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Chandra Shekhar

1927 - 2007

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Chandra Shekhar (17 April 1927 – 8 July 2007), also known as Jananayak, was an Indian politician and the prime minister of India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991. He headed a minority government of a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal with outside support from the Indian National Congress. He was the first Indian Prime Minister who had never held any prior government office. His government was formed with the fewest party MPs in the Lok Sabha. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chandra Shekhar is the 11,913th most popular politician (down from 9,024th in 2019), the 460th most popular biography from India (down from 309th in 2019) and the 150th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chandra Shekhar ranks 11,913 out of 19,576. Before him are Constance of France, Princess of Antioch, Philaretos Brachamios, Paek Nam-sun, Malusha, Klaus Hänsch, and Haroun Tazieff. After him are Ashur-rabi II, Pōmare III, Ellen Gleditsch, Petro Symonenko, Joseph Vendryes, and Gaius Sempronius Tuditanus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Chandra Shekhar ranks 214. Before him are László Paskai, Kenneth Anger, Gianna Maria Canale, Bill Slater, Charles de Tornaco, and Richard Johnson. After him are Leontyne Price, Claude Abbes, Ahmadou Kourouma, Herbert Ross, Dany Robin, and L. Q. Jones. Among people deceased in 2007, Chandra Shekhar ranks 188. Before him are Katsuko Saruhashi, Sandro Salvadore, Emma Tillman, Darlene Conley, Dabbs Greer, and Paek Nam-sun. After him are Antonio María Javierre Ortas, Antonio Aguilar, Kembo Uba Kembo, Max Roach, Nazik Al-Malaika, and Hans Wegner.

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In India

Among people born in India, Chandra Shekhar ranks 460 out of 1,861. Before him are Bismillah Khan (1916), Guru Har Rai (1630), Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905), Bhavabhuti (null), Madhubala (1933), and Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874). After him are Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556), Ravindra Prabhat (1969), Farrukhsiyar (1685), Vikram Sarabhai (1919), Tina Ambani (1957), and Ajith Kumar (1971).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Chandra Shekhar ranks 150. Before him are Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725), BP Koirala (1914), Jacques Lauriston (1768), Jahandar Shah (1661), Guru Har Rai (1630), and Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905). After him are Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556), Farrukhsiyar (1685), Alamgir II (1699), Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892), Skandagupta (500), and Bahubali (null).

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