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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

1944 - 2024

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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (1 March 1944 – 8 August 2024) was an Indian communist politician and a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), who served as the 7th Chief Minister of West Bengal from 2000 to 2011. In a political career over five decades, he became one of the senior leaders of Communist Party of India (Marxist) during his regime. Bhattacharjee was known for his relatively open policies regarding business, in contrast with the previous financial policies of the CPI(M), which were primarily anti-capitalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has received more than 1,105,554 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is the 17,164th most popular politician, the 901st most popular biography from India and the 247th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ranks 17,164 out of 19,576. Before him are Doris Bures, Franca Falcucci, Parviz Davoodi, Ilan Gilon, David Marshall, and Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría. After him are Neville Cenac, Mike Gravel, Gaylord Nelson, Bakhytzhan Sagintayev, Anuradha Koirala, and Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ranks 683. Before him are Rúben Bareño, John Komlos, Mario Tullio Montano, Parmanand Jha, Dieter Grahn, and Eddie Keizan. After him are Andrew Davis, Loren Shriver, Peter Giles, Washington Rodríguez, Avinash Dixit, and Carl Pomerance. Among people deceased in 2024, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ranks 403. Before him are Charles Dierkop, Sartaj Aziz, Gordon Bell, Phelekezela Mphoko, Bob Love, and David Walker. After him are Ecaterina Oancia, Andrew Davis, José Carlos de Almeida, Steve Albini, Terry Griffiths, and Göran Hagberg.

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In India

Among people born in India, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ranks 901 out of 1,861. Before him are Gulshan Kumar (1956), Surekha Sikri (1945), Ravi Zacharias (1946), Narain Karthikeyan (1977), Tapan Sinha (1924), and Teejan Bai (1956). After him are Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734), Aasif Mandvi (1966), Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938), Kaifi Azmi (1919), Sushmita Sen (1975), and Balbir Singh Sr. (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ranks 247. Before him are Annapurna Devi (1927), Nitin Gadkari (1957), Krishan Kant (1927), Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1919), Mridula Sinha (1942), and Parmanand Jha (1944). After him are Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734), Balram Jakhar (1923), Nandini Satpathy (1931), Uddhav Thackeray (1960), V. K. Sasikala (1954), and Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (1972).

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