1882 - 1962
Purushottam Das Tandon (; 1 August 1882 – 1 July 1962) was a freedom fighter from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is widely remembered for his opposition to the partition of India, as well as efforts in achieving the Official Language of India status for Hindi. He was customarily given the title Rajarshi (etymology: Raja + Rishi = Royal Saint). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Purushottam Das Tandon has received more than 282,806 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Purushottam Das Tandon is the 13,957th most popular politician (down from 12,932nd in 2019), the 559th most popular biography from India (down from 532nd in 2019) and the 169th most popular Indian Politician.
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Among politicians, Purushottam Das Tandon ranks 13,957 out of 15,577. Before him are Luc Ferry, Timoleón Jiménez, Luciana Lamorgese, Natalia Gavrilița, Hisamuddin of Selangor, and Richard H. Truly. After him are Karin Kneissl, Stafford Cripps, Pakalitha Mosisili, Jean-Louis Debré, Rainer Brüderle, and Martín Carrera.
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 13,951
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 13,952
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 13,953
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 13,954
1898 - 1960
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 13,955
1937 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 13,956
1882 - 1962
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 13,957
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 13,958
1889 - 1952
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 13,959
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 13,960
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 13,961
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 13,962
1806 - 1871
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 13,963
Among people born in 1882, Purushottam Das Tandon ranks 205. Before him are Wyndham Lewis, Aristarkh Lentulov, Verner Weckman, Mykolas Biržiška, Vladimir Dimitrov, and Leonard Meredith. After him are Louis Wilkins, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Hernando Siles Reyes, José Luis Tejada Sorzano, Adrianus de Jong, and Juan Luque de Serrallonga. Among people deceased in 1962, Purushottam Das Tandon ranks 148. Before him are Mykolas Biržiška, Charles Reisner, Manolis Kalomiris, Iuliu Baratky, Otto Froitzheim, and Sven Landberg. After him are Władysław Broniewski, John Ireland, Philippe Cattiau, Zdeněk Nejedlý, Frederick Schule, and Roger Ducret.
1882 - 1957
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 199
1882 - 1943
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 200
1882 - 1968
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 201
1882 - 1962
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 202
1882 - 1960
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 203
1882 - 1930
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 204
1882 - 1962
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 205
1882 - 1950
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 206
1882 - 1966
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 207
1882 - 1942
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 208
1882 - 1938
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 209
1882 - 1966
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 210
1882 - 1967
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 211
1882 - 1962
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 142
1887 - 1962
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 143
1883 - 1962
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 144
1910 - 1962
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 145
1884 - 1962
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 146
1888 - 1962
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 147
1882 - 1962
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 148
1897 - 1962
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 149
1879 - 1962
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 150
1892 - 1962
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 151
1878 - 1962
HPI: 45.24
Rank: 152
1879 - 1962
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 153
1888 - 1962
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 154
Among people born in India, Purushottam Das Tandon ranks 559 out of 1,493. Before him are Asaf-ud-Daula (1748), Raghunath Murmu (1905), Vijay Mallya (1955), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), K. B. Hedgewar (1889), and Arthur E. Kennelly (1861). After him are Girija Devi (1929), Jeetendra (1942), Tim Severin (1940), Pankaj Kapur (1954), Paddy Ashdown (1941), and Tom Kibble (1932).
1748 - 1797
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 553
1905 - 1982
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 554
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 555
1775 - 1835
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 556
1889 - 1940
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 557
1861 - 1939
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 558
1882 - 1962
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 559
1929 - 2017
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 560
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 561
1940 - 2020
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 562
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 563
1941 - 2018
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 564
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 565
Among politicians born in India, Purushottam Das Tandon ranks 169. Before him are Mohammad Hamid Ansari (1937), Wasim Sajjad (1941), Palden Thondup Namgyal (1923), Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924), Asaf-ud-Daula (1748), and K. B. Hedgewar (1889). After him are Paddy Ashdown (1941), Gopinath Bordoloi (1890), Anandiben Patel (1941), Shah Shuja (1616), BP Koirala (1914), and Mahboob Ali Khan (1866).
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 163
1941 - Present
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 164
1923 - 1982
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 165
1924 - 2011
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 166
1748 - 1797
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 167
1889 - 1940
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 168
1882 - 1962
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 169
1941 - 2018
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 170
1890 - 1950
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 171
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 172
1616 - 1661
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 173
1914 - 1982
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 174
1866 - 1911
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 175