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Subramania Bharati

1882 - 1921

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Subramania Bharati (Born Chinnaswami Subramaniyan; 11 December 1882 – 11 September 1921) was an Indian writer, poet, composer, journalist, teacher, Indian independence activist, social reformer and polyglot. He was bestowed the title Bharati for his poetry and was a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry. He is popularly known by his title Bharati or Bharathiyar and also by the other title "Mahakavi Bharati" ("the great poet Bharati"). His works included patriotic songs composed during the Indian Independence movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Subramania Bharati is the 2,937th most popular writer (down from 1,195th in 2019), the 394th most popular biography from India (down from 151st in 2019) and the 47th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Subramania Bharati ranks 2,937 out of 7,302. Before him are Moderata Fonte, Sebastian Franck, Saigyō, Gottschalk of Orbais, Joe Hill, and Antonio de Guevara. After him are Mouloud Feraoun, David Albahari, K. A. Applegate, Edvard Kocbek, José Martínez Ruiz, and Lucrezia Marinella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Subramania Bharati ranks 137. Before him are Halil Kut, Aurel Vlaicu, Cai E, Edmund Glaise-Horstenau, Joseph Marx, and Giorgio Abetti. After him are Noah Beery, N. C. Wyeth, Karl Rapp, José Vasconcelos, Sylvia Pankhurst, and Oldřich Duras. Among people deceased in 1921, Subramania Bharati ranks 66. Before him are Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Pauline von Metternich, Christina Nilsson, Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, and Sherburne Wesley Burnham. After him are Fyodor Sergeyev, Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, Pierre Cuypers, José Miguel Gómez, Andrea Carlo Ferrari, and August Nilsson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Subramania Bharati ranks 394 out of 1,861. Before him are Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908), Mahbub ul Haq (1934), Rishi Kapoor (1952), Jayant Narlikar (1938), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), and T. H. White (1906). After him are Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642), K. Kamaraj (1903), Nasir-ud-Daulah (1794), Jaimini (-390), Filipe Neri Ferrão (1953), and Lahiri Mahasaya (1828).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Subramania Bharati ranks 47. Before him are Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907), Shakuntala Devi (1929), Ibn Warraq (1946), Idries Shah (1924), Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908), and T. H. White (1906). After him are Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642), Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897), M. Karunanidhi (1924), Rahul Sankrityayan (1893), D. R. Bendre (1896), and Bhavabhuti (null).

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