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Jaswant Singh

1938 - 2020

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Major Jaswant Singh (3 January 1938 – 27 September 2020) was an Indian Army officer and politician. He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and was one of India's longest serving parliamentarians, having been a member of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha almost continuously between 1980 and 2014. He was NDA's Vice-presidential candidate in the 2012 Indian vice-presidential election. Singh was the only leader from Rajasthan who became Minister Of External Affairs, Finance and Defence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jaswant Singh is the 8,282nd most popular politician (up from 12,173rd in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from India (up from 455th in 2019) and the 101st most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jaswant Singh ranks 8,282 out of 19,576. Before him are Slimane of Morocco, William, Prince of Hohenzollern, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Malik Ghulam Muhammad, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, and Thoros of Edessa. After him are Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, Octar, Laurentino Cortizo, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Hantili I, and Dirk V, Count of Holland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Jaswant Singh ranks 162. Before him are Violetta Villas, Anne Perry, Jean-Loup Chrétien, Derviş Eroğlu, Paul Martin, and Vakhtang Kikabidze. After him are Benjamin Mkapa, Jan Assmann, Isabelle Aubret, Hermann Nitsch, Johnny Rebel, and Félix Mourinho. Among people deceased in 2020, Jaswant Singh ranks 156. Before him are Jānis Lūsis, Kang Kek Iew, Vera Lynn, Mario Bunge, James E. Gunn, and Sergei Khrushchev. After him are Ivry Gitlis, Mad Mike Hoare, Albert Memmi, Benjamin Mkapa, Manolis Glezos, and Amadeo Carrizo.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jaswant Singh ranks 298 out of 1,861. Before him are Chand Bibi (1550), Afzal-ud-Daulah (1827), Prabhas (1979), Amrish Puri (1932), M. Night Shyamalan (1970), and Tarabai (1675). After him are Mad Mike Hoare (1919), Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876), Charan Singh (1902), Andal (800), Sankardev (1449), and Guru Amar Das (1479).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Jaswant Singh ranks 101. Before him are Syama Prasad Mukherjee (1901), Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621), Morarji Desai (1896), Chand Bibi (1550), Afzal-ud-Daulah (1827), and Tarabai (1675). After him are Charan Singh (1902), Abdul Karim (1863), Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), Shantanu (null), Karamchand Gandhi (1822), and Gupta (240).

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