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Maharana Pratap

1540 - 1597

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Pratap Singh I (9 May 1540 – 19 January 1597), popularly known as Maharana Pratap (IPA: [məɦaːˈɾaːɳaː pɾəˈtaːp] ), was king of the Kingdom of Mewar, in north-western India in the present-day state of Rajasthan, from 1572 until his death in 1597. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maharana Pratap has received more than 8,918,267 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Maharana Pratap is the 2,039th most popular politician (up from 2,658th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from India (up from 96th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Indian Politician.

Maharana Pratap was a Rajput king of Mewar who fought against the Mughal emperor Akbar. He is most famous for his victory in the Battle of Haldighati.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maharana Pratap ranks 2,039 out of 19,576. Before him are Mara Branković, Charles VIII of Sweden, Manfred, King of Sicily, Rajiv Gandhi, Afonso IV of Portugal, and Ali al-Sistani. After him are Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Dries van Agt, Ahaziah of Israel, Peter III of Portugal, Robert Fico, and Fahri Korutürk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1540, Maharana Pratap ranks 6. Before him are Francis Drake, François Viète, Ludolph van Ceulen, Charles II, Archduke of Austria, and John Sigismund Zápolya. After him are Joseph Justus Scaliger, Hümaşah Sultan, Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, Magnus, Duke of Holstein, Gasparo da Salò, and José de Acosta. Among people deceased in 1597, Maharana Pratap ranks 3. Before him are Willem Barentsz, and Hattori Hanzō. After him are Peter Canisius, Paulo Miki, Joseph of Anchieta, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Franciscus Patricius, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Edward Kelley, Barbara Blomberg, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

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In India

Among people born in India, Maharana Pratap ranks 70 out of 1,861. Before him are Aśvaghoṣa (80), Mumtaz Mahal (1593), Padmasambhava (717), Satyajit Ray (1921), Julie Christie (1940), and Rajiv Gandhi (1944). After him are Mahākāśyapa (-550), Sri Aurobindo (1872), Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Gerald Durrell (1925), Mithun Chakraborty (1950), and William Makepeace Thackeray (1811).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Maharana Pratap ranks 22. Before him are Tipu Sultan (1750), Vallabhbhai Patel (1875), Harsha (590), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), and Rajiv Gandhi (1944). After him are Sher Shah Suri (1486), Samudragupta (335), Rajendra Prasad (1884), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Bindusara (-320), and Ram Nath Kovind (1945).

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