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Seewoosagur Ramgoolam

1900 - 1985

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Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (18 September 1900 – 15 December 1985), often referred to as Chacha Ramgoolam or SSR, was a Mauritian physician, politician, and statesman. He served as the island's only chief minister, first prime minister, and fifth governor-general. He is widely recognized as the nation's founding father. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seewoosagur Ramgoolam has received more than 367,947 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Seewoosagur Ramgoolam is the 11,698th most popular politician (up from 12,401st in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Mauritius (up from 5th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mauritian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam ranks 11,698 out of 19,576. Before him are Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia, Sophia of Hungary, Abisare, Da Ding, Aemilia Tertia, and Shamshi-Adad IV. After him are Abdullah Senussi, Antiochus III of Commagene, Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Petros Protopapadakis, Catherine Colonna, and Stefan Vladislav II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam ranks 161. Before him are Serge Poliakoff, Roberto Arlt, Jean Duvieusart, Boris Yefimov, Jiří Wolker, and Semyon Lavochkin. After him are Bing Xin, Roy Harrod, Madeleine Renaud, Lee Beom-seok, Juan d'Arienzo, and Gilberto Freyre. Among people deceased in 1985, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam ranks 117. Before him are Jock Stein, Salvador Espriu, Francesca Bertini, Iosif Shklovsky, Dmitry Belyayev, and Julia Robinson. After him are René Barjavel, Ernest Nagel, Henry Hansen, Sanjeev Kumar, Margaret Hamilton, and Penn Nouth.

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In Mauritius

Among people born in Mauritius, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam ranks 3 out of 14. Before him are Anerood Jugnauth (1930), and Henri Le Sidaner (1862). After him are Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard (1817), Maurice Piat (1941), Prithvirajsing Roopun (1959), Ameenah Gurib (1959), Jean Margéot (1916), Navin Ramgoolam (1947), Pravind Jugnauth (1961), Paul Bérenger (1945), and Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mauritius

Among politicians born in Mauritius, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam ranks 2. Before him are Anerood Jugnauth (1930). After him are Prithvirajsing Roopun (1959), Ameenah Gurib (1959), Navin Ramgoolam (1947), Pravind Jugnauth (1961), Paul Bérenger (1945), Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920), and Kailash Purryag (1947).

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