WRITER

Gita Mehta

1943 - 2023

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Gita Mehta (née Patnaik; 12 December 1943 – 16 September 2023) was an Indian-American writer and documentary filmmaker. As a journalist and documentary filmmaker she frequently covered war and conflict including covering the Bangladesh liberation war of 1971. As an author she published five books which were translated into 21 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gita Mehta has received more than 582,592 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Gita Mehta is the 6,267th most popular writer, the 882nd most popular biography from India and the 118th most popular Indian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gita Mehta ranks 6,267 out of 7,302. Before her are Aleksandar Hemon, Philip G. Epstein, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, Derek Taylor, Lauren Weisberger, and Renata Viganò. After her are Athol Fugard, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, George Farquhar, Howard Jacobson, Mah Laqa Bai, and Róža Domašcyna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Gita Mehta ranks 650. Before her are Jackson C. Frank, Guillermo Yávar, Norman Thagard, Rolf Edling, James L. Jones, and Al Foster. After her are Pedro González, John Hunter, John Pendry, Lothar Kobluhn, Nicolae Pescaru, and Masushi Ouchi. Among people deceased in 2023, Gita Mehta ranks 546. Before her are José del Castillo, Hans-Werner Gessmann, Edward Ferry, Gordon Pinsent, James Hartle, and Shiro Hashizume. After her are David Singmaster, Valentin Yudashkin, Barrett Strong, Alistair Darling, Bert I. Gordon, and Stockton Rush.

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In India

Among people born in India, Gita Mehta ranks 882 out of 1,861. Before her are Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905), Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944), Mahendra Kapoor (1934), Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916), Annapurna Devi (1927), and Nitin Gadkari (1957). After her are Krishan Kant (1927), Sugata Mitra (1952), Mah Laqa Bai (1768), Simon Pimenta (1920), Fareed Zakaria (1964), and Norman Pritchard (1877).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Gita Mehta ranks 118. Before her are Gurdial Singh (1933), Bano Qudsia (1928), Ravindra Kelekar (1925), Vikram Seth (1952), Varsha Adalja (1940), and Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944). After her are Mah Laqa Bai (1768), Fareed Zakaria (1964), Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938), Kaifi Azmi (1919), Rahat Indori (1950), and Rohinton Mistry (1952).

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