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Khushwant Singh

1915 - 2014

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Khushwant Singh (born Khushal Singh, 2 February 1915 – 20 March 2014) was an Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician. His experience in the 1947 Partition of India inspired him to write Train to Pakistan in 1956 (made into film in 1998), which became his most well-known novel. Born in Punjab, Khushwant Singh was educated in Modern School, New Delhi, St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khushwant Singh has received more than 2,669,059 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Khushwant Singh is the 5,458th most popular writer (down from 4,941st in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 81st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Pakistani Writer.

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  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Khushwant Singh ranks 5,458 out of 5,755. Before him are Nedim Gürsel, Alex Garland, Rói Patursson, Ali Smith, Adelaide Anne Procter, and Alasdair Gray. After him are Leon Kruczkowski, Kjell Espmark, Mary Oliver, Philip Agee, Lydie Salvayre, and Vincenzo Consolo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Khushwant Singh ranks 232. Before him are Barnard Hughes, Lars Ahlin, Hanka Bielicka, Godfrey Brown, Heinrich Albertz, and Ran Laurie. After him are Joe Mantell, Vincent Persichetti, William Hopper, Dan Dailey, Tomás Fernández, and Simo Puupponen. Among people deceased in 2014, Khushwant Singh ranks 397. Before him are Klaus Schmidt, Patrice Wymore, Henry Hartsfield, Ibrahim Touré, Göte Hagström, and Gyula Sax. After him are Georg Stollenwerk, Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Carmen Zapata, Jürgen Kurbjuhn, Lynsey de Paul, and Miloslava Rezková.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Khushwant Singh ranks 84 out of 180. Before him are Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932), Shahid Khan (1950), Noor Jehan (1926), Balraj Sahni (1913), Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944), and Shekhar Kapur (1945). After him are Ramanand Sagar (1917), Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (1893), Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929), Mulk Raj Anand (1905), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Khushwant Singh ranks 9. Before him are Khushal Khattak (1613), Amrita Pritam (1919), Krishna Sobti (1925), Rahman Baba (1632), Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), and Tariq Ali (1943). After him are Mulk Raj Anand (1905), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), Parveen Shakir (1952), Hamid Mir (1966), Kamila Shamsie (1973), and Nadeem Aslam (1966).

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