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Abul Kalam Azad

1888 - 1958

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Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin (11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958), better known as Maulana Azad and sometimes referred as Abul Kalam Azad, was an Indian politician, writer and activist of the Indian independence movement. A senior leader of the Indian National Congress, following India's independence, he became the first Minister of Education in the Indian government. His contribution to establishing the education foundation in India is recognised by celebrating his birthday as National Education Day across India. As a young man, Azad composed poetry in Urdu, as well as treatises on religion and philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abul Kalam Azad is the 1,159th most popular politician (up from 2,667th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 105th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abul Kalam Azad ranks 1,159 out of 19,576. Before him are Şehzade Cihangir, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Bernie Sanders, Petro Poroshenko, Yeongjo of Joseon, and Ahmad Shah Massoud. After him are Ptolemy VI Philometor, Matilda of Boulogne, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Cassander, and Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Abul Kalam Azad ranks 17. Before him are Roland Garros, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Nikolai Bukharin, Nestor Makhno, John Logie Baird, and Giorgio de Chirico. After him are Carl Schmitt, C. V. Raman, Jean Monnet, Frits Zernike, Raymond Chandler, and Eugene O'Neill. Among people deceased in 1958, Abul Kalam Azad ranks 13. Before him are Kurt Alder, Tyrone Power, Faisal II of Iraq, Clinton Davisson, Ernest Lawrence, and John B. Watson. After him are Maurice de Vlaminck, Milutin Milanković, Rudolf von Laban, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Maurice Gamelin, and Lion Feuchtwanger.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Abul Kalam Azad ranks 43 out of 354. Before him are Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624), Marwan I (623), Zainab bint Muhammad (600), Zayd ibn Harithah (581), Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1912), and Abd Allah ibn Abbas (619). After him are Ruqayyah bint Muhammad (598), Al-Walid I (668), Abdullah I of Jordan (1882), Zubayr ibn al-Awam (594), Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567), and Amr ibn Hishām (570).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Abul Kalam Azad ranks 17. Before him are Abū Lahab (549), Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (580), Fahd of Saudi Arabia (1921), Umar II (682), Marwan I (623), and Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1912). After him are Al-Walid I (668), Abdullah I of Jordan (1882), Zubayr ibn al-Awam (594), Amr ibn Hishām (570), Rayhana bint Zayd (600), and Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah (582).

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