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Jyoti Basu

1914 - 2010

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Jyoti Basu (born Jyotirindra Basu; 8 July 1914 – 17 January 2010) was an Indian Marxist theorist, communist activist, and politician. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Communist movement in India. He served as the 6th and longest serving Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000. He was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jyoti Basu is the 15,733rd most popular politician (down from 13,341st in 2019), the 746th most popular biography from India (down from 530th in 2019) and the 205th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jyoti Basu ranks 15,733 out of 19,576. Before him are Doug Burgum, Rosa Russo Iervolino, Stanislaw Tillich, Tom Hayden, Tomás Berreta, and Joan, Lady of Wales. After him are Abdul Qadir Bajamal, Christine Lambrecht, Héctor Rossetto, Antonio Martino, Balaji Vishwanath, and Eugenio Scalfari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jyoti Basu ranks 336. Before him are Hank Snow, Kay Stammers, Adrien Rommel, Viljo Heino, Tsuneko Sasamoto, and Erling Evensen. After him are Joe Mercer, Mario Luzi, Anna Maria Ortese, John Hodiak, Harry Winter, and Wendell Corey. Among people deceased in 2010, Jyoti Basu ranks 337. Before him are Walter Rudin, Pentti Linnosvuo, Edoardo Sanguineti, Avi Cohen, Jiří Havlis, and Raúl Belén. After him are Emilio Álvarez, Yuri Maslyukov, João Morais, Olga Guillot, Antonio Ozores, and William Tenn.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jyoti Basu ranks 746 out of 1,861. Before him are Dimple Kapadia (1957), S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940), Hemanta Mukherjee (1920), Girija Devi (1929), K. S. Chithra (1963), and Rani Mukerji (1978). After him are K. Shivaram Karanth (1902), Sivaji Ganesan (1928), Balaji Vishwanath (1662), Tanuja (1943), Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (1947), and Altaf Hussain Hali (1837).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Jyoti Basu ranks 205. Before him are Rahul Gandhi (1970), Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923), Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924), Alivardi Khan (1671), Venkaiah Naidu (1949), and Mayawati (1956). After him are Balaji Vishwanath (1662), V. K. Sasikala (1954), Shuja-ud-Daula (1732), Sharad Pawar (1940), Ram Vilas Paswan (1946), and K. Sivan (1957).

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