1750 - 1799
Tipu Sultan (Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu; 1 December 1751 – 4 May 1799), commonly referred to as Sher-e-Mysore or "Tiger of Mysore", was the Indian Muslim ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery. He introduced a number of administrative innovations during his rule, including a new coinage system and calendar, and a new land revenue system, which initiated the growth of the Mysore silk industry. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tipu Sultan has received more than 8,326,287 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Tipu Sultan is the 1,448th most popular politician (up from 1,716th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from India (up from 51st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Indian Politician.
Tipu Sultan was a Muslim ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. He is most famous for his military exploits, which included a series of conflicts with the British East India Company.
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Among politicians, Tipu Sultan ranks 1,448 out of 15,577. Before him are Baldwin V of Jerusalem, Karađorđe, Robert Ley, Marie of Romania, Kim Young-sam, and Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Tristan, Maria II of Portugal, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, Christopher of Bavaria, Symon Petliura, and Carol I of Romania.
1177 - 1186
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 1,442
1768 - 1817
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 1,443
1890 - 1945
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 1,444
1875 - 1938
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 1,445
1927 - 2015
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 1,446
1784 - 1844
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 1,447
1750 - 1799
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 1,448
535 - 585
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 1,449
1819 - 1853
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 1,450
1657 - 1704
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 1,451
1416 - 1448
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 1,452
1879 - 1926
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 1,453
1839 - 1914
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 1,454
Among people born in 1750, Tipu Sultan ranks 4. Before him are Antonio Salieri, Letizia Ramolino, and Ali Pasha of Ioannina. After him are Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, Caroline Herschel, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Francisco de Miranda, Heshen, Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa, and Murad Bey. Among people deceased in 1799, Tipu Sultan ranks 6. Before him are George Washington, Qianlong Emperor, Pope Pius VI, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, and Pierre Beaumarchais. After him are Joseph Black, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Heshen, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, and Horace Bénédict de Saussure.
1750 - 1825
HPI: 78.00
Rank: 1
1750 - 1836
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 2
1750 - 1822
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 3
1750 - 1799
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 4
1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 5
1750 - 1848
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 6
1750 - 1806
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 7
1750 - 1762
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 8
1750 - 1816
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 9
1750 - 1799
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 10
1750 - 1829
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 11
1750 - 1801
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 12
1732 - 1799
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 1
1711 - 1799
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 2
1717 - 1799
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 3
1718 - 1799
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 4
1732 - 1799
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 5
1750 - 1799
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 6
1728 - 1799
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 7
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 8
1742 - 1799
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 9
1750 - 1799
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 10
1724 - 1799
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 11
1740 - 1799
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 12
Among people born in India, Tipu Sultan ranks 50 out of 1,493. Before him are C. V. Raman (1888), Bhāskara II (1114), Meera (1498), Amir Khusrow (1253), Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), and Harsha (590). After him are Augustus De Morgan (1806), Salman Rushdie (1947), Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856), Zubin Mehta (1936), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), and Vallabhbhai Patel (1875).
1888 - 1970
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 44
1114 - 1185
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 45
1498 - 1546
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 46
1253 - 1325
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 47
1883 - 1933
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 48
590 - 647
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 49
1750 - 1799
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 50
1806 - 1871
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 51
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 52
1856 - 1920
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 53
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 54
1811 - 1863
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 55
1875 - 1950
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 56
Among politicians born in India, Tipu Sultan ranks 17. Before him are Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Rani of Jhansi (1828), Jahangir (1569), Sariputta (-568), Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), and Harsha (590). After him are Vallabhbhai Patel (1875), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Samudragupta (335), Rajendra Prasad (1884), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), and Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775).
1888 - 1975
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 11
1828 - 1858
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 12
1569 - 1627
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 13
568 BC - 484 BC
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 14
1883 - 1933
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 15
590 - 647
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 16
1750 - 1799
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 17
1875 - 1950
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 18
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 19
335 - 380
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 20
1884 - 1963
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 21
1944 - 1991
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 22
1775 - 1862
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 23