1920 - 1972
Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (Nepali: श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज महेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव), (11 June 1920 – 31 January 1972) was the ninth King of Nepal from 13 March 1955 until his death in 1972, which was due to heart attack as told in an interview by his personal physician Dr. Mrigendra Raj Pandey. Following the 1960 coup d'état, he established the partyless Panchayat system which governed the country for 28 years until the introduction of multiparty democracy in 1990. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahendra of Nepal has received more than 836,535 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Mahendra of Nepal is the 10,517th most popular politician (down from 9,686th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Nepal (down from 17th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Nepalese Politician.
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Among politicians, Mahendra of Nepal ranks 10,517 out of 15,577. Before him are Cirilo Antonio Rivarola, Abu Inan Faris, Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Phila, and Pyotr Saltykov. After him are I. K. Gujral, Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha, Imad Mughniyah, Antonio Venier, Hydarnes, and Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg.
1836 - 1878
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 10,511
1329 - 1358
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 10,512
1599 - 1656
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 10,513
1757 - 1844
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 10,514
400 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 10,515
1698 - 1772
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 10,516
1920 - 1972
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 10,517
1919 - 2012
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 10,518
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 10,519
1962 - 2008
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 10,520
1330 - 1400
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 10,521
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 10,522
1879 - 1964
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 10,523
Among people born in 1920, Mahendra of Nepal ranks 182. Before him are Cornelius Ryan, Lewis Gilbert, William Conrad, Milton George Henschel, José Gonzalvo, and George Shultz. After him are Jack Lord, Patrick Troughton, Fons Rademakers, Leo McKern, Fiorenzo Magni, and Koichi Tohei. Among people deceased in 1972, Mahendra of Nepal ranks 108. Before him are František Čáp, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Roberto Clemente, Bruce Cabot, Miriam Hopkins, and Prince William of Gloucester. After him are Friedrich Christiansen, Alfons Gorbach, Maximus V of Constantinople, Ennio Flaiano, Cecil Day-Lewis, and Max Aub.
1920 - 1974
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 176
1920 - 2018
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 177
1920 - 1994
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 178
1920 - 2003
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 179
1920 - 1978
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 180
1920 - 2021
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 181
1920 - 1972
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 182
1920 - 1998
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 183
1920 - 1987
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 184
1920 - 2007
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 185
1920 - 2002
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 186
1920 - 2012
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 187
1920 - 2011
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 188
1913 - 1972
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 102
1926 - 1972
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 103
1934 - 1972
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 104
1904 - 1972
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 105
1902 - 1972
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 106
1941 - 1972
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 107
1920 - 1972
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 108
1879 - 1972
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 109
1898 - 1972
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 110
1897 - 1972
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 111
1910 - 1972
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 112
1904 - 1972
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 113
1909 - 1972
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 114
Among people born in Nepal, Mahendra of Nepal ranks 21 out of 55. Before him are Ram Baran Yadav (1948), Anuruddha (-450), Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (1980), Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814), Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909), and Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946). After him are Suman Pokhrel (1967), Tribhuvan of Nepal (1906), Jung Bahadur Rana (1817), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Bhimsen Thapa (1775), and Sushil Koirala (1939).
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 15
450 BC - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 16
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 17
1814 - 1868
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 18
1909 - 1959
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 19
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 20
1920 - 1972
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 21
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 22
1906 - 1955
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 23
1817 - 1877
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 24
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 25
1775 - 1839
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 26
1939 - 2016
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 27
Among politicians born in Nepal, Mahendra of Nepal ranks 10. Before him are Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723), Birendra of Nepal (1945), Bidhya Devi Bhandari (1961), Ram Baran Yadav (1948), Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (1980), and Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946). After him are Tribhuvan of Nepal (1906), Jung Bahadur Rana (1817), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Bhimsen Thapa (1775), Sushil Koirala (1939), and Dipendra of Nepal (1971).
1723 - 1775
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 4
1945 - 2001
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 5
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 7
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 8
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 9
1920 - 1972
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 10
1906 - 1955
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 11
1817 - 1877
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 12
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 13
1775 - 1839
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 14
1939 - 2016
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 15
1971 - 2001
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 16