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Jyoti Basu

1914 - 2010

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Jyoti Basu (born Jyotirindra Basu; 8 July 1914 – 17 January 2010) was an Indian Marxist theorist, communist activist, and politician. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Communist movement in India. He served as the 6th and longest serving Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jyoti Basu has received more than 1,944,074 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Jyoti Basu is the 13,344th most popular politician (down from 13,055th in 2019), the 530th most popular biography from India (down from 501st in 2019) and the 167th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jyoti Basu ranks 13,344 out of 19,576. Before him are Taki Inoue, Benerib, Phormio, Clodovil Hernandes, Jiří Hájek, and Mart Siimann. After him are Princess Louisa of Great Britain, John Lilburne, Giuseppe Bottai, Philipp Etter, Eemil Nestor Setälä, and Puzur-Ashur II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jyoti Basu ranks 236. Before him are Carlo Biagi, Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Jo Cals, Marcel Kint, Jijé, and Victor Sen Yung. After him are Annemarie Selinko, Krishan Chander, Jack Cardiff, Hermínio de Brito, Helen Johns, and William Phillips. Among people deceased in 2010, Jyoti Basu ranks 230. Before him are Ed Roberts, Charles Mackerras, Loki Schmidt, Jacqueline de Romilly, George C. Williams, and Robert Byrd. After him are Kenneth Noland, Brian G. Marsden, Dezső Bundzsák, Chushiro Hayashi, Harry Vos, and Galimzyan Khusainov.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jyoti Basu ranks 530 out of 1,861. Before him are Jackie Shroff (1957), Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918), Boney Kapoor (1955), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), Alivardi Khan (1671), and Sabu Dastagir (1924). After him are Kātyāyana (-200), Amjad Khan (1940), Krishan Chander (1914), Mohan Bhagwat (1950), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (1959), and Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Jyoti Basu ranks 167. Before him are Durgabai Deshmukh (1909), Islam Shah Suri (1510), Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923), Kalyan Singh (1932), Mayawati (1956), and Alivardi Khan (1671). After him are Shivraj Singh Chouhan (1959), Jagjivan Ram (1908), Shahu I (1682), Vasundhara Raje (1953), Bhagwan Das (1869), and Shuja-ud-Daula (1732).

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