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Bahadur Shah I

1643 - 1712

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Bahadur Shah I (Muhammad Mu'azzam; 14 October 1643 – 27 February 1712) or Shah Alam I, was the eighth Mughal Emperor from 1707 to 1712. He was the second son of the sixth Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, who he conspired to overthrow in his youth. He was also the governor of the imperial provinces of Agra, Kabul and Lahore and had to face revolts of Rajputs and Sikhs. After Aurangzeb's death, Muhammad Azam Shah, his third son by his chief consort Nawab Bai declared himself successor, but was shortly defeated in one of the largest battles of India, the Battle of Jajau and overthrown by Bahadur Shah. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bahadur Shah I is the 8,901st most popular politician (down from 4,447th in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from India (down from 152nd in 2019) and the 109th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bahadur Shah I ranks 8,901 out of 19,576. Before him are Anacharsis Cloots, Kujō Yoritsune, Turhan Pasha Përmeti, Rabah Bitat, Henri Konan Bédié, and Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria. After him are Shujaat Hussain, Mieszko I Tanglefoot, Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Kusaila, Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, and Regina Jonas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1643, Bahadur Shah I ranks 15. Before him are Johann Adam Reincken, Ilona Zrínyi, Jean Chardin, Henri Jules, Prince of Condé, Fran Krsto Frankopan, and Jean-Baptiste Denys. After him are Godfried Schalcken, Vasily Golitsyn, and Zinat-un-Nissa Begum. Among people deceased in 1712, Bahadur Shah I ranks 14. Before him are Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Nicolas Catinat, Tokugawa Ienobu, Jan van der Heyden, and Nehemiah Grew. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Richard Simon, Juan Bautista Cabanilles, Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Jan Luyken, and Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bahadur Shah I ranks 317 out of 1,861. Before him are C. Rajagopalachari (1878), Karamchand Gandhi (1822), Gupta (240), Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856), Phoolan Devi (1963), and Homi J. Bhabha (1909). After him are Zakir Naik (1965), Thiruvalluvar (350), Bhāskara I (600), Savitri (1936), Sundar Pichai (1972), and Vijay (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Bahadur Shah I ranks 109. Before him are Abdul Karim (1863), Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), Shantanu (null), Karamchand Gandhi (1822), Gupta (240), and Phoolan Devi (1963). After him are Nizamuddin Auliya (1238), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), K. B. Hedgewar (1889), Velu Nachiyar (1730), Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), and Amrapali (-450).

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