SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Devdas Gandhi

1900 - 1957

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Devdas Mohandas Gandhi (22 May 1900 – 3 August 1957) was the fourth and youngest son of Mahatma Gandhi. He was born in the Colony of Natal and came to India with his parents as a grown man. He became active in his father's movement, spending many terms in jail. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Devdas Gandhi has received more than 2,366,392 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Devdas Gandhi is the 516th most popular social activist (down from 442nd in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 107th in 2019) and the 7th most popular South African Social Activist.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Devdas Gandhi ranks 516 out of 840. Before him are William Luther Pierce, Helene Stöcker, Gunnar Sønsteby, Jerry Rubin, Ivan Betskoy, and Yun Hyon-seok. After him are Grey Owl, Lucy Parsons, Fazu Aliyeva, Alfreda Markowska, Sakine Cansız, and Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Devdas Gandhi ranks 239. Before him are Konrad Granström, John C. Slater, Mikel Koliqi, Cecil Griffiths, Frederick Terman, and Elizabeth Goudge. After him are Konrad Hirsch, Ernie Pyle, Christian Matras, Nikolai Pogodin, Alice Neel, and Zenón Noriega Agüero. Among people deceased in 1957, Devdas Gandhi ranks 177. Before him are Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Roger Vercel, Mikhail Gnessin, Wyndham Lewis, Carl Størmer, and Percy Hobart. After him are Anna Haava, Alfredo Gollini, Ken Wharton, Zenón Noriega Agüero, Jimmy Dorsey, and Ernesto Chaparro.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Devdas Gandhi ranks 119 out of 454. Before him are John McDowell (1942), Sharlto Copley (1973), Denis Goldberg (1933), Pik Botha (1932), Louisa Bolus (1877), and Francois Pienaar (1967). After him are Tom Naudé (1889), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Gerald Dreyer (1929), Cecil Kellaway (1890), Ramdas Gandhi (1897), and Kevin Curren (1958).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In South Africa

Among social activists born in South Africa, Devdas Gandhi ranks 7. Before him are Nelson Mandela (1918), Steve Biko (1946), Frances Ames (1920), Evelyn Mase (1922), Ted Grant (1913), and Denis Goldberg (1933). After him are Ramdas Gandhi (1897), Albertina Sisulu (1918), Bram Fischer (1908), Beyers Naudé (1915), Lillian Ngoyi (1911), and Kumi Naidoo (1965).

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