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Maharana Pratap

1540 - 1597

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Pratap Singh I (9 May 1540 – 19 January 1597), popularly known as Maharana Pratap (IPA: [məɦaːˈɾaːɳaː pɾəˈtaːp] ), was king of the Kingdom of Mewar, in north-western India in the present-day state of Rajasthan, from 1572 until his death in 1597. He is notable for leading the Rajput resistance against the expansionist policy of the Mughal Emperor Akbar including the battle of Haldighati and the battle of Dewair. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maharana Pratap is the 2,982nd most popular politician (down from 2,039th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from India (down from 70th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Indian Politician.

Maharana Pratap was a Rajput king of Mewar who fought against the Mughal emperor Akbar. He is most famous for his victory in the Battle of Haldighati.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maharana Pratap ranks 2,982 out of 19,576. Before him are Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, Necho I, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Louis I of Spain, Al-Muqtadir, and Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover. After him are Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, Longqing Emperor, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Ferhat Abbas, Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, and Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1540, Maharana Pratap ranks 8. Before him are François Viète, Ludolph van Ceulen, Charles II, Archduke of Austria, John Sigismund Zápolya, Joseph Justus Scaliger, and Lady Katherine Grey. After him are Hümaşah Sultan, José de Acosta, Magnus, Duke of Holstein, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Paschal Baylón, and Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli. Among people deceased in 1597, Maharana Pratap ranks 7. Before him are Willem Barentsz, Hattori Hanzō, Paulo Miki, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Peter Canisius, and Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. After him are Joseph of Anchieta, Franciscus Patricius, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Edward Kelley, Barbara Blomberg, and Gunilla Bielke.

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In India

Among people born in India, Maharana Pratap ranks 120 out of 1,861. Before him are Pervez Musharraf (1943), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Tipu Sultan (1750), Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856), Baji Rao I (1700), and Satyendra Nath Bose (1894). After him are Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), Rajendra Prasad (1884), A. R. Rahman (1966), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Samudragupta (335), and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Maharana Pratap ranks 46. Before him are Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), and Tipu Sultan (1750). After him are Rajendra Prasad (1884), Samudragupta (335), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Ghiyas ud din Balban (1200), Rajendra Chola I (1000), and Sambhaji (1657).

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