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Ranjit Singh

1780 - 1839

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Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839), popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab or "Lion of Punjab", was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. He survived smallpox in infancy but lost sight in his left eye. He fought his first battle alongside his father at age 10. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ranjit Singh has received more than 5,207,830 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Ranjit Singh is the 4,304th most popular politician (up from 5,091st in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Pakistan and the 10th most popular Pakistani Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ranjit Singh ranks 4,304 out of 15,577Before him are Taishi Ci, Euphronios, Amyntas I of Macedon, Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Etana, and Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre. After him are Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, Max Amann, Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg, Yury Luzhkov, and Allen Dulles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, Ranjit Singh ranks 11Before him are Miloš Obrenović, Jules de Polignac, Charles Nodier, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, Sacagawea, and Jernej Kopitar. After him are Mary Somerville, Karl Nesselrode, Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, Charles Maturin, Tudor Vladimirescu, and Clarke Abel. Among people deceased in 1839, Ranjit Singh ranks 7Before him are Mahmud II, Frederick VI of Denmark, Caroline Bonaparte, Fernando Sor, Friedrich Mohs, and William, Duke of Nassau. After him are William Smith, Princess Marie of Orléans, Pehr Henrik Ling, Charlotte Bonaparte, Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia, and Joseph Fesch.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Ranjit Singh ranks 23 out of 180Before him are Abdus Salam (1926), Kabir Bedi (1946), Har Gobind Khorana (1922), Aga Khan III (1877), Dev Anand (1923), and Raj Kapoor (1924). After him are Imran Khan (1952), Manmohan Singh (1932), Arif Alvi (1949), Guru Ram Das (1534), Bacha Khan (1890), and Kumail Nanjiani (1978).

Among POLITICIANS In Pakistan

Among politicians born in Pakistan, Ranjit Singh ranks 10Before him are Kanishka (78), Porus (-400), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876), Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), and Aga Khan III (1877). After him are Imran Khan (1952), Manmohan Singh (1932), Arif Alvi (1949), Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309), Gulzarilal Nanda (1898), and Khema (-550).