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Balram Jakhar

1923 - 2016

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Balram Jakhar (23 August 1923 – 3 February 2016) was an Indian politician, who served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was also the longest serving Speaker of the Lok Sabha, whose tenure lasted 9 years and 329 days. Jakhar was among the popular faces of Jat politics in Rajasthan during 1980s. He served as the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare from 1991 to 1996 in Government of India. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Balram Jakhar is the 18,541st most popular politician (down from 17,192nd in 2024), the 1,178th most popular biography from India (down from 909th in 2019) and the 277th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Balram Jakhar ranks 18,541 out of 19,576. Before him are Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, Gabriel Oprea, Dick Thornburgh, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff. After him are Terrance Drew, Antonio Villaraigosa, Pawan Kumar Chamling, Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, Roxana Mînzatu, and Shannon Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Balram Jakhar ranks 488. Before him are Norman Kirk, Ram Jethmalani, Hugh Shearer, Dora Bryan, Adele Mara, and Gloria Henry. After him are Anthony Bevilacqua, James Abdnor, Tomás Ó Fiaich, John Mortimer, Peggy Knudsen, and Eddie Turnbull. Among people deceased in 2016, Balram Jakhar ranks 596. Before him are Amber Rayne, David Cañada, Kay Starr, Marcos Danilo Padilha, Dalian Atkinson, and Donald Henderson. After him are Ali Hussein Shihab, Deborah S. Jin, Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, David Hahn, Ralph Stanley, and Ronnie Corbett.

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In India

Among people born in India, Balram Jakhar ranks 1,178 out of 1,861. Before him are Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927), Rupi Kaur (1992), Richa Chadda (1986), Annapurna Devi (1927), Roop Singh (1908), and Kapil Sibal (1948). After him are Pawan Kumar Chamling (1950), Pallonji Mistry (1929), Parkash Singh Badal (1927), Indrani Rahman (1930), Ravichandran Ashwin (1986), and Ameesha Patel (1975).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Balram Jakhar ranks 277. Before him are Ahmed Patel (1949), Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (1949), Savitri Jindal (1940), Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927), Annapurna Devi (1927), and Kapil Sibal (1948). After him are Pawan Kumar Chamling (1950), Parkash Singh Badal (1927), Parmanand Jha (1944), Seema Rao (1970), Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (1972), and Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920).

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