince Edwards. Among people deceased in 2017, Bano Qudsia ranks 509Before her are Muhal Richard Abrams, Benjamin Whitrow, Gianuario Carta, Erin Moran, Jerry Pournelle, and George Steele. After her are Graham Taylor, Viktor Kupreichik, Nicole Bricq, Aleksandr Salnikov, Adolph Kiefer, and Stephen Furst.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bano Qudsia ranks 763 out of 1,493Before her are Gauri Khan (1970), Monier Monier-Williams (1819), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (1959), MS Dhoni (1981), John Abraham (1972), and Boman Irani (1959). After her are M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Maneka Gandhi (1956), Narain Karthikeyan (1977), Abhay Ashtekar (1949), Vikram Seth (1952), and Smita Patil (1955).

Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Bano Qudsia ranks 101Before her are Pratibha Ray (1944), Javed Akhtar (1945), Kaifi Azmi (1919), Ruskin Bond (1934), Ravindra Prabhat (1969), and Fareed Zakaria (1964). After her are Vikram Seth (1952), Ram Swarup (1920), Nayantara Sahgal (1927), Rahat Indori (1950), Rohinton Mistry (1952), and Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944).