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Shivakumara Swami

1907 - 2019

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Shivakumara Swami (born Shivanna; 1 April 1907 – 21 January 2019) was an Indian humanitarian, spiritual leader, educator and supercentenarian. He was a Veerashaiva (Lingayatism ) religious figure. Swami joined the Siddaganga Matha in 1930 Karnataka and became head seer in 1941. He also founded the Sri Siddaganga Education Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shivakumara Swami is the 531st most popular social activist (down from 463rd in 2019), the 705th most popular biography from India (down from 563rd in 2019) and the 41st most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Shivakumara Swami ranks 531 out of 840. Before him are Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Annie Kenney, Charu Majumdar, Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba, and Tatyana Baramzina. After him are Nadia Murad, Abraham Flexner, Ted Grant, Ivan Betskoy, Abdalqadir as-Sufi, and Mykola Rudenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Shivakumara Swami ranks 310. Before him are Warren E. Burger, John King Fairbank, Albert Ammons, Edward James, Ethel Lackie, and Kenneth Nichols. After him are Tamara Makarova, Luiz Gervazoni, Efraín Amézcua, Maurice Cloche, Francis Frederick, and Leigh Harline. Among people deceased in 2019, Shivakumara Swami ranks 387. Before him are Sushma Swaraj, Ora Namir, Enriqueta Basilio, Imata Kabua, Stoyanka Mutafova, and Fred Bongusto. After him are Eugène Camara, Lol Mahamat Choua, Eduard Krieger, Richard Williams, Halvard Hanevold, and Cecilia Seghizzi.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shivakumara Swami ranks 705 out of 1,861. Before him are Yashpal (1903), Charu Majumdar (1918), Genelia D'Souza (1987), K. Chandrashekar Rao (1954), Kedarnath Singh (1934), and Hrithik Roshan (1974). After him are Kangana Ranaut (1987), Hasrat Mohani (1875), Bhimsen Joshi (1922), Mahadev Desai (1892), Kamal Haasan (1954), and Dawood Ibrahim (1955).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Shivakumara Swami ranks 41. Before him are Sugathakumari (1934), Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), Kamala Nehru (1899), Pingali Venkayya (1876), Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903), and Charu Majumdar (1918). After him are Muthulakshmi Reddy (1886), Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (1947), Manilal Gandhi (1892), Stan Swamy (1937), Har Dayal (1884), and Madan Lal Dhingra (1883).

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