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Shivakumara Swami

1907 - 2019

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Shivakumara Swami (born Shivanna; 1 April 1907 – 21 January 2019) was an Indian humanitarian, spiritual leader, educator and supercentenarian. He was a Veerashaiva (Lingayatism ) religious figure. Swami joined the Siddaganga Matha in 1930 Karnataka and became head seer in 1941. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shivakumara Swami has received more than 1,160,003 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Shivakumara Swami is the 462nd most popular social activist (up from 490th in 2019), the 563rd most popular biography from India (up from 653rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Shivakumara Swami ranks 462 out of 840. Before him are Carlos Fonseca, Nazik al-Abid, Christine Delphy, Gabrielle Petit, Kim Ok, and Mary Toft. After him are Megumi Yokota, Dewi Sartika, Leo Deutsch, Osvaldo Hurtado, Lev Chernyi, and Jack Sheppard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Shivakumara Swami ranks 245. Before him are Yevgeniy Abalakov, Adalbert Steiner, Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, Sofia Yablonska, Sanya Dharmasakti, and Chico Landi. After him are Nikolai Gastello, Ragnar Nurkse, László Szollás, Kinue Hitomi, Sven Andersson, and Antonín Vodička. Among people deceased in 2019, Shivakumara Swami ranks 292. Before him are Li Rui, Harold Brown, Michael J. Pollard, Owen Garriott, Charlie Whiting, and Carol Channing. After him are Imata Kabua, Princess Alix of Luxembourg, Rudi Assauer, Sushma Swaraj, Alessandra Panaro, and Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shivakumara Swami ranks 563 out of 1,861. Before him are Margaret Abbott (1878), Charles Gmelin (1872), Jamini Roy (1887), Yashpal (1903), Hrithik Roshan (1974), and Hasrat Mohani (1875). After him are Mohammad Hamid Ansari (1937), Dawood Ibrahim (1955), Rahul Gandhi (1970), Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882), Manna Dey (1919), and Robert Swinhoe (1836).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Shivakumara Swami ranks 37. Before him are Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), Saalumarada Thimmakka (1911), Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940), Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903), Sugathakumari (1934), and Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878). After him are Charu Majumdar (1918), Ela Bhatt (1933), Har Dayal (1884), Medha Patkar (1954), Neerja Bhanot (1963), and Manilal Gandhi (1892).

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