RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Nirmala Joshi

1934 - 2015

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Maria Nirmala Joshi (23 July 1934 – 23 June 2015) was an Indian religious sister who succeeded Nobel laureate Mother Teresa as the head of the Missionaries of Charity and expanded the movement overseas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nirmala Joshi has received more than 392,881 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Nirmala Joshi is the 2,748th most popular religious figure (down from 2,501st in 2019), the 672nd most popular biography from India (down from 607th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nirmala Joshi ranks 2,748 out of 3,187. Before her are Nicholas II of Constantinople, Charles Maung Bo, Arnulf of Chocques, Grigory Rodchenkov, Jakub Szynkiewicz, and Augustin Kažotić. After her are Eugênio Sales, Sekhemrekhutawy Khabaw, Jean Hardouin, Antipope Theodoric, Savio Hon, and Paul Egede.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Nirmala Joshi ranks 405. Before her are Mário de Araújo Cabral, Jack Colvin, Tullio Baraglia, Rita Renoir, Ramón Marsal, and Charles Jenkins Sr.. After her are Diane di Prima, Leon Rotman, Dave Mackay, Willard Scott, Alan A'Court, and Britt Strandberg. Among people deceased in 2015, Nirmala Joshi ranks 347. Before her are Errol Brown, Andrei Eshpai, Gerrit Voorting, Eric Thompson, Héctor Salva, and Dominique Dropsy. After her are James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, Dave Mackay, Nurlan Balgimbayev, Scott Weiland, Kenji Goto, and Pál Várhidi.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nirmala Joshi ranks 672 out of 1,861. Before her are Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924), Basawan (1560), Balasaraswati (1918), Nalini Bala Devi (1898), Roshanara Begum (1617), and Shrilal Shukla (1925). After her are Zeenat Aman (1951), Asaf-ud-Daula (1748), Anuradha Paudwal (1954), Joseph Coutts (1945), Ali Akbar Khan (1922), and Ardeshir Irani (1886).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Nirmala Joshi ranks 49. Before her are Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), Saint Alphonsa (1910), Mohan Bhagwat (1950), Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924), Roberto de Nobili (1577), and Oswald Gracias (1944). After her are Joseph Coutts (1945), Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1928), Chandramukhi Basu (1860), Wahiduddin Khan (1925), Rukhmabai (1864), and Simon Pimenta (1920).

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