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Jagjivan Ram

1908 - 1986

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Jagjivan Ram (5 April 1908 – 6 July 1986), popularly known as Babuji, was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as a minister with various portfolios for over 30 years, making him the longest-serving Union Cabinet minister in Indian history. He also served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India from January 1979 to July 1979. He played a pivotal role as the Defence Minister of India during the Indo-Pak War of 1971, which led to the creation of Bangladesh. As Union Agriculture Minister during two separate tenures, he contributed significantly to the Green Revolution and the modernization of Indian agriculture, particularly during the 1974 drought when he was entrusted with addressing a severe food crisis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jagjivan Ram is the 13,379th most popular politician (up from 13,529th in 2019), the 551st most popular biography from India (down from 539th in 2019) and the 173rd most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jagjivan Ram ranks 13,379 out of 19,576. Before him are Hrvoje Šarinić, Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Albrecht Haushofer, Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark, Barbu Catargiu, and Paul Xuereb. After him are Hetephernebti, Alphons Egli, Transamund II of Spoleto, Wiglaf of Mercia, Viorica Dăncilă, and Lucius Clodius Macer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Jagjivan Ram ranks 218. Before him are Bobojon Ghafurov, Carlos Lleras Restrepo, Erich Srbek, Agustín Sauto Arana, Lauri Lehtinen, and Ed Heinemann. After him are Lew Ayres, Gustavo Marzi, Ludwig Goldbrunner, Artem Alikhanian, Harald Reinl, and Frol Kozlov. Among people deceased in 1986, Jagjivan Ram ranks 161. Before him are Bessie Love, Alberto Zorrilla, Marcel Arland, Agustín Sauto Arana, Ludwig Biermann, and Gaston Defferre. After him are Mary Eristavi, Herma Szabo, Heinz Strehl, Ronald McNair, Harald Reinl, and Murray Hamilton.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jagjivan Ram ranks 551 out of 1,861. Before him are Lobsang Sangay (1968), Arundhati Roy (1961), Sanjeev Kumar (1938), Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Arvind Krishna (1962), and Jasraj (1930). After him are Rekha (1954), Anupam Kher (1955), Supriya Pathak (1961), Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893), Surdas (1478), and Nilakantha Somayaji (1444).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Jagjivan Ram ranks 173. Before him are Fatima Jinnah (1893), Jhalkaribai (1830), M. S. Swaminathan (1925), Prince Vijaya (-543), Vichitravirya (null), and Lobsang Sangay (1968). After him are Hemu (1501), Malik Kafur (1250), Bal Thackeray (1926), Nitish Kumar (1951), Sukhdev Thapar (1907), and Amarinder Singh (1942).

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