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Lakshmi Sahgal

1914 - 2012

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Lakshmi Sahgal () (born Lakshmi Swaminathan; 24 October 1914 – 23 July 2012) was an Indian politician and activist. She was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister of Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind government. Lakshmi is commonly referred to in India as Captain Lakshmi, a reference to her rank when taken prisoner in Burma during the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lakshmi Sahgal is the 12,222nd most popular politician (down from 9,477th in 2019), the 478th most popular biography from India (down from 332nd in 2019) and the 158th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lakshmi Sahgal ranks 12,222 out of 19,576. Before her are Constantine IV of Armenia, Fyodor Rostopchin, Uranius, Pandulf Ironhead, Carl Johan Thyselius, and Shukri Ghanem. After her are John L. McClellan, Inge Sørensen, Marcus Valerius Messalla Rufus, Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, Pellegrino Rossi, and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Lakshmi Sahgal ranks 210. Before her are Jorge Bolet, Baba Amte, Alf Prøysen, František Čapek, Ehmetjan Qasim, and Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury. After her are Sergej Kraigher, Wayne Morris, Lajos Baróti, Rosalyn Tureck, Josep Escolà, and Evelyn Furtsch. Among people deceased in 2012, Lakshmi Sahgal ranks 204. Before her are Steve Franken, Jean Laplanche, Rajesh Khanna, Eve Arnold, Claude Pinoteau, and Shukri Ghanem. After her are Tommy Godwin, Albert George Wilson, Christian Marin, Andy Griffith, Jon Finch, and Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen.

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In India

Among people born in India, Lakshmi Sahgal ranks 478 out of 1,861. Before her are Orde Wingate (1903), Baba Amte (1914), Bahubali (null), Rani Padmini (null), Shudraka (500), and Balbir Singh Sr. (1923). After her are Charles Gmelin (1872), Zakir Hussain (1951), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), Shashi Kapoor (1938), Sanjay Gandhi (1946), and Jai Singh II (1688).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Lakshmi Sahgal ranks 158. Before her are Farrukhsiyar (1685), Alamgir II (1699), Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892), Skandagupta (500), Bahubali (null), and Rani Padmini (null). After her are Sanjay Gandhi (1946), N. Chandrababu Naidu (1950), Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820), Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), Mamata Banerjee (1955), and C. N. Annadurai (1909).

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