1944 - 1991
Rajiv Gandhi ( (listen); 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to become the youngest Indian Prime minister at the age of 40. Gandhi was from the politically powerful Nehru–Gandhi family, which had been associated with the Indian National Congress party. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rajiv Gandhi has received more than 10,674,404 page views. His biography is available in 92 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 90 in 2019). Rajiv Gandhi is the 2,176th most popular politician (up from 2,438th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from India and the 23rd most popular Indian Politician.
Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He was assassinated in 1991 by a suicide bomber, which led to his widow, Sonia Gandhi, taking over as the president of the Indian National Congress.
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Among politicians, Rajiv Gandhi ranks 2,176 out of 15,577. Before him are Muhammad I Tapar, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Kiya, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Blanche I of Navarre, and Edith Frank. After him are Twosret, Lucius Cornelius Cinna, Michael Bloomberg, Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Louis, Duke of Orléans, and János Áder.
1082 - 1118
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 2,170
1945 - 2022
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 2,171
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 2,172
1529 - 1595
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 2,173
1387 - 1441
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 2,174
1900 - 1945
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 2,175
1944 - 1991
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 2,176
1201 BC - 1189 BC
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 2,177
135 BC - 84 BC
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 2,178
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 2,179
1700 - 1739
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 2,180
1703 - 1752
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 2,181
1959 - Present
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 2,182
Among people born in 1944, Rajiv Gandhi ranks 42. Before him are Angela Davis, Sebastião Salgado, Tony Scott, Gennady Zyuganov, Vojislav Koštunica, and Sali Berisha. After him are Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Françoise Hardy, Yoweri Museveni, Larry Ellison, Sylvie Vartan, and Nguyễn Phú Trọng. Among people deceased in 1991, Rajiv Gandhi ranks 25. Before him are Frank Capra, Margot Fonteyn, David Lean, Marcel Lefebvre, Michael Landon, and Martha Graham. After him are Max Frisch, Ragnar Granit, Oona O'Neill, Gene Tierney, Natalia Ginzburg, and Henri Lefebvre.
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 36
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 37
1944 - 2012
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 38
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 39
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 40
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 41
1944 - 1991
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 42
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 43
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 44
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 45
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 46
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 47
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 48
1897 - 1991
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 19
1919 - 1991
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 20
1908 - 1991
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 21
1905 - 1991
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 22
1936 - 1991
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 23
1894 - 1991
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 24
1944 - 1991
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 25
1911 - 1991
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 26
1900 - 1991
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 27
1925 - 1991
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 28
1920 - 1991
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 29
1916 - 1991
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 30
1901 - 1991
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 31
Among people born in India, Rajiv Gandhi ranks 75 out of 1,493. Before him are Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Samudragupta (335), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), Ravi Shankar (1920), Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), and Rajendra Prasad (1884). After him are Mahavatar Babaji (1900), Mumtaz Mahal (1593), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), Lata Mangeshkar (1929), Ajatashatru (-500), and Ramana Maharshi (1879).
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 69
335 - 380
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 70
1893 - 1952
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 71
1920 - 2012
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 72
1486 - 1534
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 73
1884 - 1963
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 74
1944 - 1991
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 75
1900 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 76
1593 - 1631
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 77
1775 - 1862
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 78
1929 - 2022
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 79
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 80
1879 - 1950
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 81
Among politicians born in India, Rajiv Gandhi ranks 23. Before him are Harsha (590), Tipu Sultan (1750), Vallabhbhai Patel (1875), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Samudragupta (335), and Rajendra Prasad (1884). After him are Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), Ajatashatru (-500), Sher Shah Suri (1486), Chandragupta II (400), Vishvamitra (-2000), and Maharana Pratap (1540).
590 - 647
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 17
1750 - 1799
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 18
1875 - 1950
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 19
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 20
335 - 380
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 21
1884 - 1963
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 22
1944 - 1991
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 23
1775 - 1862
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 24
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 25
1486 - 1545
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 26
400 - 500
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 27
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 28
1540 - 1597
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 29