1884 - 1940
Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV (Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ ನಾಲ್ವಡಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣರಾಜ ಒಡೆಯರು; 4 June 1884 – 3 August 1940) was the twenty-fourth Maharaja of Mysore, reigning from 1902 until his death in 1940. Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV is popularly deemed a rajarshi, or 'saintly king', a moniker with which Mahatma Gandhi revered the king in 1925 for his administrative reforms and achievements. He was a philosopher king, seen by Paul Brunton as living the ideal expressed in Plato's Republic. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV has received more than 694,101 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV is the 11,532nd most popular politician (up from 12,678th in 2019), the 414th most popular biography from India (up from 507th in 2019) and the 136th most popular Indian Politician.
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Among politicians, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV ranks 11,532 out of 15,577. Before him are Jaswant Singh, Ada, Countess of Holland, Franco Maria Malfatti, Pope Heraclas of Alexandria, Yahya ibn al-Qasim, and Patsy Reddy. After him are Adam Gottlob Moltke, Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Hermann Muhs, Nicolò Contarini, and Ayub Khan.
1938 - 2020
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 11,526
1188 - 1223
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 11,527
1927 - 1991
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 11,528
180 - 248
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 11,529
850 - 904
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 11,530
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 11,531
1884 - 1940
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 11,532
1710 - 1792
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 11,533
1640 - 1660
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 11,534
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 11,535
1894 - 1962
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 11,536
1553 - 1631
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 11,537
1857 - 1914
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 11,538
Among people born in 1884, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV ranks 114. Before him are Santiago Casares Quiroga, Angelos Sikelianos, Henri Queuille, Ali Aaltonen, Juhan Aavik, and Burrill Bernard Crohn. After him are Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, David Bergelson, Agus Salim, Axel Ljung, Martin Klein, and Jack Greenwell. Among people deceased in 1940, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV ranks 109. Before him are Janina Lewandowska, Tom Mix, Phoebus Levene, Raymond Smith Dugan, Silvestre Revueltas, and Fanny Brate. After him are Mikhail Koltsov, Umberto Caligaris, Maciej Rataj, Gheorghe Argeșanu, Kamal-ol-molk, and Georgios Tsitas.
1884 - 1950
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 108
1884 - 1951
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 109
1884 - 1970
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 110
1884 - 1918
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 111
1884 - 1982
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 112
1884 - 1983
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 113
1884 - 1940
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 114
1884 - 1948
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 115
1884 - 1952
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 116
1884 - 1954
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 117
1884 - 1938
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 118
1884 - 1947
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 119
1884 - 1942
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 120
1908 - 1940
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 103
1880 - 1940
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 104
1869 - 1940
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 105
1878 - 1940
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 106
1899 - 1940
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 107
1861 - 1940
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 108
1884 - 1940
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 109
1898 - 1940
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 110
1901 - 1940
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 111
1884 - 1940
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 112
1883 - 1940
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 113
1848 - 1940
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 114
1872 - 1940
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 115
Among people born in India, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV ranks 414 out of 1,493. Before him are Brian Horrocks (1895), Sabu Dastagir (1924), Bhāskara I (600), Priyanka Chopra (1982), Balaji Vishwanath (1662), and Jaswant Singh (1938). After him are C. N. Annadurai (1909), Madhubala (1933), Kajol (1974), Prince Vijaya (-543), Sucheta Kriplani (1908), and Vijay (1974).
1895 - 1985
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 408
1924 - 1963
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 409
600 - 680
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 410
1982 - Present
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 411
1662 - 1720
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 412
1938 - 2020
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 413
1884 - 1940
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 414
1909 - 1969
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 415
1933 - 1969
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 416
1974 - Present
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 417
543 BC - 504 BC
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 418
1908 - 1974
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 419
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 420
Among politicians born in India, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV ranks 136. Before him are Bal Thackeray (1926), Malik Kafur (1250), Man Singh I (1550), B. D. Jatti (1912), Balaji Vishwanath (1662), and Jaswant Singh (1938). After him are C. N. Annadurai (1909), Prince Vijaya (-543), Sucheta Kriplani (1908), M. S. Swaminathan (1925), Jayalalithaa (1948), and Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939).
1926 - 2012
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 130
1250 - 1316
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 131
1550 - 1614
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 132
1912 - 2002
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 133
1662 - 1720
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 134
1938 - 2020
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 135
1884 - 1940
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 136
1909 - 1969
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 137
543 BC - 504 BC
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 138
1908 - 1974
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 139
1925 - 2023
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 140
1948 - 2016
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 141
1939 - 2022
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 142