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Sharad Pawar

1940 - Today

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Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar (Marathi: शरदचंद्र गोविंदराव पवार, pronunciation: [ʃəɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ], born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. Pawar served four terms as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and held cabinet positions in the Union Council of Ministers, including the Minister of Defence under P. V. Narasimha Rao and Minister of Agriculture under Manmohan Singh. He founded the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in 1999, following a split from the Indian National Congress, and has served as president since its inception. Pawar leads his faction of the NCP in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sharad Pawar is the 15,994th most popular politician (down from 12,763rd in 2019), the 770th most popular biography from India (down from 485th in 2019) and the 209th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sharad Pawar ranks 15,994 out of 19,576. Before him are Syed Nazrul Islam, Luis Cordero Crespo, Pyotr Demichev, Sakai Toshihiko, John Ashcroft, and Leopold Skulski. After him are Máximo Santos, José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Varlam Avanesov, John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu, José Miguel de Velasco Franco, and Æthelred I of Northumbria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Sharad Pawar ranks 475. Before him are Alfonso Guerra, Varsha Adalja, Joe Torre, Richard Corben, Roy Thomas, and Pauline Collins. After him are David Jason, Van McCoy, Juozas Budraitis, Jutta Heine, Marcel Aubour, and Marshall Berman.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sharad Pawar ranks 770 out of 1,861. Before him are Venkatesh (1960), Parveen Babi (1949), Varsha Adalja (1940), Arthur E. Kennelly (1861), Farida Jalal (1949), and Shuja-ud-Daula (1732). After him are Ekta Kapoor (1975), S. Shankar (1963), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), Nirmal Verma (1929), and Isha Koppikar (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Sharad Pawar ranks 209. Before him are Venkaiah Naidu (1949), Mayawati (1956), Jyoti Basu (1914), Balaji Vishwanath (1662), V. K. Sasikala (1954), and Shuja-ud-Daula (1732). After him are Ram Vilas Paswan (1946), K. Sivan (1957), Muiz ud din Bahram (null), J. P. Nadda (1960), Surendranath Banerjee (1848), and Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896).

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