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Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

1879 - 1973

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Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), revered by his followers as Periyar or Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. He is known as the 'Father of the Dravidian movement'. He rebelled against Brahmin dominance and gender and caste inequality in Tamil Nadu. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy has received more than 2,916,584 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Periyar E. V. Ramasamy is the 6,050th most popular politician (up from 9,439th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from India (up from 302nd in 2019) and the 61st most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ranks 6,050 out of 15,577Before him are Shantanu, Şehzade Korkut, Jean-Antoine Marbot, Tudḫaliya I, Haji Mohammad Chamkani, and Princess Eugénie of Sweden. After him are Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Virginia de' Medici, Aratus of Sicyon, Nikare, Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Irina Rodnina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ranks 56Before him are Edward Steichen, Bedřich Hrozný, Hisaichi Terauchi, Adolf Strauss, Alfred Korzybski, and Nikolai Medtner. After him are William Fox, Ethel Barrymore, Agrippina Vaganova, Marius Jacob, Henri Wallon, and Samuel Goldwyn. Among people deceased in 1973, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ranks 73Before him are Jacques Lipchitz, Károly Kerényi, Milunka Savić, Alexander Orlov, Robert Ryan, and Roger Williamson. After him are Frank Jack Fletcher, Robert Smithson, Hans Globke, Merian C. Cooper, Bruno Maderna, and Clas Thunberg.

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In India

Among people born in India, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ranks 191 out of 1,493Before him are Lakshmi Mittal (1950), Girish Karnad (1938), Motilal Nehru (1861), Narayana Guru (1855), Dignāga (480), and Shantanu (null). After him are Nana Sahib (1824), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), Ajay Devgn (1969), Eknath (1533), Śāntarakṣita (725), and Kalpana Chawla (1961).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ranks 61Before him are Morarji Desai (1896), Pushyamitra Shunga (-300), Tarabai (1675), Abdul Karim (1863), Motilal Nehru (1861), and Shantanu (null). After him are Nana Sahib (1824), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), Ibrahim Lodi (1450), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913), Shah Alam II (1728), and Ahilyabai Holkar (1725).