Social Activist

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Second prime minister of India

1904 - 1966

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Lal Bahadur Shastri

His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2024). Lal Bahadur Shastri is the 163rd most popular social activist (down from 51st in 2024), the 192nd most popular biography from India (down from 51st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Social Activist.

Lal Bahadur Shastri is most famous for being the second Prime Minister of India. He was a leader of the Indian National Congress and is known for his work in the fields of agriculture and education.

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Lal Bahadur Shastri's biography appears in 67 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 95% of all Social Activists.

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Lal Bahadur Shastri ranks #192 among 2,312 people in Pantheon born in India, inside the top 9% of that group.

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Among Social Activists

Among social activists, Lal Bahadur Shastri ranks 163 out of 988. Before him are Soh Jaipil, Musa al-Sadr, Abimael Guzmán, Hilda Gadea, Amal Clooney, and David Lane. After him are Gangubai Kothewali, Frederick Douglass, Malala Yousafzai, Alexander Pechersky, Rigoberta Menchú, and Leila Khaled.

Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia

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Soh Jaipil
1864 - 1951
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 157
Musa al-Sadr
1928 - 1978
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 158
Abimael Guzmán
1934 - 2021
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 159
Hilda Gadea
1925 - 1974
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 160
Amal Clooney
1978 - Present
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 161
David Lane
1938 - 2007
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 162
Lal Bahadur Shastri
1904 - 1966
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 163
Gangubai Kothewali
1939 - 1977
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 164
Frederick Douglass
1818 - 1895
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 165
Malala Yousafzai
1997 - Present
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 166
Alexander Pechersky
1909 - 1990
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 167
Rigoberta Menchú
1959 - Present
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 168
Leila Khaled
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 169

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Lal Bahadur Shastri ranks 55. Before him are Héctor Castro, Clifford D. Simak, Otto Robert Frisch, František Plánička, Prince Ernst of Hohenberg, and Serge Lifar. After him are Luigi Dallapiccola, Moshé Feldenkrais, Peter Lorre, Henri Cartan, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, and Ba Jin. Among people deceased in 1966, Lal Bahadur Shastri ranks 50. Before him are Ludwig Binswanger, Elizabeth Arden, Cléo de Mérode, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Lao She, and Siegfried Kracauer. After him are Erwin Piscator, Jisaburō Ozawa, Evelyn Waugh, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Marguerite Long, and Sadao Araki.

Others Born in 1904

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Héctor Castro
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1960
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 49
Clifford D. Simak
WRITER
1904 - 1988
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 50
Otto Robert Frisch
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1979
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 51
František Plánička
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1996
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 52
Prince Ernst of Hohenberg
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1954
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 53
Serge Lifar
DANCER
1904 - 1986
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 54
Lal Bahadur Shastri
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1904 - 1966
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 55
Luigi Dallapiccola
COMPOSER
1904 - 1975
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 56
Moshé Feldenkrais
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1984
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 57
Peter Lorre
ACTOR
1904 - 1964
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 58
Henri Cartan
MATHEMATICIAN
1904 - 2008
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 59
Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta
COMPANION
1904 - 1974
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 60
Ba Jin
WRITER
1904 - 2005
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 61