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Tansen

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Ramtanu Pandey (c. 1493/1500 – 26 April 1589), popularly referred to as Mian Tansen (lit. 'the Learned One'), or Sangeet Samrat (lit. 'Monarch of Hindustani Music'), was a Hindustani classical musician. Born into a Hindu Gaur Brahmin family, he learnt and perfected his art in the northwest region of modern Madhya Pradesh. He began his career and spent most of his adult life in the court and patronage of the Hindu king of Rewa, Raja Ramchandra Singh (r. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tansen has received more than 1,888,716 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Tansen is the 448th most popular musician (down from 438th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from India (down from 186th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Musician.

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  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tansen ranks 448 out of 2,662Before him are Dexter Gordon, Armin van Buuren, Maurice André, Edwin Fischer, Rubén González, and Robert Wyatt. After him are Richie Sambora, Jacob Gade, Billy Ray Cyrus, Loreena McKennitt, King Oliver, and Dick Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1493, Tansen ranks 8Before him are Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Maximilian Sforza, Anne de Montmorency, William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Sten Sture the Younger, and Olaus Petri. After him are Yamamoto Kansuke, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, Clarice de' Medici, Nicolaus Olahus, and Justus Jonas. Among people deceased in 1493, Tansen ranks 4Before him are Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, Topa Inca Yupanqui, and Martín Alonso Pinzón. After him is Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara.

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In India

Among people born in India, Tansen ranks 228 out of 1,493Before him are Tilopa (928), Rajaraja I (947), Hemachandra (1089), Jamsetji Tata (1839), Khaleda Zia (1945), and Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918). After him are George Alencherry (1945), Inayat Khan (1882), Meher Baba (1894), Charan Singh (1902), Guru Angad (1504), and Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910).

Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Tansen ranks 6Before him are Amir Khusrow (1253), Ravi Shankar (1920), Cliff Richard (1940), Pete Best (1941), and Ram Narayan (1927). After him are Bismillah Khan (1916), Barry Hay (1948), Christian Zacharias (1950), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), and Trilok Gurtu (1951).