SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Malalai of Maiwand

1861 - 1861

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Malalai of Maiwand (Pashto: د ميوند ملالۍ [malɑˈləi]), also known as Malala (Pashto: ملاله), or Malalai Anna (Pashto: ملالۍ انا, meaning Malalai the "Grandmother") is a national folk hero of Afghanistan who rallied Afghan fighters during the Battle of Maiwand which was part of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. She fought alongside Ayub Khan and was responsible for the Afghan victory at the Battle of Maiwand on 27 July 1880. She is also known as "The Afghan Jeanne d'Arc" or as "The Afghan Molly Pitcher" to the Western world. There are many schools, hospitals, and other institutions named after her in Afghanistan. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Malalai of Maiwand is the 498th most popular social activist (down from 496th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 118th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Afghan Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Malalai of Maiwand ranks 498 out of 840. Before her are Josué de Castro, Gertrud Adelborg, Jack Sheppard, Giuseppe Impastato, Shireen Abu Akleh, and Danuta Wałęsa. After her are Joseph Wresinski, Kim Ok, Xiomara Acevedo, Eugen Drewermann, Medgar Evers, and Ōsugi Sakae.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Malalai of Maiwand ranks 116. Before her are Herbert Hall Turner, Racho Petrov, Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, Shirase Nobu, Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz, and Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso. After her are Aimé Haegeman, Saint-Pol-Roux, Kliment Boyadzhiev, Frederic Remington, Saovabha Phongsri, and Ismael Montes. Among people deceased in 1861, Malalai of Maiwand ranks 58. Before her are Stephen A. Douglas, Abel de Pujol, Ippolito Nievo, Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer, Michele Tenore, and José María Obando. After her are Édouard Ménétries, Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, Manuel Antônio de Almeida, Jorge Córdova, José María Linares, and Robert O'Hara Burke.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Malalai of Maiwand ranks 121 out of 177. Before her are Heliocles I (-200), Amr ibn al-Layth (null), Sultan Ali Keshtmand (1935), Ali Shah Durrani (1800), Ayub Shah Durrani (1800), and Anahita Ratebzad (1931). After her are Abdul Aziz Hotak (1700), Kader Khan (1937), Atiq Rahimi (1962), Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956), Hussain Hotak (null), and Ahmad Zia Massoud (1956).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Afghanistan

Among social activists born in Afghanistan, Malalai of Maiwand ranks 2. Before her are Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837). After her are Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956), Zakia Zaki (1962), Aqeela Asifi (1966), Bibi Aisha (1991), Jamila Afghani (1976), Sonita Alizadeh (1996), and Aziza Siddiqui (1983).

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