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Khema

550 BC - Today

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Khema (Pali: Khemā; Sanskrit: Kṣemā) was a Buddhist bhikkhuni, or nun, who was one of the top female disciples of the Buddha. She is considered the first of the Buddha's two chief female disciples, along with Uppalavanna. Khema was born into the royal family of the ancient Kingdom of Madra, and was the wife of King Bimbisara of the ancient Indian kingdom of Magadha. Khema was convinced to visit the Buddha by her husband, who hired poets to sing about the beauty of the monastery he was staying at to her. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Khema is the 8,475th most popular politician (down from 8,108th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 34th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Pakistani Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Khema ranks 8,475 out of 19,576. Before her are Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg, Coenred of Mercia, Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, Macrianus Minor, and Marcel Ciolacu. After her are Elihu Root, Sarduri I, Mutara III Rudahigwa, Tự Đức, Vladimir Nazor, and Helena Kantakouzene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 550 BC, Khema ranks 23. Before her are Ariston of Sparta, Appius Claudius Crassus, Hydarnes II, Histiaeus, Uppalavanna, and Rhodopis. After her are Helü of Wu, Pasenadi, Nitocris of Babylon, Aristodemus of Cumae, King Jing of Zhou, and Aryenis.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Khema ranks 49 out of 217. Before her are Raja Dahir (663), Gulzarilal Nanda (1898), Babita (1947), Naropa (1016), Malik Ghulam Muhammad (1895), and Amrita Pritam (1919). After her are Krishna Sobti (1925), Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1915), Shujaat Hussain (1946), Yahya Khan (1914), Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (1951), and Lokaksema (147).

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Among POLITICIANS In Pakistan

Among politicians born in Pakistan, Khema ranks 24. Before her are Bahlul Lodi (1406), Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309), Imran Khan (1952), Raja Dahir (663), Gulzarilal Nanda (1898), and Malik Ghulam Muhammad (1895). After her are Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1915), Shujaat Hussain (1946), Yahya Khan (1914), Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (1951), Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929), and Farooq Leghari (1940).

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