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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 as a 1556–1562 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 2,366,350 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Birbal is the 8,764th most popular politician (down from 6,704th in 2019), the 292nd most popular biography from India (down from 191st in 2019) and the 94th most popular Indian Politician.

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  • 21

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Birbal ranks 8,764 out of 15,577. Before him are Yusuf II, Almohad caliph, Rainulf Drengot, George I of Georgia, Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha, Gaius Julius Verus Maximus, and Eudokia, wife of Constantine V. After him are Rajaram I, Wo Ding, Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg, Emilio Portes Gil, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, and Elisabeth of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1528, Birbal ranks 14. Before him are Theodor de Bry, Paolo Boi, Henri Estienne, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Andrey Kurbsky, and Francisco Guerrero. After him are Juan de Garay, Claude Le Jeune, António Ferreira, Adam Lonicer, Benito Arias Montano, and Rémy Belleau. Among people deceased in 1586, Birbal ranks 12. Before him are Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Primož Trubar, Luis de Morales, Philip Sidney, and Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt. After him are Ignazio Danti, 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 292 out of 1,493. Before him are T. H. White (1906), Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820), Asha Bhosle (1933), Lindsay Anderson (1923), Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), and Rishabhanatha (null). After him are Rajaram I (1670), Mohammed Rafi (1924), Dhirubhai Ambani (1932), Irrfan Khan (1967), Matsyendranatha (901), and M. N. Roy (1887).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Birbal ranks 94. Before him are Jahandar Shah (1661), P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), Amrapali (-450), Skandagupta (500), Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820), and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900). After him are Rajaram I (1670), Gupta (240), Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921), Guru Hargobind (1595), Zail Singh (1916), and Govind Ballabh Pant (1887).

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