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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Jayaprakash Narayan

1902 - 1979

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Jayaprakash Narayan Srivastava (; 11 October 1902 – 8 October 1979), who is popularly referred to as JP or Lok Nayak (Hindi for "People's leader"), was an Indian independence activist, theorist, socialist and political leader. He is largely remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and called 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 3,227,206 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Jayaprakash Narayan is the 217th most popular social activist (up from 269th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from India (up from 295th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jayaprakash Narayan ranks 217 out of 538Before him are Sergei Kovalev, Vandana Shiva, C. Rajagopalachari, Jacques Vergès, Huber Matos, and David Lane. After him are Nayirah testimony, Cassivellaunus, Sophia Perovskaya, Hanns Martin Schleyer, Kartini, and Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Jayaprakash Narayan ranks 91Before him are Lyubov Orlova, Bruno Streckenbach, Toyen, Léon M'ba, Cesare Zavattini, and Gertrud Scholtz-Klink. After him are Wifredo Lam, Hans von Dohnanyi, George Gaylord Simpson, Charan Singh, Albert Forster, and Thelma Ritter. Among people deceased in 1979, Jayaprakash Narayan ranks 75Before him are Richard Rodgers, Gio Ponti, Yukio Tsuda, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Jean-Marie Villot, and Nereo Rocco. After him are Yvonne de Gaulle, Barbara Hutton, Joseph Kessel, Darryl F. Zanuck, Larisa Shepitko, and Carlo Abarth.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jayaprakash Narayan ranks 217 out of 1,493Before him are Anandi Gopal Joshi (1865), Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942), Raja Ravi Varma (1848), Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907), and Hyder Ali (1720). After him are Mithun Chakraborty (1950), Henry McMahon (1862), Surdas (1478), Anna Mani (1918), Tilopa (928), and Rajaraja I (947).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Jayaprakash Narayan ranks 14Before him are Vinoba Bhave (1895), Mangal Pandey (1827), Kittur Chennamma (1778), Kailash Satyarthi (1954), Vandana Shiva (1952), and C. Rajagopalachari (1878). After him are Anna Hazare (1937), Khudiram Bose (1889), Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842), M. N. Roy (1887), Baba Amte (1914), and Harilal Gandhi (1888).