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Ram Vilas Paswan

1946 - 2020

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Ram Vilas Paswan (5 July 1946 – 8 October 2020) was an Indian politician from Bihar and the Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in the first and second Modi ministries. Paswan was also the president of the Lok Janshakti Party, nine-times Lok Sabha member and two-time Rajya Sabha MP. He started his political career as member of Samyukta Socialist Party and was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1969. Later, Paswan joined Lok Dal upon its formation in 1974, and became its general secretary. He opposed the emergency, and was arrested during this period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ram Vilas Paswan is the 16,029th most popular politician (down from 14,733rd in 2019), the 777th most popular biography from India (down from 639th in 2019) and the 210th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ram Vilas Paswan ranks 16,029 out of 19,576. Before him are John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, Carlos Batres, Schafik Hándal, Diosdado Cabello, Dan Coats, and Policarpo Paz García. After him are Félix Paiva, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, Willy De Clercq, Iakoba Italeli, Arta Dade, and Mustafa Subhi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ram Vilas Paswan ranks 630. Before him are Dimitrij Rupel, Sergio Gori, María Teresa Ruiz, Franco Malerba, John Urry, and Valdomiro. After him are Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, Mordehai Milgrom, Franz Xaver Kroetz, Aruna Irani, Igor Starygin, and Eduard Novák. Among people deceased in 2020, Ram Vilas Paswan ranks 592. Before him are Richard Corben, Otto Leodolter, Vitold Kreyer, Ernesto Canto, Arturo Chaires, and Francisco Aguilar. After him are Ivan Bohdan, José Luis Cuerda, Vladimir Andreyev, Tatyana Prorochenko, Diane di Prima, and Ignacio Trelles.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ram Vilas Paswan ranks 777 out of 1,861. Before him are Ekta Kapoor (1975), S. Shankar (1963), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), Nirmal Verma (1929), and Isha Koppikar (1976). After him are Manilal Gandhi (1892), K. Sivan (1957), Charles Sturt (1795), Kātyāyana (-200), Muiz ud din Bahram (null), and Zeenat Aman (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Ram Vilas Paswan ranks 210. Before him are Mayawati (1956), Jyoti Basu (1914), Balaji Vishwanath (1662), V. K. Sasikala (1954), Shuja-ud-Daula (1732), and Sharad Pawar (1940). After him are K. Sivan (1957), Muiz ud din Bahram (null), J. P. Nadda (1960), Surendranath Banerjee (1848), Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896), and Yogi Adityanath (1972).

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