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Nain Singh

1830 - 1882

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Nain Singh (21 October 1830 – 1 February 1882), also known as Nain Singh Rawat, was one of the first Indian explorers (dubbed "pundits") employed by the British to explore the Himalayas and Central Asia. He came from the Johar Valley in Kumaon. He surveyed the trade route through Ladakh to Tibet, determined the location and altitude of Lhasa in Tibet, and surveyed a large section of Brahmaputra. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nain Singh has received more than 73,328 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Nain Singh is the 468th most popular explorer, the 820th most popular biography from India and the 4th most popular Indian Explorer.

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  • 15

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  • 2.32

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  • 2.54

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Nain Singh ranks 468 out of 498. Before him are Henry Seebohm, Thomas Button, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Anthony de la Roché, Ranulph Fiennes, and Henry Robertson Bowers. After him are Tom Crean, Oscar Baumann, George Grey, Jan Carstenszoon, Hubert Wilkins, and Tryggve Gran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Nain Singh ranks 73. Before him are Henry Bird, John Moresby, Emily Davies, Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual, Abraham Jacobi, and Oliver Otis Howard. After him are Harriet Hosmer, Helen Hunt Jackson, Belva Ann Lockwood, Frederic Moore, John Douglas, and Ezra Meeker. Among people deceased in 1882, Nain Singh ranks 74. Before him are William Barton Rogers, William Harrison Ainsworth, James Challis, William Shanks, Francisco Javier Zaldúa, and Joaquim Manuel de Macedo. After him are Thomas Romney Robinson, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Hablot Knight Browne, Francis Maitland Balfour, John Scott Russell, and Edward Bouverie Pusey.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nain Singh ranks 820 out of 1,861. Before him are Anjali Devi (1927), Gauri Khan (1970), Ismail Merchant (1936), Jagdish Bhagwati (1934), Romila Thapar (1931), and Jamnalal Bajaj (1889). After him are Madhavrao Scindia (1945), Manorama (1937), Vani Jairam (1945), Smita Patil (1955), Lalita Pawar (1916), and Nirmala Deshpande (1929).

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Among EXPLORERS In India

Among explorers born in India, Nain Singh ranks 4. Before him are Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (1858), Tim Severin (1940), and Charles Sturt (1795).

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