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Rukmini Devi Arundale

1904 - 1986

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Rukmini Devi Arundale (née Sastri; 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 1,358,980 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Rukmini Devi Arundale is the 80th most popular dancer (down from 78th in 2019), the 630th most popular biography from India (down from 622nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Rukmini Devi Arundale ranks 80 out of 116. Before her are Hans van Manen, Birgit Cullberg, Yury Grigorovich, Sylvie Guillem, Marie Rambert, and Joaquín Cortés. After her are Doris Humphrey, Natalia Dudinskaya, Hryhorii Chapkis, Yamini Krishnamurthy, Balasaraswati, and Avdotia Istomina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Rukmini Devi Arundale ranks 243. Before her are Carlos Torre Repetto, Wilmer Allison, Elizabeth Roboz Einstein, Sven Thofelt, Christian Møller, and Chūhei Nambu. After her are Doris Eaton Travis, Herbert Selpin, Pretty Boy Floyd, Lillian Copeland, Paul Mattick, and Margery Allingham. Among people deceased in 1986, Rukmini Devi Arundale ranks 209. Before her are László Lékai, Vicente Trueba, Alexander Ostrowski, Francisco Mignone, Bruno Mora, and Jo Gartner. After her are Willy Kaiser, Lothar Bolz, Joyce Mansour, Tommy Douglas, Jean Cassou, and Lyudmila Pakhomova.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rukmini Devi Arundale ranks 630 out of 1,861. Before her are Sahir Ludhianvi (1921), ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni (1540), Indra Nooyi (1955), Rajkumar (1929), Abhishek Bachchan (1976), and Oswald Gracias (1944). After her are Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Homi K. Bhabha (1949), Wasim Sajjad (1941), William Birdwood (1865), S. Jaishankar (1955), and Pratibha Ray (1944).

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Among DANCERS In India

Among dancers born in India, Rukmini Devi Arundale ranks 3. Before her are Birju Maharaj (1937), and Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918). After her are Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940), Balasaraswati (1918), Sonal Mansingh (1944), Saroj Khan (1948), Padma Subrahmanyam (1943), Kapila Vatsyayan (1928), Geeta Kapur (1973), and Vaibhavi Merchant (1975).

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