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Nirmala Joshi

1934 - 2015

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Maria Nirmala Joshi (23 July 1934 – 23 June 2015) was an Indian religious sister who succeeded Nobel laureate Mother Teresa as the head of the Missionaries of Charity and expanded the movement overseas. After taking over the charity following Mother Teresa's death in 1997, Nirmala expanded the organisation's reach to 134 countries by opening centres in nations such as Afghanistan and Thailand. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nirmala Joshi is the 1,052nd most popular religious figure (up from 2,747th in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from India (up from 672nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nirmala Joshi ranks 1,052 out of 3,187. Before her are Malik al-Ashtar, Gerard of Csanád, Giovanni Benelli, Priscillian, Ngô Đình Thục, and Fidelis of Sigmaringen. After her are Tatiana of Rome, Saint Susanna, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, Thaïs, and Arnold Janssen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Nirmala Joshi ranks 88. Before her are Renata Scotto, Marshall Rosenberg, Bingu wa Mutharika, Dave Mackay, Cláudio Hummes, and Eduard Khil. After her are Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Ingvar Carlsson, Otar Iosseliani, Marty Feldman, Leonid Rogozov, and Georges Wolinski. Among people deceased in 2015, Nirmala Joshi ranks 71. Before her are Maureen O'Hara, Francesco Rosi, Marshall Rosenberg, Pierre Brice, Dave Mackay, and Halldór Ásgrímsson. After her are Setsuko Hara, Kurt Masur, Louis Jourdan, Phil Taylor, Georges Wolinski, and Robert Loggia.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nirmala Joshi ranks 199 out of 1,861. Before her are Gangubai Kothewali (1939), Prithviraj Chauhan (1159), Chandragupta II (400), Mahavatar Babaji (1900), Salmaan Taseer (1944), and Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601). After her are Vishvamitra (-2000), Mamnoon Hussain (1940), Homi K. Bhabha (1949), Ratan Tata (1937), S. Jaishankar (1955), and M. Visvesvaraya (1861).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Nirmala Joshi ranks 23. Before her are Ravi Shankar (1956), George Alencherry (1945), Anthony de Mello (1931), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), and Mahavatar Babaji (1900). After her are Parshvanatha (-872), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Jayadeva (1170), Śāntarakṣita (725), Abbé Faria (1756), and Joseph Coutts (1945).

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