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Gopala I

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Gopala (Bengali: গোপাল) (ruled 750–768 CE) was the founder of the Pala dynasty, which was based in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. The last morpheme of his name Pala means "protector" and was used as an ending for the names of all the Pala monarchs. Pala does not suggest or indicate any ethnic or caste considerations of the Pala dynasty. He came to power in later half of eighth century AD in Bengal after being elected by a group of regional chieftains. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Gopala I is the 15,164th most popular politician (down from 14,091st in 2024). (down from 3,772nd in 2019)

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Among politicians, Gopala I ranks 15,162 out of 19,576Before him are Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier, Klaus von Dohnanyi, Ramsey Clark, and George Sheldon. After him are Augusts Voss, Manuel Basilio Bustamante, Surat Huseynov, Jules Vandenpeereboom, Vlastimil Tusar, Teresa Ribera, Martín Carrera, and Chen Chien-jen.

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