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Girija Prasad Koirala

1924 - 2010

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Nepal Ratna Girija Prasad Koirala (Nepali: गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइराला ; 4 July 1924 – 20 March 2010), affectionately known as Girija Babu, was a Nepalese politician. He headed the Nepali Congress and served as the Prime Minister of Nepal on four occasions: from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and 2006 to 2008. He was the Acting Head of State of Nepal between January 2007 and July 2008 as the country transitioned from a monarchy to a republic. Koirala, who was active in politics for over sixty years, was a pioneer of the Nepalese labour movement, having started the first political workers' movement on Nepalese soil, known as the Biratnagar jute mill strike in his hometown, Biratnagar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Girija Prasad Koirala is the 9,396th most popular politician (up from 10,356th in 2019), the 344th most popular biography from India (up from 369th in 2019) and the 117th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Girija Prasad Koirala ranks 9,396 out of 19,576. Before him are Achille Van Acker, Qusay Hussein, Yamada Nagamasa, James III of Cyprus, Giovanni Morelli, and Zawisza Czarny. After him are Juanita Castro, Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Djedefhor, Azzone Visconti, Berthold, Margrave of Baden, and Prince Paul of Württemberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Girija Prasad Koirala ranks 156. Before him are Haim Bar-Lev, Franco Basaglia, Chet Atkins, Gilbert Simondon, Michel Constantin, and William Auld. After him are Carlo Bergonzi, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, Donatas Banionis, Vasil Bykaŭ, István Nyers, and Walter Gotell. Among people deceased in 2010, Girija Prasad Koirala ranks 118. Before him are Charlie Wilson, Alexander McQueen, Solomon Burke, Nasr Abu Zayd, Philippa Foot, and Vladimir Ilyushin. After him are Alain Corneau, Jonathan Motzfeldt, Steingrímur Hermannsson, Luigi Poggi, Fud Leclerc, and José Torres.

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In India

Among people born in India, Girija Prasad Koirala ranks 344 out of 1,861. Before him are Asima Chatterjee (1917), Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), Amrapali (-450), Sikandar Jah (1768), Lindsay Anderson (1923), and Narayana Guru (1855). After him are Inayat Khan (1882), Eknath (1533), Mala Sinha (1936), Rani Durgavati (1524), Nargis (1929), and Aruna Shanbaug case (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Girija Prasad Koirala ranks 117. Before him are Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), K. B. Hedgewar (1889), Velu Nachiyar (1730), Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), Amrapali (-450), and Sikandar Jah (1768). After him are Rani Durgavati (1524), Pinarayi Vijayan (1945), Rajnath Singh (1951), Feroze Gandhi (1912), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913), and Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1864).

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