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Maneka Gandhi

1956 - Today

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Maneka Gandhi (also spelled Menaka; née Anand) (born 26 August 1956) is an Indian politician, animal rights activist, and environmentalist. She served as a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is the widow of Indian politician Sanjay Gandhi. Gandhi has held ministerial positions in four governments, most recently serving in Narendra Modi's government from May 2014 to May 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Maneka Gandhi is the 17,607th most popular politician (down from 16,189th in 2024), the 986th most popular biography from India (down from 774th in 2019) and the 244th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maneka Gandhi ranks 17,608 out of 19,576. Before her are Peter Caruana, Paul Nitze, Ludger Beerbaum, Tanja Fajon, İbrahim Kalın, Choi Yo-sam, and Elżbieta Witek. After her are Marietta Giannakou, Lutz Heilmann, Manuel Vicente, Oriol Junqueras, and Temir Sariyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Maneka Gandhi ranks 598. Before her are Ursula Plassnik, Larry Myricks, Christof Koch, Blanche Baker, Peter Caruana, and Dieter Kühn. After her are Manuel Vicente, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Włodzimierz Ciołek, Paramanga Ernest Yonli, Paige O'Hara, and Mikola Statkevich.

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In India

Among people born in India, Maneka Gandhi ranks 986 out of 1,861. Before her are Udham Singh (1928), Kapila Vatsyayan (1928), Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (1915), Smita Patil (1955), Prem Nazir (1927), and Aparna Sen (1945). After her are S. J. Suryah (1968), Leo Amery (1873), Amjad Ali Khan (1945), Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi (1920), Satish Shah (1951), and Mehdi Hassan (1927).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Maneka Gandhi ranks 244. Before her are Arvind Kejriwal (1968), Kanu Sanyal (1928), Bhanu Athaiya (1929), Mridula Sinha (1942), Vasundhara Raje (1953), and Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (1915). After her are Leo Amery (1873), Arun Jaitley (1952), Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910), Varun Gandhi (1980), Margaret Alva (1942), and Murli Manohar Joshi (1934).

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