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Shantanu (Sanskrit: शांतनु, शान्तनु, IAST: Shāṃtanu, Shāntanu) was the King of Kuru Kingdom with his capital at Hastinapura, in the epic Mahabharata. He was a descendant of the Bharata race, a forebear of the lineage of the Chandravamsha, the father of Bhishma and the great-grandfather of the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The ruler was the youngest son of King Pratipa of Hastinapura and had been born during the latter's latter years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shantanu has received more than 2,177,012 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Shantanu is the 7,408th most popular politician (down from 6,029th in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from India (down from 187th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shantanu ranks 7,408 out of 19,576. Before him are Lloque Yupanqui, Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, Zahir al-Umar, Gaius Claudius Nero, Tefnakht, and Miklós Németh. After him are Frederick I, Elector Palatine, Beopheung of Silla, Democedes, Emanuel Ringelblum, Henry Morgenthau Jr., and Khutulun.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shantanu ranks 242 out of 1,861. Before him are C. Rajagopalachari (1878), Kadambini Ganguly (1861), Jahanara Begum (1614), Jayaprakash Narayan (1902), Ratan Tata (1937), and Meher Baba (1894). After him are Surdas (1478), Mir Jafar (1691), Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), Anandi Gopal Joshi (1865), Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642), and Tansen (1493).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Shantanu ranks 79. Before him are Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556), Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), Shah Alam II (1728), Jahandar Shah (1661), and Jahanara Begum (1614). After him are Mir Jafar (1691), Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), Motilal Nehru (1861), Jayalalithaa (1948), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913), and Bal Thackeray (1926).

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