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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

1924 - 1988

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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani military officer who served as the 6th president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death in 1988. He rose to prominence after leading a coup on 5 July 1977, which overthrew the democratically elected government of prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Zia subsequently imposed martial law, suspended the constitution, and served as chief martial law administrator before assuming the presidency. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq has received more than 4,250,206 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq is the 5,978th most popular politician (down from 4,397th in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from India (down from 142nd in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Indian Politician.

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was a Pakistani general and politician who served as the President of Pakistan from 1978 until 1988. He is most famous for his role in the military coup of 1977, which overthrew the democratically elected government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ranks 5,978 out of 19,576. Before him are Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania, Pacorus I, Leo V, King of Armenia, Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria, Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, and Almazbek Atambayev. After him are Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, Sobekhotep IV, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Gaafar Nimeiry, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, and Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ranks 91. Before him are Matthäus Hetzenauer, Ottmar Walter, Paul Desmond, Arthur Danto, Vasil Bykaŭ, and Leonid Kogan. After him are Jacques Vergès, Roza Shanina, Tengiz Abuladze, Robert Frank, Noboru Takeshita, and Marina Berti. Among people deceased in 1988, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ranks 56. Before him are René Char, Bacha Khan, Isamu Noguchi, Antonín Puč, Dino Grandi, and Heo Jeong. After him are Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás, John Carradine, George Uhlenbeck, Sergey Gorshkov, Vladimír Menšík, and Lev Pontryagin.

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In India

Among people born in India, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ranks 201 out of 1,861. Before him are Amrish Puri (1932), Hema Malini (1948), Andal (800), Kuvempu (1904), Pushyamitra Shunga (-300), and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703). After him are Thiruvalluvar (350), Feroze Gandhi (1912), Ram Narayan (1927), Guru Angad (1504), Parshvanatha (-872), and Morarji Desai (1896).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ranks 62. Before him are James Brooke (1803), Khaleda Zia (1945), Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), M. Visvesvaraya (1861), Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621), and Pushyamitra Shunga (-300). After him are Feroze Gandhi (1912), Morarji Desai (1896), Charan Singh (1902), Tarabai (1675), Ibrahim Lodi (1450), and Rajendra Chola I (1000).

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