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Bodawpaya

1745 - 1819

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Bodawpaya (Burmese: ဘိုးတော်ဘုရား, pronounced [bódɔ̀ pʰəjá]; Thai: ปดุง; 11 March 1745 – 5 June 1819) was the sixth king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma. Born Maung Shwe Waing and later Badon Min, he was the fourth son of Alaungpaya, founder of the dynasty and the Third Burmese Empire. He was proclaimed king after deposing his nephew Phaungkaza Maung Maung, son of his eldest brother Naungdawgyi, at Ava. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bodawpaya has received more than 164,077 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Bodawpaya is the 8,319th most popular politician (up from 9,371st in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Myanmar (Burma) and the 17th most popular Burmese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bodawpaya ranks 8,319 out of 19,576Before him are Levan Tediashvili, Serdar Berdimuhamedow, Nicole Fontaine, József Antall, Muhammad Shah, and George Grenville. After him are Pyotr Chaadayev, Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Duke Philipp of Württemberg, Félix Malloum, William II, Duke of Apulia, and Blanche of Navarre, Countess of Champagne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Bodawpaya ranks 27Before him are Jens Juel, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Denis Fonvizin, Maxim Berezovsky, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, and Isaac Titsingh. After him are Caspar Wessel, Olaudah Equiano, Johann Peter Frank, François-Jean de la Barre, Antonio José Cavanilles, and Gim Hongdo. Among people deceased in 1819, Bodawpaya ranks 17Before him are Erik Acharius, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Sophie Blanchard, and Alexander Andreyevich Baranov. After him are Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, Abbé Faria, Alexander Tormasov, Johann Peter Beaulieu, Johan David Åkerblad, and John Playfair.

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In Myanmar (Burma)

Among people born in Myanmar (Burma), Bodawpaya ranks 20 out of 40Before him are Htin Kyaw (1946), Diana Abgar (1859), Thibaw Min (1859), Tabinshwehti (1516), Mindon Min (1808), and Saki (1870). After him are Nick Drake (1948), S. N. Goenka (1924), Myint Swe (1951), Ba Maw (1893), Soe Win (1947), and Saw Maung (1928).

Among POLITICIANS In Myanmar (Burma)

Among politicians born in Myanmar (Burma), Bodawpaya ranks 17Before him are Anawrahta (1015), Htin Kyaw (1946), Diana Abgar (1859), Thibaw Min (1859), Tabinshwehti (1516), and Mindon Min (1808). After him are Myint Swe (1951), Ba Maw (1893), Soe Win (1947), Saw Maung (1928), Bagyidaw (1784), and Khin Nyunt (1939).