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Bhupen Hazarika

1926 - 2011

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Bhupen Hazarika (Assamese: [bʱupɛn ɦazɔɹika] ) (8 September 1926 – 5 November 2011) was an Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet, actor, artist, editor, filmmaker, professor and politician from Assam, widely known as Sudha Kontho (meaning cuckoo, literally "nectar-throated"). His songs were written and sung mainly in the Assamese language by himself, are marked by humanity and universal brotherhood and have been translated and sung in many languages, most notably in Bengali and Hindi. His songs, based on the themes of communal amity, universal justice and empathy, are especially popular among the people of Assam, West Bengal and Bangladesh. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bhupen Hazarika has received more than 2,743,625 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Bhupen Hazarika is the 2,796th most popular actor (up from 3,785th in 2019), the 398th most popular biography from India (up from 456th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Indian Actor.

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  • 2.7M

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  • 50.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bhupen Hazarika ranks 2,796 out of 9,996. Before him are Nick Cassavetes, Chris Hardwick, Victor Wong, Mai Zetterling, Heike Makatsch, and Greta Schröder. After him are Adriana Barraza, Kristina Wayborn, Adam Cheng, Ioan Gruffudd, Fahriye Evcen, and Alexis Bledel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Bhupen Hazarika ranks 219. Before him are Fernando J. Corbató, Johanna Quandt, Julie Adams, Bal Thackeray, Julio Pérez, and Richard Yates. After him are Carl Adam Petri, William Porter, Christine Jorgensen, Ibrahim Nasir, Allan Sandage, and Otto Graf Lambsdorff. Among people deceased in 2011, Bhupen Hazarika ranks 190. Before him are Anatole Abragam, Pak Seung-zin, Ida Fink, Peter Gethin, Thor Vilhjálmsson, and Christiane Desroches Noblecourt. After him are José Alencar, Hind Rostom, Shigeo Yaegashi, Vang Pao, Josefa Iloilo, and Robert Ettinger.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bhupen Hazarika ranks 398 out of 1,493. Before him are Malik Kafur (1250), Shibli Nomani (1857), Ivan Dias (1936), Orde Wingate (1903), Man Singh I (1550), and Anish Kapoor (1954). After him are Satya Nadella (1967), Asima Chatterjee (1917), Sundar Pichai (1972), B. D. Jatti (1912), Bhimsen Joshi (1922), and Ibn Warraq (1946).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Bhupen Hazarika ranks 28. Before him are Rajesh Khanna (1942), Prakash Raj (1965), Vidya Balan (1979), Mala Sinha (1936), Anil Kapoor (1956), and Rishi Kapoor (1952). After him are Anupam Kher (1955), Sabu Dastagir (1924), Priyanka Chopra (1982), Madhubala (1933), Kajol (1974), and Vijay (1974).

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