1927 - 2007
Chandra Shekhar Singh ( 1 July 1927 – 8 July 2007) was an Indian politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991. He headed a minority government of a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal with outside support from the Indian National Congress. He was the first Indian Prime Minister who had never held any Government office.His government was largely seen as a "puppet" and "lame duck", and the government was formed with the fewest party MPs in the Lok Sabha. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chandra Shekhar has received more than 1,897,472 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Chandra Shekhar is the 9,134th most popular politician (up from 9,873rd in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from India (up from 307th in 2019) and the 94th most popular Indian Politician.
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Among politicians, Chandra Shekhar ranks 9,134 out of 15,710. Before him are Peter I, Count of Alençon, Wang Can, Hōjō Tokimasa, Michael Dukakis, Julie Payette, and Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. After him are King Jing of Zhou, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, Francisco León de la Barra, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Appius Claudius Pulcher, and Fujiwara no Fuhito.
1251 - 1284
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 9,128
177 - Present
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 9,129
1138 - 1215
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 9,130
1933 - Present
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 9,131
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 9,132
1980 - Present
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 9,133
1927 - 2007
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 9,134
550 BC - 477 BC
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 9,135
1804 - 1856
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 9,136
1863 - 1939
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 9,137
1871 - 1955
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 9,138
97 BC - 48 BC
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 9,139
659 - 720
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 9,140
Among people born in 1927, Chandra Shekhar ranks 157. Before him are Carlos Romero, Vladimir Ilyushin, Mikhail Ulyanov, Kenneth Anger, Albert Zafy, and Neil Simon. After him are David Hedison, Jack Cassidy, Paul Volcker, Patti Page, Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, and Joe Turkel. Among people deceased in 2007, Chandra Shekhar ranks 141. Before him are Henri Debehogne, Dabbs Greer, Dashrath Manjhi, Ivica Račan, Andranik Margaryan, and Barbara West. After him are Bo Yibo, Ladislav Adamec, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gian Carlo Menotti, Andrej Kvašňák, and Alice Coltrane.
1927 - 1999
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 151
1927 - 2010
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 152
1927 - 2007
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 153
1927 - Present
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 154
1927 - 2017
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 155
1927 - 2018
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 156
1927 - 2007
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 157
1927 - 2019
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 158
1927 - 1976
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 159
1927 - 2019
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 160
1927 - 2013
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 161
1927 - 1985
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 162
1927 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 163
1928 - 2007
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 135
1917 - 2007
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 136
1934 - 2007
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 137
1944 - 2007
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 138
1949 - 2007
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 139
1911 - 2007
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 140
1927 - 2007
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 141
1908 - 2007
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 142
1926 - 2007
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 143
1925 - 2007
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 144
1911 - 2007
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 145
1936 - 2007
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 146
1937 - 2007
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 147
Among people born in India, Chandra Shekhar ranks 288 out of 1,227. Before him are Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), Shah Alam II (1728), Skandagupta (500), Sukhdev Thapar (1907), Akbar II (1760), and Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907). After him are Joanna Lumley (1946), Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910), P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), M. Visvesvaraya (1861), Rani Padmini (null), and Jacques Lauriston (1768).
1930 - 2019
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 282
1728 - 1806
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 283
500 - 467
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 284
1907 - 1931
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 285
1760 - 1837
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 286
1907 - 2003
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 287
1927 - 2007
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 288
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 289
1910 - 2009
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 290
1921 - 2004
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 291
1861 - 1962
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 292
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 293
1768 - 1828
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 294
Among politicians born in India, Chandra Shekhar ranks 94. Before him are Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886), Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), Shah Alam II (1728), Skandagupta (500), Sukhdev Thapar (1907), and Akbar II (1760). After him are Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910), P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), M. Visvesvaraya (1861), Rani Padmini (null), Jacques Lauriston (1768), and Harilal Gandhi (1888).
1886 - 1967
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 88
1930 - 2019
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 89
1728 - 1806
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 90
500 - 467
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 91
1907 - 1931
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 92
1760 - 1837
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 93
1927 - 2007
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 94
1910 - 2009
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 95
1921 - 2004
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 96
1861 - 1962
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 97
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 98
1768 - 1828
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 99
1888 - 1948
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 100