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Nalini Bala Devi

1898 - 1977

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Nalini Bala Devi (23 March 1898– 24 December 1977) was an Indian writer and poet of Assamese literature, known for nationalistic as well as mystical poetry. She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1957 for her contribution to literature, and 1968 she won the Sahitya Akademi Award given by Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters) for her poetry collection Alakananda. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nalini Bala Devi has received more than 119,493 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nalini Bala Devi is the 5,258th most popular writer, the 669th most popular biography from India and the 102nd most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nalini Bala Devi ranks 5,258 out of 7,302. Before her are Sara Paretsky, Jiang Rong, Jacques Laurent, Jean Clair, Petr Bezruč, and André Heller. After her are Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Edward Carpenter, Roshanara Begum, Julia Ward Howe, Tahar Djaout, and Władysław Broniewski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Nalini Bala Devi ranks 231. Before her are Arnold Chikobava, Eero Lehtonen, María Corda, David Toro, Oscar Homolka, and Fridrikh Ermler. After her are Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Maryse Bastié, Alfredo Duhalde, Charles Bouvier, Gregor Wentzel, and Ferreira de Castro. Among people deceased in 1977, Nalini Bala Devi ranks 204. Before her are Ethel Waters, William Castle, Adalbert Püllöck, David Toro, Ibrahim Biçakçiu, and Gérard Delbeke. After her are Sergei Lemeshev, Otto Andersson, Casimiro Torres, Prince Charles of Luxembourg, Jack Beresford, and Rudolf Cvetko.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nalini Bala Devi ranks 669 out of 1,861. Before her are Anandiben Patel (1941), Dimple Kapadia (1957), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924), Basawan (1560), and Balasaraswati (1918). After her are Roshanara Begum (1617), Shrilal Shukla (1925), Nirmala Joshi (1934), Zeenat Aman (1951), Asaf-ud-Daula (1748), and Anuradha Paudwal (1954).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Nalini Bala Devi ranks 102. Before her are Sahir Ludhianvi (1921), Pratibha Ray (1944), Amitav Ghosh (1956), Cornelia Sorabji (1866), Ismat Chughtai (1915), and Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775). After her are Roshanara Begum (1617), Shrilal Shukla (1925), Anita Desai (1937), Ravindra Prabhat (1969), Javed Akhtar (1945), and Nambi Narayanan (1941).

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