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Ramaswamy Venkataraman

1910 - 2009

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Ramaswamy Venkataraman (, 4 December 1910 – 27 January 2009), also known as R. Venkataraman, was an Indian lawyer, independence activist and politician who served as a union minister and as the president of India. Venkataraman was born in Rajamadam village in Tanjore district, Madras Presidency. He studied law and practised in the Madras High Court and the Supreme Court of India. In his youth, he was an activist for the Indian independence movement, and he participated in the Quit India Movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ramaswamy Venkataraman is the 861st most popular politician (up from 8,300th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from India (up from 281st in 2019) and the 16th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ramaswamy Venkataraman ranks 861 out of 19,576. Before him are Valens, Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Daniel Ortega, Zeno, John Quincy Adams, and Cleopatra II of Egypt. After him are Martti Ahtisaari, Demetrius I of Macedon, Pedro II of Brazil, Ante Pavelić, Sneferu, and Boudica.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Ramaswamy Venkataraman ranks 6. Before him are Mother Teresa, Akira Kurosawa, Giuseppe Meazza, Jacques Cousteau, and Ingrid of Sweden. After him are Robert K. Merton, Archer Martin, Lee Byung-chul, Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Hodgkin, and Gloria Stuart. Among people deceased in 2009, Ramaswamy Venkataraman ranks 7. Before him are Michael Jackson, Patrick Swayze, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Robert McNamara, Kim Dae-jung, and Roh Moo-hyun. After him are Aage Bohr, Millvina Dean, Paul Samuelson, Maurice Jarre, Pina Bausch, and Corazon Aquino.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ramaswamy Venkataraman ranks 38 out of 1,861. Before him are Brahmagupta (598), Rani of Jhansi (1828), Padmasambhava (717), A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896), Zakir Husain (1897), and Amir Khusrow (1253). After him are Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952), Chandragupta Maurya (-340), Valmiki (-80), Buddhaghosa (401), Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), and Adi Shankara (788).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Ramaswamy Venkataraman ranks 16. Before him are Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921), Razia Sultana (1205), Jawaharlal Nehru (1889), Rani of Jhansi (1828), and Zakir Husain (1897). After him are Chandragupta Maurya (-340), Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), Hyder Ali (1720), Sariputta (-568), H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), and Ajatashatru (-500).

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