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Nek Chand

1924 - 2015

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Nek Chand Saini (15 December 1924 – 12 June 2015) was a self-taught Indian artist, known for building the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, an eighteen-acre sculpture garden in the city of Chandigarh. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nek Chand has received more than 258,573 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nek Chand is the 217th most popular sculptor, the 123rd most popular biography from Pakistan and the most popular Pakistani Sculptor.

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  • 260k

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  • 35.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Nek Chand ranks 217 out of 189. Before him are Cícero Moraes, Ronald Pope, Augusta Savage, Harriet Hosmer, Knut Steen, and Megumi Igarashi. After him are Eric Adjetey Anang, Mihran Hakobyan, and Hema Upadhyay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Nek Chand ranks 449. Before him are Patricia Roberts Harris, Mal Whitfield, Vincent Canby, Vicki Draves, Dolores Gray, and Ella Mae Morse. After him are Jonathan Frid, Jocelyne LaGarde, Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Ron Staniforth, Peggy Cass, and Tony Britton. Among people deceased in 2015, Nek Chand ranks 477. Before him are Philip Levine, Mal Whitfield, Andy Sutcliffe, Fernando de Araújo, Peter Pišťanek, and Bud Yorkin. After him are Jimmy Hill, Richard Corliss, Raúl Héctor Castro, Sinan Şamil Sam, Irwin Keyes, and Tahir Elçi.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Nek Chand ranks 123 out of 180. Before him are Shamshad Begum (1919), Iqbal Theba (1963), Parveen Shakir (1952), Chetan Anand (1915), Surinder Kaur (1929), and Aafia Siddiqui (1972). After him are Suresh Oberoi (1946), Shujaat Hussain (1946), Ramesh Sippy (1947), Noor Alam (1929), Baitullah Mehsud (1974), and Bina Rai (1931).

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Among SCULPTORS In Pakistan

Among sculptors born in Pakistan, Nek Chand ranks 1. 

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