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Rajnath Singh

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Rajnath Singh (Hindi pronunciation: [ɾɑːd͡ʒnɑːt̪ʰ sɪŋɡʱ] ; born 10 July 1951) is an Indian politician and lecturer who has been serving as the 29th Union Minister of Defence since 2019 and as the Deputy Leader of the House, Lok Sabha since 2014. He previously served as the 25th Union Minister of Home Affairs in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019, making him the first person born after Indian independence to hold the office. He was the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2014. Singh is a veteran leader of the BJP who started his career as a swayamsevak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rajnath Singh is the 10,111th most popular politician (down from 9,431st in 2019), the 369th most popular biography from India (down from 330th in 2019) and the 120th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rajnath Singh ranks 10,111 out of 19,576. Before him are Antonina, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve, Anaxilas, Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Karen Demirchyan, and Uroš I, Grand Prince of Serbia. After him are Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, Alexander Guchkov, Artaxias II, Alfonso López Michelsen, Berenice, and Maria Zakharova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Rajnath Singh ranks 175. Before him are Jeanette, Alvin E. Roth, Andy Thomas, Orson Scott Card, Patriarch Daniel of Romania, and Fabrice Luchini. After him are Keb' Mo', Jean Smart, Mary McAleese, Mihai Ghimpu, Kathryn D. Sullivan, and Christopher Cross.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rajnath Singh ranks 369 out of 1,861. Before him are Rishabhanatha (null), Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907), Kenneth Anderson (1891), Harilal Gandhi (1888), Joseph Vaz (1651), and Prakash Raj (1965). After him are Nagarjuna (1959), Merle Oberon (1911), Anna Hazare (1937), Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), Swaminarayan (1781), and Feroze Gandhi (1912).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Rajnath Singh ranks 120. Before him are Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), Amrapali (-450), Sikandar Jah (1768), Girija Prasad Koirala (1924), Rani Durgavati (1524), and Pinarayi Vijayan (1945). After him are Feroze Gandhi (1912), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913), Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1864), Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918), Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861), and Guru Hargobind (1595).

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