SINGER

Mahendra Kapoor

1934 - 2008

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Mahendra Kapoor (9 January 1934 – 27 September 2008) was an Indian playback singer. In a long career spanning decades, his repertoire included popular songs such as Chalo ekbaar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono (Gumrah) and Neele Gagan ke tale (Hamraaz). His name however became most closely associated with patriotic songs including Mere Desh Ki Dharti in Manoj Kumar's film Upkaar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahendra Kapoor has received more than 855,804 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Mahendra Kapoor is the 2,057th most popular singer (up from 2,143rd in 2019), the 877th most popular biography from India (down from 811th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Indian Singer.

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  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Mahendra Kapoor ranks 2,057 out of 4,381. Before him are Jain, Lee Donghae, Yodrak Salakjai, Jason Kouchak, Mary Costa, and Jack Jones. After him are Campino, Siobhan Fahey, David Ruffin, Bosson, Jam Master Jay, and Annie Haslam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Mahendra Kapoor ranks 519. Before him are Birutė Kalėdienė, Antonina Ryzhova, Maurice Norman, Jim Inhofe, Pratima Barua Pandey, and Guillermo Sepúlveda. After him are Janet Munro, Joe Williams, Sydney Schanberg, Ron Flowers, Peter Masterson, and Ed Flanders. Among people deceased in 2008, Mahendra Kapoor ranks 357. Before him are Sandy Allen, Choi Yo-sam, Stig Claesson, Joy Page, Yodrak Salakjai, and Studs Terkel. After him are Abby Mann, Harald Hein, Norman Dello Joio, Graham Higman, Vlado Taneski, and Péter Baczakó.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mahendra Kapoor ranks 877 out of 1,861. Before him are Huma Qureshi (1986), Kanu Sanyal (1928), P. Bhanumathi (1925), Arun Jaitley (1952), Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905), and Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944). After him are Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916), Annapurna Devi (1927), Nitin Gadkari (1957), Gita Mehta (1943), Krishan Kant (1927), and Sugata Mitra (1952).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Mahendra Kapoor ranks 26. Before him are Jasraj (1930), Peter Sarstedt (1941), Hemanta Mukherjee (1920), Vani Jairam (1945), Sonu Nigam (1973), and Pratima Barua Pandey (1934). After him are Bappi Lahiri (1952), Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi (1920), Gauhar Jaan (1873), Pankaj Udhas (1951), Usha Uthup (1947), and Dipali Barthakur (1941).

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