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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 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 346,332 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Begum Samru is the 2,731st most popular religious figure (down from 2,217th in 2019), the 917th most popular biography from India (down from 779th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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  • 350k

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  • 35.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Begum Samru ranks 2,731 out of 2,238. Before her are Hamza Yusuf, Susan La Flesche Picotte, Anthony Bevilacqua, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Lučka Kajfež Bogataj, and Iván Rodríguez. After her are Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Corrado Lorefice, Antony Padiyara, Xuecheng, Asko Parpola, and Salvatore Cordileone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1746, Begum Samru ranks 35. Before her are Charles Cameron, Robert R. Livingston, Joachim Heinrich Campe, James Wyatt, Peter Jacob Hjelm, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.  Among people deceased in 1836, Begum Samru ranks 50. Before her are John Pond, William Elford Leach, Dániel Berzsenyi, Emily Donelson, Charles Wilkins, and Tenskwatawa.

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In India

Among people born in India, Begum Samru ranks 917 out of 1,493. Before her are Sonu Sood (1973), Soumya Swaminathan (1959), Yash Johar (1929), J. P. Nadda (1960), Ebrahim Alkazi (1925), and Ajit Pal Singh (1947). After her are Manohar Parrikar (1955), Asaduddin Owaisi (1969), Vikas Swarup (1961), Parveen Sultana (1950), Esther Victoria Abraham (1916), and Om Birla (1962).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Begum Samru ranks 60. Before her are Ravi Zacharias (1946), Wahiduddin Khan (1925), Simon Pimenta (1920), Chandramukhi Basu (1860), Joseph Parecattil (1912), and Varkey Vithayathil (1927). After her are Antony Padiyara (1921), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1990), and Archana Soreng (1996).

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