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Narendra Dabholkar

1945 - 2013

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Narendra Achyut Dabholkar (1 November 1945 – 20 August 2013) was an Indian physician, social activist, rationalist and author from Maharashtra, India. In 1989 he founded and became president of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS, Committee for Eradication of Superstition in Maharashtra). Triggered by his assassination in 2013, the pending Anti-Superstition and Black Magic Ordinance was promulgated in the state of Maharashtra, four days later. In 2014, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Shri for social work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Narendra Dabholkar is the 703rd most popular physician (down from 654th in 2019), the 1,093rd most popular biography from India (down from 786th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Indian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Narendra Dabholkar ranks 703 out of 726. Before him are Rachel Levine, Maude Abbott, Steven M. Greer, Charles R. Drew, Flora Murray, and Caldwell Esselstyn. After him are Teresa Forcades, Sergio Canavero, Hayat Sindi, Mathilde Krim, David Shulkin, and Fernando Simón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Narendra Dabholkar ranks 668. Before him are Dennis Burkley, Ray LaHood, Damien Magee, Hassan Abshir Farah, Sheela, and Julie Heldman. After him are Robert Olen Butler, Elkie Brooks, David Dukes, Madhavrao Scindia, John Garamendi, and Sandy Berger. Among people deceased in 2013, Narendra Dabholkar ranks 509. Before him are Dennis Burkley, Ilya Segalovich, Tony Gaze, Antonia Bird, Allan Simonsen, and Allen Lanier. After him are Malachi Throne, Junior Murvin, Shamshad Begum, Hervé Boussard, Yasuhiro Yamada, and Ivan Turina.

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In India

Among people born in India, Narendra Dabholkar ranks 1,093 out of 1,861. Before him are Ashok Gehlot (1951), Silk Smitha (1960), Sudha Chandran (1965), Twinkle Khanna (1974), K. Balachander (1930), and Shobhna Samarth (1916). After him are P. A. Sangma (1947), Bombayla Devi Laishram (1985), Manohar Parrikar (1955), Toru Dutt (1856), Ruby Myers (1907), and AR Murugadoss (1974).

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Among PHYSICIANS In India

Among physicians born in India, Narendra Dabholkar ranks 10. Before him are Soumya Swaminathan (1959), Kadambini Ganguly (1861), Devi Shetty (1953), Kamal Ranadive (1917), Indira Nath (1938), and Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882). After him are Siddhartha Mukherjee (1970), Suniti Solomon (1938), and Netha Hussain (1990).

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