MILITARY PERSONNEL

Kanhoji Angre

1669 - 1729

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Kanhoji Angre ( koli [kanʱod͡ʒiː aːŋɡɾe]), also known as Conajee Angria or Sarkhel Angré (August 1669 – 4 July 1729) was a chief of the Maratha Navy in present-day India. Kanhoji became known for attacking and capturing European merchant ships and collecting jakat (known to locals as taxes), seen by Europeans traders and colonists as ransoming of their crews. British, Dutch and Portuguese ships often fell victims to these raids.Despite attempts by the Portuguese and British to put an end to his privateering activities, Angre continued to capture and collect jakat from European merchant ships until his death in 1729. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kanhoji Angre has received more than 550,639 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Kanhoji Angre is the 1,779th most popular military personnel (down from 1,375th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kanhoji Angres by language

Over the past year Kanhoji Angre has had the most page views in the with 54,317 views, followed by Marathi (14,885), and Hindi (5,612). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bengali (712.33%), Catalan (99.39%), and Ukrainian (91.18%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Kanhoji Angre ranks 1,779 out of 2,058. Before him are Paul von Plehwe, John Pope, Gustaf Dyrssen, Richard Bong, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, and Robert Anderson. After him are Yekaterina Zelenko, Irvin McDowell, Hans von Rosen, Constantine Diogenes, Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, and George W. Casey Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1669, Kanhoji Angre ranks 14. Before him are Davit Bek, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Sébastien Vaillant, Jacob Bruce, and Johann Nicolaus Bach.  Among people deceased in 1729, Kanhoji Angre ranks 21. Before him are Giacomo F. Maraldi, Attilio Ariosti, William Congreve, Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Richard Steele, and Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Anthony Collins, and Jean Hardouin.

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