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Sharad Pawar

1940 - Today

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Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar (pronunciation: [ʃəɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ], born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. Pawar served four terms as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and held cabinet positions in the Union Council of Ministers, including the Minister of Defence under P. V. Narasimha Rao and Minister of Agriculture under Manmohan Singh. He founded the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in 1999, following a split from the Indian National Congress, the split occurred because they questioned Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origin and argued that India’s Prime Minister should be a natural-born citizen. This ideological conflict led to the creation of a new party for which he has served as its President since its inception. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Sharad Pawar is the 16,034th most popular politician (down from 12,757th in 2024), the 770th most popular biography from India (down from 485th in 2019) and the 209th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sharad Pawar ranks 16,034 out of 19,576. Before him are Syed Nazrul Islam, Luis Cordero Crespo, Pyotr Demichev, Sakai Toshihiko, John Ashcroft, and Leopold Skulski. After him are Máximo Santos, José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Varlam Avanesov, John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu, José Miguel de Velasco Franco, and Æthelred I of Northumbria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Sharad Pawar ranks 475. Before him are Alfonso Guerra, Varsha Adalja, Joe Torre, Richard Corben, Roy Thomas, and Pauline Collins. After him are David Jason, Van McCoy, Juozas Budraitis, Jutta Heine, Marcel Aubour, and Marshall Berman.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sharad Pawar ranks 770 out of 1,861. Before him are Venkatesh (1960), Parveen Babi (1949), Varsha Adalja (1940), Arthur E. Kennelly (1861), Farida Jalal (1949), and Shuja-ud-Daula (1732). After him are Ekta Kapoor (1975), S. Shankar (1963), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), Nirmal Verma (1929), and Isha Koppikar (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Sharad Pawar ranks 209. Before him are Venkaiah Naidu (1949), Mayawati (1956), Jyoti Basu (1914), Balaji Vishwanath (1662), V. K. Sasikala (1954), and Shuja-ud-Daula (1732). After him are Ram Vilas Paswan (1946), K. Sivan (1957), Muiz ud din Bahram (null), J. P. Nadda (1960), Surendranath Banerjee (1848), and Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896).

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