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K. Kamaraj

1903 - 1975

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Kumaraswami Kamaraj (15 July 1903 – 2 October 1975), popularly known as Kamarajar was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the Chief Minister of Madras from 13 April 1954 to 2 October 1963. He also served as the president of the Indian National Congress between 1964–1967 and was responsible for the elevation of Lal Bahadur Shastri and later Indira Gandhi to the position of Prime Minister of India, because of which he was widely acknowledged as the "Kingmaker" in Indian politics during the 1960s. Later, he was the founder and president of the Indian National Congress (O). Born as Kamatchi, Kamaraj had dropped out of school early and had little formal education. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. K. Kamaraj is the 10,833rd most popular politician (down from 8,994th in 2019), the 396th most popular biography from India (down from 306th in 2019) and the 128th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, K. Kamaraj ranks 10,833 out of 19,576. Before him are Hierocles, Annius Rufus, Lee Beom-seok, Kilij Arslan IV, Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Constantine II of Georgia. After him are Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Roberto Farinacci, Appius Claudius Pulcher, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Sutan Sjahrir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, K. Kamaraj ranks 153. Before him are Aleksei N. Leontiev, Antanas Sniečkus, Takiji Kobayashi, Alexander Imich, Lina Radke, and Maria Giuseppa Robucci. After him are André Maschinot, Fumiko Hayashi, Rafael Paasio, Matvey Blanter, Hans Litten, and Issa Pliyev. Among people deceased in 1975, K. Kamaraj ranks 111. Before him are Doria Shafik, Georg Ots, Sam Giancana, Morgan Taylor, Tim Buckley, and William Hartnell. After him are Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Vladimir Kuts, Knut Kroon, Joseph Laniel, Hugo Österman, and G. M. B. Dobson.

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In India

Among people born in India, K. Kamaraj ranks 396 out of 1,861. Before him are Rishi Kapoor (1952), Jayant Narlikar (1938), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), T. H. White (1906), Subramania Bharati (1882), and Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642). After him are Nasir-ud-Daulah (1794), Jaimini (-390), Filipe Neri Ferrão (1953), Lahiri Mahasaya (1828), Mir Jafar (1691), and Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, K. Kamaraj ranks 128. Before him are Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913), Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1864), Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918), Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861), Guru Hargobind (1595), and Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930). After him are Nasir-ud-Daulah (1794), Lahiri Mahasaya (1828), Mir Jafar (1691), P. Chidambaram (1945), Asaf-ud-Daula (1748), and Tarun Gogoi (1936).

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