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Ranjit Singh

1780 - 1839

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Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839) was the founder and first maharaja of the Sikh Empire, in the northwest Indian subcontinent, ruling from 1801 until his death in 1839. Born to Maha Singh, the leader of the Sukerchakia Misl, Ranjit Singh survived smallpox in infancy but lost sight in his left eye. At the age of ten years old, he fought his first battle alongside his father. After his father died around Ranjit's early teenage years, he became leader of the Misl. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ranjit Singh is the 4,638th most popular politician (down from 4,041st in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 18th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Pakistani Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ranjit Singh ranks 4,638 out of 19,576. Before him are Ruud Lubbers, Claudia Acte, Bernabò Visconti, Moza bint Nasser, Bartolomé Mitre, and I. I. Chundrigar. After him are Tokugawa Iemochi, Ramiro I of Asturias, Theobald II of Navarre, Wu Zixu, Lydia Litvyak, and Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, Ranjit Singh ranks 10. Before him are Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, Miloš Obrenović, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, Charles Nodier, and Jules de Polignac. After him are Sacagawea, Jernej Kopitar, John Forsyth, Mary Somerville, Bernardino Rivadavia, and Karl Nesselrode. Among people deceased in 1839, Ranjit Singh ranks 6. Before him are Mahmud II, Frederick VI of Denmark, Caroline Bonaparte, Friedrich Mohs, and Fernando Sor. After him are William, Duke of Nassau, Princess Marie of Orléans, Charlotte Bonaparte, William Smith, Joseph Fesch, and Pehr Henrik Ling.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Ranjit Singh ranks 32 out of 217. Before him are Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952), Aga Khan III (1877), Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944), Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1178), Asif Ali Zardari (1955), and Kabir Bedi (1946). After him are Har Gobind Khorana (1922), Khushal Khattak (1613), Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932), Malala Yousafzai (1997), Reginald Dyer (1864), and Bahlul Lodi (1406).

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Among POLITICIANS In Pakistan

Among politicians born in Pakistan, Ranjit Singh ranks 16. Before him are Benazir Bhutto (1953), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952), Aga Khan III (1877), Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944), and Asif Ali Zardari (1955). After him are Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932), Bahlul Lodi (1406), Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309), Imran Khan (1952), Raja Dahir (663), and Gulzarilal Nanda (1898).

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