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Jayalalithaa

1948 - 2016

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Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016), popularly known as Amma, was an Indian actress, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. She served as chief minister until her death and became the first female chief minister to die in office in the Republic of India. She was the longest-serving and former general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a Dravidian party founded by her mentor and the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R.). Jayalalithaa is regarded as one of the most influential politicians of post-independence India. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jayalalithaa is the 4,291st most popular politician (up from 7,541st in 2019), the 167th most popular biography from India (up from 250th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jayalalithaa ranks 4,291 out of 19,576. Before her are Mstislav I of Kiev, Zhelyu Zhelev, Władysław II the Exile, Jules Wijdenbosch, Jules Ferry, and Abdullah of Pahang. After her are Alcetas II of Macedon, Bardas, Redbad, King of the Frisians, Kenneth III of Scotland, Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, and Alan García.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Jayalalithaa ranks 85. Before her are Luis Galván, Brian Eno, William Gibson, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Svetlana Savitskaya, and Edmund Kemper. After her are Ichirou Mizuki, Raymond Leo Burke, Charles Maung Bo, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Dominique Sanda, and René Arnoux. Among people deceased in 2016, Jayalalithaa ranks 77. Before her are Michel Galabru, Iolanda Balaș, Walter Kohn, Terry Wogan, Michel Tournier, and Corry Brokken. After her are Patricio Aylwin, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Garry Marshall, Michel Butor, and Chyna.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jayalalithaa ranks 167 out of 1,861. Before her are Ashok Kumar (1911), Guru Angad (1504), Vikramaditya (-102), Ravi Shankar (1956), George Alencherry (1945), and Anna Mani (1918). After her are Julia Margaret Cameron (1815), Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Mukesh (1923), Anthony de Mello (1931), Mahboob Ali Khan (1866), and Sarojini Naidu (1879).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Jayalalithaa ranks 59. Before her are Sanghamitta (-281), Rajaraja I (947), Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), Sher Shah Suri (1486), Bindusara (-320), and Vikramaditya (-102). After her are Mahboob Ali Khan (1866), Nana Sahib (1824), I. I. Chundrigar (1897), Choudhry Rahmat Ali (1895), Rajaram I (1670), and Pranab Mukherjee (1935).

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