SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Jayaprakash Narayan

1902 - 1979

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Jayaprakash Narayan Srivastava (; 11 October 1902 – 8 October 1979), also known as JP and Lok Nayak (Hindi for "People's leader"), was an Indian politician, theorist and independence activist. He is mainly remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and calling for her overthrow in a "total revolution". In 1999, Narayan was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in recognition of his social service. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jayaprakash Narayan has received more than 3,584,345 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jayaprakash Narayan is the 234th most popular social activist (down from 217th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from India (down from 214th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jayaprakash Narayan ranks 234 out of 840. Before him are Eunus, Haim Arlosoroff, Édouard René de Laboulaye, Ludolf von Alvensleben, C. Rajagopalachari, and Kate Sheppard. After him are Viktors Arājs, Simon bar Giora, Nimr al-Nimr, W. E. B. Du Bois, Marina Ginestà, and David Riazanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Jayaprakash Narayan ranks 92. Before him are Hans Bellmer, Jean Rey, Giuseppe Pella, Cesare Zavattini, Albert Bormann, and Therese Brandl. After him are Darryl F. Zanuck, Santos Iriarte, Jan Tschichold, Elsa Lanchester, Abraham Wald, and Nicolás Guillén. Among people deceased in 1979, Jayaprakash Narayan ranks 76. Before him are Jean-Marie Villot, Stein Rokkan, Gio Ponti, Carlo Abarth, Yvonne de Gaulle, and Victoria Ocampo. After him are Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph Kessel, Henrich Focke, Waldemar de Brito, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, and Walther Gerlach.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jayaprakash Narayan ranks 239 out of 1,861. Before him are Shah Alam II (1728), Jahandar Shah (1661), Aamir Khan (1965), C. Rajagopalachari (1878), Kadambini Ganguly (1861), and Jahanara Begum (1614). After him are Ratan Tata (1937), Meher Baba (1894), Shantanu (null), Surdas (1478), Mir Jafar (1691), and Liaquat Ali Khan (1895).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Jayaprakash Narayan ranks 16. Before him are Mangal Pandey (1827), Kittur Chennamma (1778), Kailash Satyarthi (1954), Khudiram Bose (1889), Anna Hazare (1937), and C. Rajagopalachari (1878). After him are Vandana Shiva (1952), Harilal Gandhi (1888), Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842), Aruna Asaf Ali (1909), Baba Amte (1914), and M. N. Roy (1887).

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