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WRITER

M. Karunanidhi

1924 - 2018

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Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. He is popularly referred to as Kalaignar (Artist) and Mutthamizh Arignar (Tamil Scholar) for his contributions to Tamil literature. He had the longest intermittent tenure as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu with 6,863 days in office. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of M. Karunanidhi has received more than 6,892,292 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). M. Karunanidhi is the 2,462nd most popular writer (up from 2,525th in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from India (down from 264th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 3.25

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, M. Karunanidhi ranks 2,462 out of 5,755Before him are Uri Orlev, John Barth, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Savitri Devi, Neil Simon, and Roberto Calasso. After him are Chittaranjan Das, Jim Thompson, Ryōkan, Renée Vivien, George of Pisidia, and Carl Zuckmayer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, M. Karunanidhi ranks 157Before him are Ottmar Walter, Donatas Banionis, Mohammed Rafi, Margit Sandemo, David Cox, and Lubomír Štrougal. After him are Franco Basaglia, Johannes Mario Simmel, Max Roach, S. R. Nathan, Gevork Vartanian, and Haim Bar-Lev. Among people deceased in 2018, M. Karunanidhi ranks 137Before him are Đỗ Mười, Per Kirkeby, Oleg Tabakov, Margit Sandemo, Alexander Zakharchenko, and Neil Simon. After him are Azeglio Vicini, Vitaliy Masol, Katherine MacGregor, David Ogden Stiers, Philip Kerr, and Lisbeth Palme.

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In India

Among people born in India, M. Karunanidhi ranks 301 out of 1,493Before him are Dhirubhai Ambani (1932), Irrfan Khan (1967), Matsyendranatha (901), M. N. Roy (1887), Gupta (240), and Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921). After him are Chittaranjan Das (1869), Baba Amte (1914), Guru Hargobind (1595), Zail Singh (1916), Nargis (1929), and Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886).

Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, M. Karunanidhi ranks 49Before him are Idries Shah (1924), Zeb-un-Nissa (1638), Mir Taqi Mir (1723), Bhavabhuti (null), Jim Corbett (1875), and T. H. White (1906). After him are Chittaranjan Das (1869), Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886), Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Sumitranandan Pant (1900), Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908), and K. Shivaram Karanth (1902).