1963 - 2001
Phoolan Devi (10 August 1963 – 25 July 2001), popularly known as the Bandit Queen, was an Indian dacoit (bandit) who became a politician, serving as a member of parliament until her assassination. She was a woman of the Mallah subcaste who grew up in poverty in a village in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where her family was on the losing side of a land dispute which caused them many problems. After being married off at the age of eleven and being sexually abused by various people, she joined a gang of dacoits. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phoolan Devi has received more than 4,543,957 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Phoolan Devi is the 12,749th most popular politician (down from 12,154th in 2019), the 481st most popular biography from India (down from 460th in 2019) and the 150th most popular Indian Politician.
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Among politicians, Phoolan Devi ranks 12,749 out of 15,577. Before her are Alain Berset, Ernest Bai Koroma, Mohammed Fahim, Carl Johan Thyselius, Eugen Bolz, and William Gopallawa. After her are Reino Ragnar Lehto, Gyula Kállai, Fatima Jinnah, Gunnar Thoroddsen, Mikhail Katkov, and Rodney Williams.
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 12,743
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 12,744
1957 - 2014
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 12,745
1811 - 1891
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 12,746
1881 - 1945
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 12,747
1896 - 1981
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 12,748
1963 - 2001
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 12,749
1898 - 1966
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 12,750
1910 - 1996
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 12,751
1893 - 1967
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 12,752
1910 - 1983
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 12,753
1818 - 1887
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 12,754
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 12,755
Among people born in 1963, Phoolan Devi ranks 201. Before her are Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Glória Pires, Érik Comas, E. L. James, Antoine Kombouaré, and Harold Perrineau. After her are Aslan Bzhania, Kenny Johnson, Ivan Capelli, Juan Carlos Varela, Bernard Cazeneuve, and Jason Connery. Among people deceased in 2001, Phoolan Devi ranks 185. Before her are Martha Mödl, Jalil Zandi, Burkhard Heim, Milorad B. Protić, Juan José Arreola, and Robert Leckie. After her are Mongo Beti, Enrique Mateos, Lewis Arquette, Eugene Sledge, Jenő Fock, and Vasily Abaev.
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 195
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 196
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 197
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 198
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 199
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 200
1963 - 2001
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 201
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 202
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 203
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 204
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 205
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 206
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 207
1912 - 2001
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 179
1951 - 2001
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 180
1925 - 2001
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 181
1911 - 2001
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 182
1921 - 2001
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 183
1920 - 2001
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 184
1963 - 2001
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 185
1932 - 2001
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 186
1934 - 2001
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 187
1935 - 2001
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 188
1923 - 2001
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 189
1916 - 2001
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 190
1900 - 2001
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 191
Among people born in India, Phoolan Devi ranks 481 out of 1,493. Before her are Sanjay Gandhi (1946), Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (1858), Sharmila Tagore (1944), Kamini Roy (1864), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), and Robert Swinhoe (1836). After her are Fatima Jinnah (1893), Islam Shah Suri (1510), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), V. S. Ramachandran (1951), Arjun Appadurai (1949), and Jackie Shroff (1957).
1946 - 1980
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 475
1858 - 1945
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 476
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 477
1864 - 1933
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 478
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 479
1836 - 1877
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 480
1963 - 2001
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 481
1893 - 1967
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 482
1510 - 1554
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 483
1912 - 1955
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 484
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 485
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 486
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 487
Among politicians born in India, Phoolan Devi ranks 150. Before her are Balaji Baji Rao (1720), Venkaiah Naidu (1949), Shuja-ud-Daula (1732), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), and Sanjay Gandhi (1946). After her are Fatima Jinnah (1893), Islam Shah Suri (1510), Sushma Swaraj (1952), Jaipal Singh Munda (1903), Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923), and Jyoti Basu (1914).
1720 - 1761
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 144
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 145
1732 - 1775
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 146
1653 - 1707
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 147
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 148
1946 - 1980
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 149
1963 - 2001
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 150
1893 - 1967
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 151
1510 - 1554
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 152
1952 - 2019
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 153
1903 - 1970
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 154
1923 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 155
1914 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 156