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Bodawpaya

1745 - 1819

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Bodawpaya (Burmese: ဘိုးတော်ဘုရား, pronounced [bódɔ̀ pʰəjá]; Thai: ปดุง; 11 March 1745 – 5 June 1819) was the sixth king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma. Born Maung Shwe Waing and later Badon Min, he was the fourth son of Alaungpaya, founder of the dynasty and the Third Burmese Empire. He was proclaimed king after deposing his nephew Phaungkaza Maung Maung, son of his eldest brother Naungdawgyi, at Ava. Bodawpaya moved the royal capital back to Amarapura in 1782. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bodawpaya is the 8,748th most popular politician (down from 8,315th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Myanmar (Burma) (down from 20th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Burmese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bodawpaya ranks 8,748 out of 19,576. Before him are Leslie Manigat, Anna Leszczyńska, Ersin Tatar, Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, Mandukhai, and Lev Karakhan. After him are Petar Brzica, Teimuraz I of Kakheti, Nambaryn Enkhbayar, John C. Breckinridge, Edmund Stoiber, and Mithridates I Callinicus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Bodawpaya ranks 30. Before him are Richard Bassett, Isaac Titsingh, Caspar Wessel, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Antonio José Cavanilles. After him are Johann Peter Frank, Maxim Berezovsky, Franciszek Smuglewicz, Inō Tadataka, Olaudah Equiano, and Benjamin Rush. Among people deceased in 1819, Bodawpaya ranks 20. Before him are Abbé Faria, Sophie Blanchard, John Marshall, Erik Acharius, Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Alexander Andreyevich Baranov. After him are Johan David Åkerblad, Alexander Tormasov, Valentin Vodnik, Johann Peter Beaulieu, John Playfair, and Josepha Weber.

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In Myanmar (Burma)

Among people born in Myanmar (Burma), Bodawpaya ranks 23 out of 40. Before him are Diana Abgar (1859), Thibaw Min (1859), Peter Townsend (1914), Tabinshwehti (1516), Mindon Min (1808), and Saki (1870). After him are Vijay Rupani (1956), Ba Maw (1893), Soe Win (1947), S. N. Goenka (1924), Ashin Wirathu (1968), and Saw Maung (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In Myanmar (Burma)

Among politicians born in Myanmar (Burma), Bodawpaya ranks 18. Before him are Alaungpaya (1714), Anawrahta (1015), Diana Abgar (1859), Thibaw Min (1859), Tabinshwehti (1516), and Mindon Min (1808). After him are Vijay Rupani (1956), Ba Maw (1893), Soe Win (1947), Saw Maung (1928), Bagyidaw (1784), and Sao Shwe Thaik (1896).

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