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Sikandar Lodi

1450 - 1517

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Sikandar Khan Lodi (Persian: سکندر لودی; 17 July 1458 – 21 November 1517), born Nizam Khan (Persian: نظام خان) also known as Sikandar II, was Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate between 1489 and 1517. He became ruler of the Lodi dynasty after the death of his father Bahlul Khan Lodi in July 1489. The second and most successful ruler of the Lodi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, he was also a poet of the Persian language and prepared a diwan of 9000 verses. He made an effort to recover the lost territories which once were a part of the Delhi Sultanate and was able to expand the territory controlled by the Lodi Dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sikandar Lodi is the 5,570th most popular politician (up from 9,317th in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from India (up from 321st in 2019) and the 77th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sikandar Lodi ranks 5,570 out of 19,576. Before him are Josef Bühler, Prusias I of Bithynia, Jón Sigurðsson, Assef Shawkat, Yoshirō Mori, and Batbayan. After him are Ulf Kristersson, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Eleanor of Viseu, Hara Takashi, and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Sikandar Lodi ranks 19. Before him are Diogo Dias, Francisco de Almeida, Zagan Pasha, Marko Marulić, Veit Stoss, and Heinrich Isaac. After him are Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Gregory III of Constantinople, Piero Soderini, Juan de Flandes, Francesco Francia, and Ravidas. Among people deceased in 1517, Sikandar Lodi ranks 13. Before him are Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Gioffre Borgia, Heinrich Isaac, Cima da Conegliano, and Tuman bay II. After him are Francesco Francia, Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples, Yunus Pasha, Hadım Sinan Pasha, and Ludovico di Varthema.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sikandar Lodi ranks 220 out of 1,861. Before him are Shah Shuja (1616), Vidyapati (1352), Siraj ud-Daulah (1733), Deepak Chopra (1946), Mumtaz (1947), and Parshvanatha (-872). After him are Madhvacharya (1199), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), James Brooke (1803), Khaleda Zia (1945), Vinoba Bhave (1895), and Ahmad Sirhindi (1564).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Sikandar Lodi ranks 77. Before him are S. Jaishankar (1955), M. Visvesvaraya (1861), Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1879), Henry McMahon (1862), Shah Shuja (1616), and Siraj ud-Daulah (1733). After him are James Brooke (1803), Khaleda Zia (1945), Birbal (1528), Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905), Amrit Kaur (1889), and V. V. Giri (1894).

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