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Charan Singh

1902 - 1987

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Chaudhary Charan Singh (23 December 1902 – 29 May 1987) was an Indian politician, peasant leader, author and an independence activist who briefly served as the prime minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980. Singh was principally known for his land and agricultural reform initiatives, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Baghpat. During his premiership, he was a member of the Janata Party (Secular). He served as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh as a member of Bhartiya Kranti Dal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charan Singh is the 8,407th most popular politician (down from 6,300th in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from India (down from 208th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charan Singh ranks 8,407 out of 19,576. Before him are Hiram Rhodes Revels, Thomas A. Hendricks, Sabinus Julianus, Zu Geng of Shang, Hrothgar, and Branko Crvenkovski. After him are Henry Oldenburg, Yegor Gaidar, Tim Scott, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah, and Gian Giacomo Trivulzio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Charan Singh ranks 107. Before him are Leon Ames, Peregrino Anselmo, Santos Iriarte, Albert Anastasia, Albert Bormann, and Fuad Chehab. After him are Albert Forster, Antonia Brico, Cesare Zavattini, Eric Liddell, Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, and Virginio Rosetta. Among people deceased in 1987, Charan Singh ranks 80. Before him are Anny Ondra, Danny Kaye, Konstantinos Tsatsos, Bengt Strömgren, Andrei Mironov, and Morton Feldman. After him are Gerhard Klopfer, Otto Wöhler, Herbert Blumer, Maxwell D. Taylor, Maria von Trapp, and J. P. Guilford.

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In India

Among people born in India, Charan Singh ranks 301 out of 1,861. Before him are Amrish Puri (1932), M. Night Shyamalan (1970), Tarabai (1675), Jaswant Singh (1938), Mad Mike Hoare (1919), and Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876). After him are Andal (800), Sankardev (1449), Guru Amar Das (1479), Abdul Karim (1863), Kuvempu (1904), and Jaya Bachchan (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Charan Singh ranks 102. Before him are Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621), Morarji Desai (1896), Chand Bibi (1550), Afzal-ud-Daulah (1827), Tarabai (1675), and Jaswant Singh (1938). After him are Abdul Karim (1863), Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), Shantanu (null), Karamchand Gandhi (1822), Gupta (240), and Phoolan Devi (1963).

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