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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Dashrath Manjhi

1934 - 2007

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Dashrath Manjhi (14 January 1934 – 17 August 2007), also known as Mountain Man, was an Indian laborer from Gehlaur village, near Gaya in the eastern state of Bihar. When his wife died in 1959 due to injury caused by falling from a mountain and due to the same mountain blocking easy access to a nearby hospital in time, he decided to carve a 110 meter-long (360 ft), 9.1 meter-wide (30 ft) wide and 7.7 meter-deep (25 ft) path through a ridge of hills using only a hammer and a chisel. After 22 years of work, Dashrath shortened travel between the Atri and Wazirganj blocks of Gaya district from 55 km to 15 km. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dashrath Manjhi has received more than 4,038,569 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Dashrath Manjhi is the 1,516th most popular religious figure (down from 1,449th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from India (down from 271st in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Dashrath Manjhi ranks 1,516 out of 2,238. Before him are Anthony of Kiev, Maurice Bavaud, Sobekemsaf II, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Colette of Corbie, and Modestus of Jerusalem. After him are Dobri Dobrev, Kōdō Sawaki, Kaundinya, Arp Schnitger, Bashar ibn Burd, and Rahotep.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Dashrath Manjhi ranks 154. Before him are Audre Lorde, Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, Nadine Trintignant, Dionigi Tettamanzi, Waldo Machado, and Alexandra Ripley. After him are Pierre Clastres, Nino Ferrer, Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Wilford Brimley, Eileen Atkins, and Lucien Muller. Among people deceased in 2007, Dashrath Manjhi ranks 121. Before him are Delbert Mann, Tikhon Khrennikov, Aaron Russo, Viliam Schrojf, Wolfgang Iser, and Benjamin Libet. After him are Antonio Aguilar, Michael Jackson, Arawa Kimura, Lee Hazlewood, Malietoa Tanumafili II, and Fernando Fernán Gómez.

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In India

Among people born in India, Dashrath Manjhi ranks 275 out of 1,493. Before him are Jahandar Shah (1661), Mahinda (-285), Mir Taqi Mir (1723), Wilfred Bion (1897), Khudiram Bose (1889), and Ratan Tata (1937). After him are P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), Madhava of Sangamagrama (1350), Amrapali (-450), Skandagupta (500), Dadasaheb Phalke (1870), and Bhavabhuti (null).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Dashrath Manjhi ranks 33. Before him are Guru Angad (1504), Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856), Parshvanatha (-872), Zakir Naik (1965), Guru Amar Das (1479), and Mahinda (-285). After him are Matsyendranatha (901), Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), Abbé Faria (1756), Joseph Vaz (1651), Swaminarayan (1781), and Ivan Dias (1936).

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