RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Begum Samru

1746 - 1836

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Joanna Nobilis Sombre (c. 1753 – 27 January 1836), popularly known as Begum Samru (née Farzana Zeb un-Nissa), a convert Catholic Christian, started her career as a nautch (dancing) girl in 18th century India, and eventually became the ruler of Sardhana, a small principality (jagir) near Meerut. She was the head of a professionally trained mercenary army, inherited from her European mercenary husband, Walter Reinhardt Sombre. This mercenary army consisted of Europeans and Indians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Begum Samru has received more than 381,321 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Begum Samru is the 3,084th most popular religious figure (down from 2,714th in 2019), the 1,097th most popular biography from India (down from 913th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Indian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Begum Samru ranks 3,084 out of 3,187. Before her are Herbert Vaughan, Joseph Parecattil, Joseph Bernardin, Kent Hovind, Bashar Warda, and Patrick Joseph Hayes. After her are Krzysztof Charamsa, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Anthony Bevilacqua, Robert Barron, Wulfstan, and Lučka Kajfež Bogataj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1746, Begum Samru ranks 39. Before her are André Thouin, Louise du Pierry, James Wyatt, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Peter Jacob Hjelm, and Henry Grattan.  Among people deceased in 1836, Begum Samru ranks 53. Before her are Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Charles Wilkins, Emily Donelson, Dániel Berzsenyi, John Pond, and Tenskwatawa.

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In India

Among people born in India, Begum Samru ranks 1,097 out of 1,861. Before her are Jyotiraditya Scindia (1971), Sohrab Modi (1897), Ajith Kumar (1971), Bharati Mukherjee (1940), Deepak Tijori (1961), and Leela Chitnis (1909). After her are Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920), Lara Dutta (1978), Rahul Dravid (1973), Parveen Sultana (1950), Karnam Malleswari (1975), and Toru Dutt (1856).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Begum Samru ranks 61. Before her are Simon Pimenta (1920), Baselios Cleemis (1959), Ravi Zacharias (1946), Varkey Vithayathil (1927), Filipe Neri Ferrão (1953), and Joseph Parecattil (1912). After her are Antony Padiyara (1921), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1990), and Archana Soreng (1996).

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