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Nain Singh

1830 - 1882

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Nain Singh Rawat (21 October 1830 – 1 February 1882), was one of the first Indian explorers (dubbed "pundits") employed by the British to explore the Himalayas and Central Asia. He came from the Johar Valley in Kumaon. He surveyed the trade route through Ladakh to Tibet, determined the location and altitude of Lhasa in Tibet, and surveyed a large section of Brahmaputra. His reports were initially made under the code name Number 9. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nain Singh is the 328th most popular explorer (up from 468th in 2019), the 496th most popular biography from India (up from 820th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Nain Singh ranks 328 out of 498. Before him are Henricus Martellus Germanus, João Fernandes Lavrador, Semyon Chelyuskin, Theodor Kotschy, Hermann Wissmann, and Pedro Tafur. After him are Félix de Azara, Pyotr Chikhachyov, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Gonçalo Velho Cabral, Boris Vilkitsky, and Thorvald Asvaldsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Nain Singh ranks 52. Before him are Karl Christian Bruhns, Mehmed Said Pasha, Grigor Parlichev, Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Otto Lesser, and Marianne North. After him are Ivan Larionov, Daniel Oliver, Jhalkaribai, Gustav Lange, John Douglas, and John Moresby. Among people deceased in 1882, Nain Singh ranks 59. Before him are John William Draper, Joseph Decaisne, Alexander Gardner, James Challis, Ernest Courtot de Cissey, and François-Auguste Biard. After him are Theodor Kullak, Auguste Barbier, Charles Blanc, Antoine Bussy, Julius Hübner, and Franz von Schober.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nain Singh ranks 496 out of 1,861. Before him are Launceston Elliot (1874), ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni (1540), Ela Bhatt (1933), Rakesh Sharma (1949), Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), and Tamannaah (1989). After him are Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832), Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894), Sulochana Gadgil (1944), Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), Tyagaraja (1767), and Shruti Haasan (1986).

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Among EXPLORERS In India

Among explorers born in India, Nain Singh ranks 1. After him are Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (1858), Tim Severin (1940), and Charles Sturt (1795).

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