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Jai Singh II

1688 - 1743

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Sawai Jai Singh II (3 November 1688 – 21 September 1743), was the 30th Kachwaha Rajput ruler of the Kingdom of Amber, who later founded the fortified city of Jaipur and made it his capital. He became the ruler of Amber at the age of 11, after the untimely death of his father Mirza Raja Bishan Singh on 31 December 1699. Initially, Raja Jai Singh served as a vassal of the Mughal Empire. He was given the title of "Sawai" by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb before the siege of Khelna Fort in Deccan."Sawai" means one and a quarter times superior to his contemporaries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jai Singh II is the 597th most popular mathematician (down from 519th in 2019), the 484th most popular biography from India (down from 420th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jai Singh II ranks 597 out of 1,004. Before him are Bernt Michael Holmboe, Chen Jingrun, Henry Dudeney, Otto E. Neugebauer, Jean-Marie Duhamel, and Giacomo F. Maraldi. After him are Pierre Fatou, Sydney Chapman, Arthur Moritz Schoenflies, Carl Adam Petri, Jacques Herbrand, and Saunders Mac Lane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1688, Jai Singh II ranks 21. Before him are Domenico Zipoli, Antonio Corradini, François Lemoyne, Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Marie Victoire de Noailles, and Johann Friedrich Fasch. After him are George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Willem 's Gravesande, Ferdinand Brokoff, and Mikhail Zemtsov. Among people deceased in 1743, Jai Singh II ranks 14. Before him are Rafael Casanova, Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz, Augustine Washington, Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans, and Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Ogata Kenzan, Mikhail Zemtsov, and John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jai Singh II ranks 484 out of 1,861. Before him are Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), Charles Gmelin (1872), Zakir Hussain (1951), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), Shashi Kapoor (1938), and Sanjay Gandhi (1946). After him are N. Chandrababu Naidu (1950), Sonam Kapoor (1985), Jayaprakash Narayan (1902), Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820), Shibli Nomani (1857), and Launceston Elliot (1874).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In India

Among mathematicians born in India, Jai Singh II ranks 9. Before him are Bhāskara II (1114), Augustus De Morgan (1806), Madhava of Sangamagrama (1350), S. R. Ranganathan (1892), Bhāskara I (600), and D. R. Kaprekar (1905). After him are Sulochana Gadgil (1944), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940), Harish-Chandra (1923), Kātyāyana (-200), and J. H. C. Whitehead (1904).

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