WRITER

Begum Rokeya

1880 - 1932

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Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (9 December 1880 – 9 December 1932), commonly known as Begum Rokeya, was a prominent Bengali feminist thinker, writer, educator and political activist from British India. She is widely regarded as a pioneer of women's liberation in Bangladesh and India. She advocated for men and women to be treated equally as rational beings, noting that the lack of education for women was responsible for their inferior economic position. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Begum Rokeya has received more than 922,987 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Begum Rokeya is the 1,897th most popular writer (up from 2,509th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Bangladesh (up from 13th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bangladeshi Writer.

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  • 920k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Begum Rokeya ranks 1,897 out of 7,302. Before her are Henrik Wergeland, Uri Orlev, Brian Aldiss, Augustin Barruel, Valery Bryusov, and Nora Ephron. After her are Colin Wilson, Luis de León, José de Espronceda, Voltairine de Cleyre, Erinna, and Khushal Khattak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Begum Rokeya ranks 72. Before her are Jan Kubelík, Vasily Degtyaryov, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Alice Bailey, Fethi Okyar, and Broncho Billy Anderson. After her are Ida Dalser, Leon Rupnik, Joseph Trumpeldor, Ivar Kreuger, Tod Browning, and Sholem Asch. Among people deceased in 1932, Begum Rokeya ranks 40. Before her are Ahmed Shawqi, Guillaume Bigourdan, Alexander Grin, Johannes Schober, Hovannes Adamian, and Emil Orlík. After her are Ovide Decroly, Reginald Fessenden, Ramon Casas, Ivar Kreuger, John Philip Sousa, and José Félix Uriburu.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Begum Rokeya ranks 11 out of 74. Before her are Sheikh Hasina (1947), Abdul Hamid (1944), Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858), Chandragupta I (250), William Beveridge (1879), and Mohammed Shahabuddin (1949). After her are Zillur Rahman (1929), Ziaur Rahman (1936), Chittaranjan Das (1869), Meghnad Saha (1893), Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894), and Iajuddin Ahmed (1931).

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Among WRITERS In Bangladesh

Among writers born in Bangladesh, Begum Rokeya ranks 2. Before her are Sri Chinmoy (1931). After her are Chittaranjan Das (1869), Mahasweta Devi (1926), Taslima Nasrin (1962), Humayun Ahmed (1948), Kamini Roy (1864), Shankha Ghosh (1932), Sufia Kamal (1911), Ahmed Sofa (1943), Avijit Roy (1972), and Mamunul Haque (1973).

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