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Gopalkrishna Gandhi

1945 - Today

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Gopalkrishna Devadas Gandhi (born 22 April 1945) is a former administrator and diplomat who served as the 22nd Governor of West Bengal serving from 2004 to 2009. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji). As a former IAS officer he served as Secretary to the President of India and as High Commissioner to South Africa and Sri Lanka, among other administrative and diplomatic posts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gopalkrishna Gandhi has received more than 1,439,133 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gopalkrishna Gandhi is the 18,066th most popular politician (down from 17,037th in 2019), the 1,072nd most popular biography from India (down from 1,003rd in 2019) and the 283rd most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gopalkrishna Gandhi ranks 18,066 out of 19,576. Before him are Marat Khusnullin, Nasir-ud-Daulah, Charlie Baker, Yelena Serova, Tom Harkin, and Nancy Kassebaum. After him are Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Rafael Pascual, Nadezhda Neynsky, Roscoe Conkling, Sophia Duleep Singh, and Margaret Heckler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Gopalkrishna Gandhi ranks 673. Before him are Tinnu Anand, Sandy Berger, Stephen Schneider, Harriet Miers, David Dukes, and Charlie Robinson. After him are Anne Waldman, Damien Magee, Sheela, Mick Jones, John Garamendi, and Brian McGuire.

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In India

Among people born in India, Gopalkrishna Gandhi ranks 1,072 out of 1,861. Before him are Arjun Rampal (1972), Philip Herbert Cowell (1870), Poonam Dhillon (1962), Nasir-ud-Daulah (1794), Anushka Shetty (1981), and Alok Nath (1956). After him are Bhavana (1986), Tamannaah (1989), Om Birla (1962), Rohit Sharma (1987), Leander Paes (1973), and Mahima Chaudhry (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Gopalkrishna Gandhi ranks 283. Before him are Ravi Shastri (1962), Harkishan Singh Surjeet (1916), Manohar Parrikar (1955), Ahmed Patel (1949), Akhilesh Yadav (1973), and Nasir-ud-Daulah (1794). After him are Om Birla (1962), Rohit Sharma (1987), Jyotiraditya Scindia (1971), Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920), Savitri Jindal (1940), and Raghubar Das (1955).

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