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Surya Bahadur Thapa

1928 - 2015

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Surya Bahadur Thapa (Nepali: सूर्य बहादुर थापा; March 21, 1928 – April 15, 2015) was a Nepali politician and a five-time Prime Minister of Nepal. He served under three different kings in a political career lasting more than 50 years. Thapa was selected as a member of advisory council in 1958 and was elected as the chairperson. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Surya Bahadur Thapa has received more than 130,338 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Surya Bahadur Thapa is the 16,314th most popular politician (down from 15,384th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Nepal (up from 39th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Nepalese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Surya Bahadur Thapa ranks 16,314 out of 19,576. Before him are Mohammad Rabbani, Juan Antonio Escurra, Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz, Karl Rove, Franz Fischler, and Sinan Oğan. After him are Bridei III, Lizardo Montero Flores, Manouchehr Mottaki, Lorenzo Snow, Richard Mulcahy, and Aleksandr Tkachyov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Surya Bahadur Thapa ranks 511. Before him are Sture Allén, Bano Qudsia, Douglas Rain, Wanda Hendrix, Ellen Niit, and Sheila Jordan. After him are Joaquín Capilla, Beniamino Andreatta, Christian Poncelet, Yakov Rylsky, Maggie McNamara, and Jerome Biffle. Among people deceased in 2015, Surya Bahadur Thapa ranks 401. Before him are Chris Burden, Edward Natapei, Catherine E. Coulson, Bob Foster, Michel Scheuer, and Dobrosav Krstić. After him are Rakhat Aliyev, Mária Gulácsy, Paride Tumburus, Lyubov Kozyreva, Joan Leslie, and Haskell Wexler.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Surya Bahadur Thapa ranks 37 out of 59. Before him are Dipendra of Nepal (1971), Queen Aishwarya of Nepal (1949), Jhala Nath Khanal (1950), Rana Bahadur Shah (1775), KP Sharma Oli (1952), and Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (1875). After him are Lokendra Bahadur Chand (1940), Pratap Singh Shah (1751), Man Mohan Adhikari (1920), Ang Rita (1948), Nirmal Purja (1983), and Kirti Nidhi Bista (1927).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nepal

Among politicians born in Nepal, Surya Bahadur Thapa ranks 24. Before him are Dipendra of Nepal (1971), Queen Aishwarya of Nepal (1949), Jhala Nath Khanal (1950), Rana Bahadur Shah (1775), KP Sharma Oli (1952), and Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (1875). After him are Lokendra Bahadur Chand (1940), Man Mohan Adhikari (1920), Kirti Nidhi Bista (1927), Baburam Bhattarai (1954), Madhav Kumar Nepal (1953), and Sahana Pradhan (1927).

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