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Margaret Alva

1942 - Today

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Margaret Nazareth Alva (born 14 April 1942) is an Indian politician. She served as the 17th Governor of Goa, 23rd Governor of Gujarat, 19th Governor of Rajasthan and 4th Governor of Uttarakhand at various times between 2009 and 2014. She has formerly served as the Cabinet Minister. She took over in Rajasthan from the Punjab governor, Shivraj Patil, who had been holding an additional charge of that state. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Margaret Alva is the 17,707th most popular politician (down from 17,579th in 2024), the 1,001st most popular biography from India (down from 973rd in 2019) and the 249th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Margaret Alva ranks 17,707 out of 19,576. Before her are Varun Gandhi, Adrian Zandberg, Witold Waszczykowski, Haroun Kabadi, James Seddon, and Gabrielius Landsbergis. After her are Michelle Lujan Grisham, Gustavo Adrianzén, Vicente Ehate Tomi, Rosario Fernández, Edna Adan Ismail, and Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Margaret Alva ranks 694. Before her are Adrian Metcalfe, Mario Savio, Dick Butkus, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Gene Okerlund, and Ruben Kun. After her are Connie Hawkins, Betsey Johnson, Bobby Rydell, Elvin Bishop, Gerry Marsden, and Lee Greenwood.

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In India

Among people born in India, Margaret Alva ranks 1,001 out of 1,861. Before her are Geeta Bali (1930), Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910), Kapil Dev (1959), Anuradha Paudwal (1954), Varun Gandhi (1980), and Mira Nair (1957). After her are Nimmi (1933), Ravindra Kelekar (1925), Richard Allen (1902), Nasir Hussain (1931), Kishori Amonkar (1932), and Murli Manohar Joshi (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Margaret Alva ranks 249. Before her are Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (1915), Maneka Gandhi (1956), Leo Amery (1873), Arun Jaitley (1952), Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910), and Varun Gandhi (1980). After her are Murli Manohar Joshi (1934), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (1959), Manohar Lal Khattar (1954), Nitin Gadkari (1957), Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (1944), and N. Biren Singh (1961).

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