1905 - 2004
Mulk Raj Anand (12 December 1905 – 28 September 2004) was an Indian writer in English, recognised for his depiction of the lives of the poorer castes in traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo-Anglian fiction, he, together with R. K. Narayan, Ahmad Ali and Raja Rao, was one of the first India-based writers in English to gain an International readership. Anand is admired for his novels and short stories, which have acquired the status of classics of modern Indian English literature; they are noted for their perceptive insight into the lives of the oppressed and for their analysis of impoverishment, exploitation and misfortune. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mulk Raj Anand has received more than 1,565,184 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Mulk Raj Anand is the 5,552nd most popular writer (down from 5,165th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 96th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Pakistani Writer.
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Among writers, Mulk Raj Anand ranks 5,552 out of 5,755. Before him are Wendela Hebbe, Patricia Wrightson, Ben Shapiro, Terry Bisson, Bess Meredyth, and Javed Akhtar. After him are Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Andrew Davies, Malcolm Bradbury, Eliza Acton, Thomas Hood, and Kaifi Azmi.
1808 - 1899
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 5,546
1921 - 2010
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 5,547
1984 - Present
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 5,548
1942 - 2024
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 5,549
1890 - 1969
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 5,550
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 5,551
1905 - 2004
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 5,552
1941 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 5,553
1936 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 5,554
1932 - 2000
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 5,555
1799 - 1859
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 5,556
1799 - 1845
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 5,557
1919 - 2002
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 5,558
Among people born in 1905, Mulk Raj Anand ranks 327. Before him are Meade Lux Lewis, Antal Kocsis, Jacques Mairesse, Helen Sawyer Hogg, Chick Webb, and Lev Arnshtam. After him are Kay Francis, Leroy Carr, Robert Bacher, Tommy Flowers, Tex Ritter, and Eleanor Audley. Among people deceased in 2004, Mulk Raj Anand ranks 253. Before him are Raja Ramanna, Shirley Strickland, Alexey Korneyev, Lennart Strand, Julius Sang, and Vilayat Khan. After him are Jacek Kaczmarski, Nirupa Roy, Robert Bacher, Bill Pickering, Alan King, and Kamisese Mara.
1905 - 1964
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 321
1905 - 1994
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 322
1905 - 1940
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 323
1905 - 1993
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 324
1905 - 1939
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 325
1905 - 1979
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 326
1905 - 2004
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 327
1905 - 1968
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 328
1905 - 1935
HPI: 42.13
Rank: 329
1905 - 2004
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 330
1905 - 1998
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 331
1905 - 1974
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 332
1905 - 1991
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 333
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 247
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 248
1939 - 2004
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 249
1921 - 2004
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 250
1946 - 2004
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 251
1928 - 2004
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 252
1905 - 2004
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 253
1957 - 2004
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 254
1931 - 2004
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 255
1905 - 2004
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 256
1910 - 2004
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 257
1927 - 2004
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 258
1920 - 2004
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 259
Among people born in Pakistan, Mulk Raj Anand ranks 88 out of 180. Before him are Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944), Shekhar Kapur (1945), Khushwant Singh (1915), Ramanand Sagar (1917), Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (1893), and Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929). After him are Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902), Sadhana Shivdasani (1941), Iqbal Masih (1983), Shaukat Aziz (1949), and Prem Chopra (1935).
1944 - 2020
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 82
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 83
1915 - 2014
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 84
1917 - 2005
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 85
1893 - 1985
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 86
1929 - 2021
HPI: 42.35
Rank: 87
1905 - 2004
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 88
1941 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 89
1902 - 1968
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 90
1941 - 2015
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 91
1983 - 1995
HPI: 41.35
Rank: 92
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 93
1935 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 94
Among writers born in Pakistan, Mulk Raj Anand ranks 10. Before him are Amrita Pritam (1919), Krishna Sobti (1925), Rahman Baba (1632), Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), Tariq Ali (1943), and Khushwant Singh (1915). After him are Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), Parveen Shakir (1952), Hamid Mir (1966), Kamila Shamsie (1973), Nadeem Aslam (1966), and Mohsin Hamid (1971).
1919 - 2005
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 4
1925 - 2019
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 5
1632 - 1706
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 6
1911 - 1984
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 7
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 8
1915 - 2014
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 9
1905 - 2004
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 10
1941 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 11
1952 - 1994
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 12
1966 - Present
HPI: 33.78
Rank: 13
1973 - Present
HPI: 31.17
Rank: 14
1966 - Present
HPI: 27.62
Rank: 15
1971 - Present
HPI: 26.62
Rank: 16