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Annapurna Devi

1927 - 2018

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Annapurna Devi (Bengali pronunciation: [ɔnːopurɳa debi]; 17 April 1927 – 13 October 2018) was an Indian surbahar player of Hindustani classical music. She was given the name 'Annapurna' by Maharaja Brijnath Singh of the former Maihar Estate, and it was by this name that she was popularly known. She was the daughter and disciple of Allauddin Khan, and the sister of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Pandit Ravi Shankar was her first husband, with whom she had a son, Shubhendra Shankar, who was an artist and a sitarist. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Annapurna Devi is the 18,506th most popular politician (down from 16,943rd in 2024), the 1,173rd most popular biography from India (down from 880th in 2019) and the 275th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Annapurna Devi ranks 18,506 out of 19,576. Before her are Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Jack Guy Lafontant, Sheldon Whitehouse, Daniel Günther, Barney Frank, and Phil Bredesen. After her are Gale Norton, John Tower, Pere Aragonès, Kapil Sibal, Tom Mboya, and Søren Pape Poulsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Annapurna Devi ranks 493. Before her are Paul Eddington, Ralph Beard, Marvin Kaplan, Chuck Share, Brock Adams, and Janaki Ballabh Patnaik. After her are Slim Dusty, Parkash Singh Badal, Peggy McCay, Bill Rowling, Ralph Stanley, and Norman Petty. Among people deceased in 2018, Annapurna Devi ranks 596. Before her are Pete Shelley, Liam O'Flynn, Arnaud Beltrame, Charles Krauthammer, Terry A. Davis, and Chelsi Smith. After her are Jimmy McIlroy, Stan Anderson, Zell Miller, Anne Donovan, Paul Laxalt, and Peggy McCay.

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In India

Among people born in India, Annapurna Devi ranks 1,173 out of 1,861. Before her are Farah Khan (1965), Sania Mirza (1986), Savitri Jindal (1940), Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927), Rupi Kaur (1992), and Richa Chadda (1986). After her are Roop Singh (1908), Kapil Sibal (1948), Balram Jakhar (1923), Pawan Kumar Chamling (1950), Pallonji Mistry (1929), and Parkash Singh Badal (1927).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Annapurna Devi ranks 275. Before her are Manohar Joshi (1937), Uddhav Thackeray (1960), Ahmed Patel (1949), Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (1949), Savitri Jindal (1940), and Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927). After her are Kapil Sibal (1948), Balram Jakhar (1923), Pawan Kumar Chamling (1950), Parkash Singh Badal (1927), Parmanand Jha (1944), and Seema Rao (1970).

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