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Harihara I

1336 - 1356

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Harihara I, also called Hakka and Vira Harihara I, was the founder of the Vijayanagara Empire, which he ruled from 1336 to 1356 CE. He and his successors formed the Sangama dynasty, the first of four dynasties to rule the empire. He was the eldest son of Bhavana Sangama, the chieftain of a cowherd pastoralist community, who claimed Yadava descent.The early life of Hakka and his brother Bukka is relatively unknown and most accounts are based on various speculative theories. According to the theories Bukka and Hakka were commanders in the army of the Kakatiya King of Warangal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harihara I has received more than 436,652 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Harihara I is the 12,490th most popular politician (down from 11,175th in 2019), the 470th most popular biography from India and the 149th most popular Indian Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Over the past year Harihara I has had the most page views in the with 58,780 views, followed by Hindi (9,183), and Kannada (5,214). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kannada (39.23%), Malayalam (36.83%), and Ukrainian (27.78%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harihara I ranks 12,490 out of 19,576. Before him are Rafael Paasio, Bobby Seale, Zhang Dejiang, Edmund Randolph, Lajin, and Gyula Kállai. After him are Appius Claudius Pulcher, Fred Thompson, Nicaea of Macedon, Alexander Protopopov, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, and Oda of Haldensleben.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1336, Harihara I ranks 8. Before him are Stefan Uroš V, Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, Philip, Duke of Orléans, Olivier V de Clisson, Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Hồ Quý Ly.  Among people deceased in 1356, Harihara I ranks 7. Before him are Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut, Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, Lippo Memmi, Walter VI, Count of Brienne, Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, and Giovanni Gradenigo.

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In India

Among people born in India, Harihara I ranks 470 out of 1,861. Before him are Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), Janaki Ammal (1897), John Frost (1912), Amrit Kaur (1889), Kamala Nehru (1899), and Brian Horrocks (1895). After him are Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), Faizi (1547), Ivan Dias (1936), Madhuri Dixit (1967), Girija Devi (1929), and Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Harihara I ranks 149. Before him are Jhalkaribai (1830), Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), Fatima Sheikh (1831), Jaswant Singh (1938), Chand Bibi (1550), and Amrit Kaur (1889). After him are Rajaram I (1670), Balaji Vishwanath (1662), Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (1884), Mamata Banerjee (1955), Sharad Pawar (1940), and Kumaragupta I (400).

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