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Rukmini Devi Arundale

1904 - 1986

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Rukmini Devi Arundale (née Shastri; 29 February 1904 – 24 February 1986) was an Indian theosophist, dancer and choreographer of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam, and an activist for animal welfare. She was the first woman in Indian history to be nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rukmini Devi Arundale has received more than 1,301,618 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Rukmini Devi Arundale is the 78th most popular dancer (down from 67th in 2019), the 626th most popular biography from India (down from 595th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Rukmini Devi Arundale ranks 78 out of 76. Before her are Sylvie Guillem, Micheline Bernardini, Joaquín Cortés, Svetlana Zakharova, Avdotia Istomina, and Katherine Dunham. After her are Mrinalini Sarabhai, Frankie Manning, Balasaraswati, Yamini Krishnamurthy, Jin Xing, and Robert Helpmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Rukmini Devi Arundale ranks 267. Before her are Marcel Capelle, Carleton S. Coon, Sadi Irmak, Hendrik Timmer, Henry Johansen, and Renzo Minoli. After her are Jimmy Dorsey, Domingo García, Alfredo Sánchez, Gladys George, Wilmer Allison, and Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz. Among people deceased in 1986, Rukmini Devi Arundale ranks 218. Before her are Anton Janda, Olaf Hoffsbakken, Alfonso Thiele, Robert Alda, Snorri Hjartarson, and Ria Baran. After her are Yukiko Okada, Domingo García, Richard Manuel, Adolf Brudes, Noboru Terada, and Sonny Terry.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rukmini Devi Arundale ranks 626 out of 1,493. Before her are Gurdial Singh (1933), George Fernandes (1930), Rahul Gandhi (1970), Indra Nooyi (1955), Anna Chandy (1905), and The Great Gama (1878). After her are Ismail Merchant (1936), Asha Parekh (1942), Ardeshir Irani (1886), K. J. Yesudas (1940), Veerappan (1952), and Zeenat Aman (1951).

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Among DANCERS In India

Among dancers born in India, Rukmini Devi Arundale ranks 2. Before her are Birju Maharaj (1937). After her are Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918), Balasaraswati (1918), Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940), Saroj Khan (1948), and Sonal Mansingh (1944).

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