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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 2,940,737 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Periyar E. V. Ramasamy is the 4,235th most popular politician (up from 6,035th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from India (up from 188th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ranks 4,235 out of 19,576. Before him are Gaston Thorn, Charles Michel, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Sigvard Bernadotte, Publius Licinius Crassus, and Emperor Keitai. After him are Peter I of Bulgaria, Hetepheres II, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Emperor He of Han, Muhammad bin Tughluq, and Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ranks 42. Before him are Pál Teleki, Franz Reichelt, Karl Bühler, Friedrich Adler, E. M. Forster, and Aleksandar Stamboliyski. After him are Frederick Griffith, Adolf Strauss, Wanda Landowska, Boris Savinkov, Marius Jacob, and Paul Poiret. Among people deceased in 1973, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ranks 56. Before him are Frances Marion, Frank Costello, Howard H. Aiken, Leo Strauss, Emmy Göring, and Asger Jorn. After him are Otto Klemperer, Adolf Strauss, Karl Löwith, Milunka Savić, Robert Siodmak, and Károly Kerényi.

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In India

Among people born in India, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ranks 138 out of 1,861. Before him are Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Gangubai Kothewali (1939), Ajatashatru (-500), Bharata Muni (-1000), and Anna Mani (1918). After him are Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290), Ghiyas ud din Balban (1200), Vidyapati (1352), Ajay Devgn (1969), Deepak Chopra (1946), and Sankardev (1449).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy ranks 41. Before him are Chandragupta II (400), Sambhaji (1657), Vishvamitra (-2000), Siraj ud-Daulah (1733), Dadabhai Naoroji (1825), and Ajatashatru (-500). After him are Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290), Ghiyas ud din Balban (1200), Henry McMahon (1862), Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906), Bahadur Shah I (1643), and Pranab Mukherjee (1935).

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