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Ghatotkacha

280 - 319

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Ghatotkacha (Sanskrit: घटोत्कच, IAST: Ghaṭotkaca; lit. 'Bald Pot') is a character in the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. His name comes from the fact that he was bald (utkacha) and his head was shaped like a ghatam, or a pot. He is the son of the Pandava Bhima and the rakshasi Hidimbi. As the head of one akshauhini army, he was an important fighter from the Pandava side in the Kurukshetra War and caused a great deal of destruction to the Kaurava army. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Ghatotkacha is the 17,043rd most popular politician (down from 15,579th in 2024). (down from 4,254th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Ghatotkacha ranks 17,043 out of 19,576Before him are Tomislav Karamarko, V. K. Krishna Menon, Ulrike Lunacek, Cunedda, Spencer Cox, and Lester Bird. After him are Ken Salazar, Richard A. Falk, Rosy Bindi, Eric Schmitt, Azim Isabekov, and Said Seyam.

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Among people born in 280, Ghatotkacha ranks 6Before him are Saint George, Eusebius of Nicomedia, Saint Susanna, Aphrahat, and Valeria Maximilla.  Among people deceased in 319, Ghatotkacha ranks 2Before him is Theodore Stratelates.

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