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K. Kamaraj

1903 - 1975

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Kumaraswami Kamaraj (15 July 1903 – 2 October 1975), popularly known as Kamarajar was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the Chief Minister of Madras from 13 April 1954 to 2 October 1963. He also served as the president of the Indian National Congress between 1964–1967 and was responsible for the elevation of Lal Bahadur Shastri and later Indira Gandhi to the position of Prime Minister of India, because of which he was widely acknowledged as the "Kingmaker" in Indian politics during the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of K. Kamaraj has received more than 4,487,873 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). K. Kamaraj is the 8,995th most popular politician (down from 7,818th in 2019), the 306th most popular biography from India (down from 248th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, K. Kamaraj ranks 8,995 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Sergei Stepashin, Maria Komnene, Queen of Hungary, Maria Antonia of Austria, Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, and Farabundo Martí. After him are Erato of Armenia, Avram Iancu, Antonio Venier, Karel Kramář, Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, and Paul Giesler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, K. Kamaraj ranks 126. Before him are Flaminio Bertoni, Steven Runciman, Candido Portinari, Cigerxwîn, Gregory Goodwin Pincus, and Amy Johnson. After him are Boris Blacher, Florence Owens Thompson, Grigori Aleksandrov, Alf Sjöberg, Nikolay Cherkasov, and Abba P. Lerner. Among people deceased in 1975, K. Kamaraj ranks 86. Before him are William A. Wellman, Cannonball Adderley, Ma Bufang, Lung Chien, Ezzard Charles, and Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. After him are Richard Conte, Boris Blacher, Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Sam Giancana, Kazimierz Fajans, and Joseph Laniel.

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In India

Among people born in India, K. Kamaraj ranks 306 out of 1,861. Before him are Michael Radford (1946), Harilal Gandhi (1888), M. Karunanidhi (1924), Savitri (1936), Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952), and Asha Bhosle (1933). After him are Zail Singh (1916), Telesphore Toppo (1939), Chandra Shekhar (1927), Rajinikanth (1950), Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861), and Vallabha (1479).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, K. Kamaraj ranks 102. Before him are P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), Alamgir II (1699), Hyder Ali (1720), Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886), M. S. Swaminathan (1925), and Nana Sahib (1824). After him are Zail Singh (1916), Chandra Shekhar (1927), Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861), Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921), Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), and Sikandar Lodi (1450).

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