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Yashpal

1903 - 1976

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Yashpal Singh (3 December 1903 – 26 December 1976) was a Hindi-language writer, political commentator, a socialist and an essayist. He wrote in a range of genres, including essays, novels and short stories, as well as a play, two travel books and an autobiography. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yashpal has received more than 321,953 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Yashpal is the 4,496th most popular writer (down from 3,842nd in 2019), the 560th most popular biography from India (down from 442nd in 2019) and the 84th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 49.01

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yashpal ranks 4,496 out of 7,302. Before him are Jorge Edwards, Gregório de Matos, François le Métel de Boisrobert, Agnieszka Osiecka, Jesús Moncada, and Hranush Arshagyan. After him are Olga Orozco, Erlend Loe, Émile Nelligan, Felix Dahn, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, and Alexei Mateevici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Yashpal ranks 226. Before him are Jeanette MacDonald, Georges de Rham, Gerhard Schrader, Jean Cavaillès, Wim Anderiesen, and Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia. After him are Dumitru Stăniloae, Alexander Bek, Jack Oakie, Nikolay Zabolotsky, Anders Rydberg, and E. O. Plauen. Among people deceased in 1976, Yashpal ranks 172. Before him are Carlos Fonseca, Mark Tobey, Markus Reiner, Zainul Abedin, Fritz Rasp, and Saneatsu Mushanokōji. After him are Marguerite Laugier, Jens Bjørneboe, Armas Taipale, Jimmy Reed, Alfred Landé, and Taos Amrouche.

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In India

Among people born in India, Yashpal ranks 560 out of 1,861. Before him are Devika Rani (1908), Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Jeannette Altwegg (1930), Margaret Abbott (1878), Charles Gmelin (1872), and Jamini Roy (1887). After him are Hrithik Roshan (1974), Hasrat Mohani (1875), Shivakumara Swami (1907), Mohammad Hamid Ansari (1937), Dawood Ibrahim (1955), and Rahul Gandhi (1970).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Yashpal ranks 84. Before him are Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), Krishan Chander (1914), Nirmal Verma (1929), Balamani Amma (1909), Raghunath Murmu (1905), and Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872). After him are Hasrat Mohani (1875), Kamala Surayya (1934), Jayakanthan (1934), Cerverí de Girona (1259), Shudraka (500), and Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942).

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