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Rajnath Singh

1951 - Today

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Rajnath Singh (Hindi pronunciation: [ɾɑːd͡ʒnɑːt̪ʰ sɪŋɡʱ] ; born 10 July 1951) is an Indian politician and lecturer who is serving the Defence Minister of India since 20 May 2019. He was also the Deputy Leader of the House, Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2024. He also served the Home Minister in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019, making him the first person born after India obtained independence to hold that position. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rajnath Singh has received more than 4,530,981 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Rajnath Singh is the 9,436th most popular politician (up from 10,004th in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from India (up from 344th in 2019) and the 110th most popular Indian Politician.

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  • 54.26

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  • 80

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  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rajnath Singh ranks 9,436 out of 19,576. Before him are Giuseppe Motta, Iajuddin Ahmed, Bako Sahakyan, François Hanriot, Mutnofret, and Theodoric Strabo. After him are Dmitry of Tver, John II, Marquis of Montferrat, Abdelmalek Sellal, Didier Reynders, Sergei Kruglov, and Eystein I of Norway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Rajnath Singh ranks 145. Before him are Jan Fischer, Arkady Rotenberg, Abel Ferrara, Danilo Medina, Sally Ride, and Enki Bilal. After him are Matti Pellonpää, Jean Smart, Orson Scott Card, David Kabua, Tony Danza, and Alec John Such.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rajnath Singh ranks 330 out of 1,861. Before him are Bahubali (null), Girish Karnad (1938), Abbé Faria (1756), Viswanathan Anand (1969), Abanindranath Tagore (1871), and Tatya Tope (1814). After him are Birju Maharaj (1937), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), Shashi Kapoor (1938), Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), Rakesh Sharma (1949), and Anish Kapoor (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Rajnath Singh ranks 110. Before him are Chandra Shekhar (1927), Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861), Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921), Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), Sikandar Lodi (1450), and Bahubali (null). After him are Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939), Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), Sanjay Gandhi (1946), Guru Hargobind (1595), and Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905).

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