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Parkash Singh Badal

1927 - 2023

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Parkash Singh Badal (8 December 1927 – 25 April 2023) was an Indian politician and Sikh rights advocate who served as the 8th Chief Minister of Punjab from 1970 to 1971, from 1977 to 1980, from 1997 to 2002, and from 2007 to 2017, the longest serving Chief Minister of Punjab till date. He was also Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Legislative Assembly from 1972 to 1977, 1980 to 1983 and from 2002 to 2007 and the 11th Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare in the Morarji Desai ministry from 1977 to 1977. He was the patron of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), a Sikh-centered regional political party, and the president of the party from 1995 to 2008, when he was replaced by his son Sukhbir Singh Badal. As the patron of SAD he exercised a strong influence on the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Parkash Singh Badal is the 18,560th most popular politician (down from 16,415th in 2024), the 1,181st most popular biography from India (down from 797th in 2019) and the 279th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Parkash Singh Badal ranks 18,560 out of 19,576. Before him are Terrance Drew, Antonio Villaraigosa, Pawan Kumar Chamling, Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, Roxana Mînzatu, and Shannon Johnson. After him are Josh Shapiro, Mélanie Joly, Gültan Kışanak, Jeff Flake, Judy Chu, and Perica Bukić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Parkash Singh Badal ranks 495. Before him are Marvin Kaplan, Chuck Share, Brock Adams, Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Annapurna Devi, and Slim Dusty. After him are Peggy McCay, Bill Rowling, Ralph Stanley, Norman Petty, Rupert Crosse, and Barbara Cook. Among people deceased in 2023, Parkash Singh Badal ranks 578. Before him are Nikki McCray-Penson, Dean Crawford, Cynthia Weil, Herb Kohl, Kusuma Wardhani, and Arleen Sorkin. After him are Oleg Tsokov, Abderrahim Ouakili, Rainer Troppa, Gordon McQueen, Anvar Ibragimov, and John Hollins.

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In India

Among people born in India, Parkash Singh Badal ranks 1,181 out of 1,861. Before him are Annapurna Devi (1927), Roop Singh (1908), Kapil Sibal (1948), Balram Jakhar (1923), Pawan Kumar Chamling (1950), and Pallonji Mistry (1929). After him are Indrani Rahman (1930), Ravichandran Ashwin (1986), Ameesha Patel (1975), Leela Chitnis (1909), Nushrat Bharucha (1985), and Padma Lakshmi (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Parkash Singh Badal ranks 279. Before him are Savitri Jindal (1940), Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927), Annapurna Devi (1927), Kapil Sibal (1948), Balram Jakhar (1923), and Pawan Kumar Chamling (1950). After him are Parmanand Jha (1944), Seema Rao (1970), Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (1972), Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920), Om Birla (1962), and Manik Sarkar (1949).

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