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Birbal

1528 - 1586

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Mahesh Das (Hindi pronunciation: [məɦeːɕə d̪ɑːsə]; 1528 – 16 February 1586), popularly known by his title Raja Birbal (lit. 'The Quick Thinker'), was an Indian minister and commander of the Mughal Empire. He is mostly known in the Indian subcontinent for the folk tales which focus on his wit. He was appointed by Akbar and was one of his most important courtiers, part of a group called the navaratnas (nine jewels). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Birbal has received more than 2,467,469 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Birbal is the 8,201st most popular politician (up from 8,737th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from India (up from 289th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Birbal ranks 8,201 out of 19,576. Before him are Maria of Trebizond, Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart, Teimuraz I of Kakheti, Tirimüjgan Kadın, Clarice de' Medici, and Andrey Razumovsky. After him are Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Prince Paul of Württemberg, Kjell Magne Bondevik, Ariarathes VII of Cappadocia, Jambyn Batmönkh, and Henry Berengar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1528, Birbal ranks 12. Before him are Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Catharina van Hemessen, Theodor de Bry, Henri Estienne, Paolo Boi, and Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga. After him are Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Andrey Kurbsky, Francisco Guerrero, Juan de Garay, Claude Le Jeune, and Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1586, Birbal ranks 10. Before him are Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Primož Trubar, and Luis de Morales. After him are Ignazio Danti, Philip Sidney, Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Martín de Azpilcueta, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, and Adam Lonicer.

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In India

Among people born in India, Birbal ranks 276 out of 1,861. Before him are Tilopa (928), Baji Rao I (1700), Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918), C. N. Annadurai (1909), Dhirubhai Ambani (1932), and Jaya Bachchan (1948). After him are Bhupen Hazarika (1926), Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820), Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908), Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910), and Hemachandra (1089).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Birbal ranks 92. Before him are Sanghamitta (-281), Farrukhsiyar (1685), Velu Nachiyar (1730), Akbar II (1760), Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918), and C. N. Annadurai (1909). After him are Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820), Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910), P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), Alamgir II (1699), and Hyder Ali (1720).

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