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Chandra Shekhar

1927 - 2007

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Chandra Shekhar (17 April 1927 – 8 July 2007), known as Jananayak, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chandra Shekhar has received more than 2,623,791 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Chandra Shekhar is the 9,419th most popular politician (down from 9,118th in 2019), the 325th most popular biography from India (down from 288th in 2019) and the 104th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chandra Shekhar ranks 9,419 out of 15,577. Before him are Jenny Longuet, Sanna Marin, Sanjō Sanetomi, Erik Axelsson Tott, Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Kuber. After him are José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Bernardino Drovetti, Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern, Brihadratha Maurya, and Ikunum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Chandra Shekhar ranks 143. Before him are Yutaka Taniyama, Vittorio Gregotti, Stanisław Kania, Martin Walser, Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, and Albert Zafy. After him are Per Oscarsson, Marianne Fredriksson, Gisèle Halimi, Franciszek Macharski, Yitzhak Hofi, and Lyudmila Alexeyeva. Among people deceased in 2007, Chandra Shekhar ranks 139. Before him are Ivica Račan, Osvaldo Cavandoli, Alfonso López Michelsen, George Tabori, Evel Knievel, and Holden Roberto. After him are Eleonora Rossi Drago, Marianne Fredriksson, Sa'dun Hammadi, Igor Moiseyev, Soe Win, and Henri Debehogne.

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In India

Among people born in India, Chandra Shekhar ranks 325 out of 1,493. Before him are Pran (1920), Rash Behari Bose (1886), K. Shivaram Karanth (1902), Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), Debendranath Tagore (1817), and Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855). After him are Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952), Rana Sanga (1482), U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932), Kamala Sohonie (1912), Rani Padmini (null), and Mad Mike Hoare (1919).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Chandra Shekhar ranks 104. Before him are Guru Hargobind (1595), Zail Singh (1916), Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), Jahanara Begum (1614), and Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930). After him are Rana Sanga (1482), Rani Padmini (null), Rajendra Chola I (1000), Alamgir II (1699), Lahiri Mahasaya (1828), and Iskander Mirza (1899).

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