1923 - 2011
Nirmala Srivastava (née Nirmala Salve; 21 March 1923 – 23 February 2011), also known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, was the founder and guru of Sahaja Yoga, a new religious movement. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nirmala Srivastava has received more than 732,708 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Nirmala Srivastava is the 2,079th most popular religious figure (down from 1,641st in 2019), the 428th most popular biography from India (down from 335th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Indian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Nirmala Srivastava ranks 2,079 out of 2,238. Before her are Laurence of Canterbury, Polyeuctus of Constantinople, Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini, Nicolas Trigault, Ignatius Brianchaninov, and Benedict Menni. After her are Theodotus of Byzantium, Vincenzo Carafa, Caterina Volpicelli, Pope Achillas of Alexandria, Wlodimir Ledóchowski, and Antonio Innocenti.
550 - 619
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 2,073
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 2,074
1876 - 1958
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 2,075
1577 - 1628
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 2,076
1807 - 1867
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 2,077
1841 - 1914
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 2,078
1923 - 2011
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 2,079
200 - Present
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 2,080
1594 - 1649
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 2,081
1839 - 1894
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 2,082
300 - 313
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 2,083
1866 - 1942
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 2,084
1915 - 2008
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 2,085
Among people born in 1923, Nirmala Srivastava ranks 220. Before her are Giulio Cabianca, Barney Kessel, Carlos Páez Vilaró, Morris Halle, Giuseppe Rotunno, and Alice von Hildebrand. After her are Rentarō Mikuni, Ioannis Grivas, Gordon R. Dickson, Octavio Lepage, Jean-Paul Riopelle, and Isao Kimura. Among people deceased in 2011, Nirmala Srivastava ranks 207. Before her are Karen Khachaturian, Arnfinn Bergmann, Hidemaro Watanabe, Jacques Fatton, Inge Sørensen, and Sakyo Komatsu. After her are C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Mutassim Gaddafi, Sargent Shriver, Nicol Williamson, Nate Dogg, and Valery Rozhdestvensky.
1923 - 1961
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 214
1923 - 2004
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 215
1923 - 2014
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 216
1923 - 2018
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 217
1923 - 2021
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 218
1923 - 2022
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 219
1923 - 2011
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 220
1923 - 2013
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 221
1923 - 2016
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 222
1923 - 2001
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 223
1923 - 2017
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 224
1923 - 2002
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 225
1923 - 1981
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 226
1920 - 2011
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 201
1928 - 2011
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 202
1924 - 2011
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 203
1925 - 2011
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 204
1924 - 2011
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 205
1931 - 2011
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 206
1923 - 2011
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 207
1933 - 2011
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 208
1974 - 2011
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 209
1915 - 2011
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 210
1936 - 2011
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 211
1969 - 2011
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 212
1939 - 2011
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 213
Among people born in India, Nirmala Srivastava ranks 428 out of 1,493. Before her are Jaimini (-390), M. S. Swaminathan (1925), Jai Singh II (1688), Kumar Sanu (1957), Guru Har Krishan (1656), and Jayalalithaa (1948). After her are Kamala Nehru (1899), Krishan Chander (1914), Nagarjun (1911), Fathima Beevi (1927), Arundhati Roy (1961), and Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893).
390 BC - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 422
1925 - 2023
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 423
1688 - 1743
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 424
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 425
1656 - 1664
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 426
1948 - 2016
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 427
1923 - 2011
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 428
1899 - 1936
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 429
1914 - 1977
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 430
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 431
1927 - 2023
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 432
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 433
1893 - 1972
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 434
Among religious figures born in India, Nirmala Srivastava ranks 41. Before her are Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), Abbé Faria (1756), Joseph Vaz (1651), Swaminarayan (1781), Ivan Dias (1936), and Guru Har Krishan (1656). After her are Prahlad Jani (1929), Saint Alphonsa (1910), Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889), Roberto de Nobili (1577), and Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924).
1855 - 1936
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 35
1756 - 1819
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 36
1651 - 1711
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 37
1781 - 1830
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 38
1936 - 2017
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 39
1656 - 1664
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 40
1923 - 2011
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 41
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 42
1910 - 1946
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 43
1805 - 1871
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 44
1889 - 1929
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 45
1577 - 1656
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 46
1924 - 2014
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 47