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Meira Kumar

1945 - Today

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Meira Kumar (born 31 March 1945) is an Indian politician and former diplomat. A member of the Indian National Congress, she was the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2004 to 2009, the Minister of Water Resources for a brief period in 2009. She served as the 15th Speaker of Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014, being the first woman to hold the post. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meira Kumar has received more than 1,805,876 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Meira Kumar is the 13,086th most popular politician (down from 13,065th in 2019), the 509th most popular biography from India (down from 502nd in 2019) and the 160th most popular Indian Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 4.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Meira Kumar ranks 13,086 out of 19,576. Before her are Manius Acilius Glabrio, Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Orso II Participazio, Krikor Zohrab, Pheidon, and Izmail Sreznevsky. After her are Haruo Remeliik, Marcus Vinicius, George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Durgabai Deshmukh, Mir Qasim, and Charilaus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Meira Kumar ranks 347. Before her are Pakalitha Mosisili, Gianni Amelio, Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, David Sanborn, Kent Karlsson, and Azim Premji. After her are Alan Ball Jr., Steinar Amundsen, Burt Ward, Walter Momper, Celestino Aós Braco, and Marino Basso.

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In India

Among people born in India, Meira Kumar ranks 509 out of 1,861. Before her are Gangubai Hangal (1913), Dara Singh (1928), Azim Premji (1945), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), and K. Sivan (1957). After her are Durgabai Deshmukh (1909), Islam Shah Suri (1510), N. R. Narayana Murthy (1946), Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940), Erick Avari (1952), and Derek Prince (1915).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Meira Kumar ranks 160. Before her are Sharad Pawar (1940), Kumaragupta I (400), Balaji Baji Rao (1720), Surendranath Banerjee (1848), H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), and K. Sivan (1957). After her are Durgabai Deshmukh (1909), Islam Shah Suri (1510), Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923), Kalyan Singh (1932), Mayawati (1956), and Alivardi Khan (1671).

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