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Mulayam Singh Yadav

1939 - 2022

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Mulayam Singh Yadav (22 November 1939 – 10 October 2022) was an Indian politician, a socialist figure and founder of the Samajwadi Party. Over the course of his political career spanning more than six decades, he served for three terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and also as the Union Minister of Defence in the Government of India. A long-time parliamentarian, he was a seven-time Member of Parliament representing Mainpuri, Azamgarh, Sambhal and Kannauj constituencies in the Lok Sabha, a ten-time member of the Legislative Assembly, member of the Legislative Council and the Leader of Opposition several times as well. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mulayam Singh Yadav has received more than 4,499,968 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Mulayam Singh Yadav is the 9,566th most popular politician (up from 12,019th in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from India (up from 433rd in 2019) and the 112th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mulayam Singh Yadav ranks 9,566 out of 19,576. Before him are Pellegrino Rossi, Giorgio Almirante, Manuel González Flores, Lorenzo Celsi, Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Svetozar Pribićević. After him are George Tupou II, Alexander of Pherae, Peter II of Cyprus, Adolf Wagner, Chunghye of Goryeo, and Pietro IV Candiano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Mulayam Singh Yadav ranks 189. Before him are Peppino di Capri, Marlena Shaw, Lili Ivanova, Paul Winfield, Festus Mogae, and Dezső Novák. After him are José Antonio Abreu, Fred Willard, Jack Lang, Rosanna Schiaffino, Brian Mulroney, and Zeng Qinghong. Among people deceased in 2022, Mulayam Singh Yadav ranks 167. Before him are Jimmy Wang Yu, Kunimitsu Takahashi, Birju Maharaj, Patrick Demarchelier, Fred Brooks, and Maryan Wisniewski. After him are Fidel Ramos, Ciriaco De Mita, Alec John Such, Vadim Bakatin, Yi-Fu Tuan, and Earnie Shavers.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mulayam Singh Yadav ranks 337 out of 1,861. Before him are Birju Maharaj (1937), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), Shashi Kapoor (1938), Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), Rakesh Sharma (1949), and Anish Kapoor (1954). After him are Vikram Sarabhai (1919), Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), Wilfred Bion (1897), Jim Corbett (1875), Sanjay Gandhi (1946), and Pulakeshin II (610).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Mulayam Singh Yadav ranks 112. Before him are Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921), Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), Sikandar Lodi (1450), Bahubali (null), Rajnath Singh (1951), and Lakshmi Sahgal (1914). After him are Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), Sanjay Gandhi (1946), Guru Hargobind (1595), Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905), Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1864), and Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725).

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