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Vichitravirya

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Vichitravirya (Sanskrit: विचित्रवीर्य, romanized: Vicitravīrya, lit. 'Wondrous potency') is a figure in the Mahabharata, where he is featured as a Kuru king. According to the Hindu epic, he is the youngest son of Queen Satyavati and King Shantanu, and the de jure grandfather of the Pandavas and the Kauravas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vichitravirya has received more than 1,273,113 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Vichitravirya is the 11,315th most popular politician (down from 10,523rd in 2019), the 412th most popular biography from India (down from 359th in 2019) and the 134th most popular Indian Politician.

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  • 3.71

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vichitravirya ranks 11,315 out of 19,576. Before him are Faustus Cornelius Sulla, Marcus Valerius Laevinus, Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Ignacy Daszyński, Amata Kabua, and Michele Steno. After him are Klaus Wowereit, Juha Sipilä, Héctor Trujillo, Gaius Popillius Laenas, Jacob Aall, and Levko Lukianenko.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vichitravirya ranks 412 out of 1,861. Before him are Sharmila Tagore (1944), Anil Kapoor (1956), Kiran Bedi (1949), Madhubala (1933), Debendranath Tagore (1817), and Jeetendra (1942). After him are R. K. Narayan (1906), Idries Shah (1924), Man Singh I (1550), Ashapurna Devi (1909), Prince Vijaya (-543), and Jagat Gosain (1573).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Vichitravirya ranks 134. Before him are Iskander Mirza (1899), Fatima Jinnah (1893), B. D. Jatti (1912), Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931), Malik Kafur (1250), and Kiran Bedi (1949). After him are Man Singh I (1550), Prince Vijaya (-543), Hemu (1501), Guru Har Rai (1630), Jacques Lauriston (1768), and Sukhdev Thapar (1907).

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