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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 296,388 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Yashpal is the 3,855th most popular writer (up from 4,258th in 2019), the 446th most popular biography from India (up from 466th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yashpal ranks 3,855 out of 5,755. Before him are Ida Vitale, Fernando del Paso, Tsubouchi Shōyō, Frik, Françoise d'Eaubonne, and Paula Fox. After him are Frans Michael Franzén, Yusuf Idris, Iwan Bloch, Joachim Ringelnatz, Manuel José Quintana, and Runer Jonsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Yashpal ranks 193. Before him are Vincent Richards, Graham Sutherland, Natallia Arsiennieva, Claude Dauphin, Alejandro Casona, and Cyril Jackson. After him are Ivan Galamian, Nathanael West, Wage Rudolf Supratman, Adolph Gottlieb, Vladimir Lossky, and Josefina Pla. Among people deceased in 1976, Yashpal ranks 144. Before him are Conduelo Píriz, Viggo Kampmann, Hidetsugu Yagi, Pál Turán, Stanley Baker, and Walter Piston. After him are Maurice Dobb, Rudi Fischer, Mariano Ospina Pérez, Giuseppe Cavanna, Ivo Van Damme, and Richard Hughes.

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In India

Among people born in India, Yashpal ranks 446 out of 1,493. Before him are Udham Singh (1899), Rajinikanth (1950), Roshan Seth (1942), S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946), Balaji Baji Rao (1720), and Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887). After him are Shammi Kapoor (1931), Rekha (1954), Derek Prince (1915), Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), Nirmal Verma (1929), and Mahadev Desai (1892).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Yashpal ranks 71. Before him are Ibn Warraq (1946), Altaf Hussain Hali (1837), Krishan Chander (1914), Nagarjun (1911), Arundhati Roy (1961), and Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887). After him are Nirmal Verma (1929), Mahadev Desai (1892), Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Kamini Roy (1864), and Saadat Hasan Manto (1912).

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