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V. N. Janaki

1923 - 1996

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Vaikom Narayani Janaki (30 November 1923 – 19 May 1996), also known as Janaki Ramachandran, was an Indian actress, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu in 1988 for 23 days after the death of her husband, the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R.). She was the first woman to become the chief minister in Tamil Nadu. She was also the first actress to become the chief minister in the history of the Republic of India. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. V. N. Janaki is the 14,699th most popular politician (up from 17,762nd in 2019), the 647th most popular biography from India (up from 1,012th in 2019) and the 187th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, V. N. Janaki ranks 14,699 out of 19,576Before her are Bahi Ladgham, Alexander Zakharchenko, Justin Lekhanya, He Xiangning, Yahya ibn Idris ibn Umar, and William Roth. After her are Lydie Polfer, Eucratides II, William B. Travis, Shashanka, Jacques Sylla, and Juan Pereda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, V. N. Janaki ranks 308Before her are Xie Jin, Ladislav Fuks, Adolf Grünbaum, Juan Acuña, Vittorio De Seta, and Helen Murray Free. After her are Fats Navarro, Paula Fox, Shlomo Hillel, Patrick Moore, Jean-Paul Riopelle, and Bülent Eken. Among people deceased in 1996, V. N. Janaki ranks 228Before her are Wálter Guevara, Audrey Munson, Alifa Rifaat, Karol Jokl, Adelaide Lambert, and Johnny "Guitar" Watson. After her are Wolfgang Koeppen, Morton Gould, Trần Văn Trà, Ludovico Avio, Rene Bond, and Hermann Kesten.

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In India

Among people born in India, V. N. Janaki ranks 647 out of 1,861Before her are Arbaaz Khan (1967), Salima Sultan Begum (1539), Derek Prince (1915), Kajal Aggarwal (1985), Kamal Ranadive (1917), and Shyam Benegal (1934). After her are Sadashiv Amrapurkar (1950), Pratibha Ray (1944), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890), K. D. Jadhav (1926), and Shriram Lagoo (1927).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, V. N. Janaki ranks 187Before her are Palden Thondup Namgyal (1923), Purushottam Das Tandon (1882), Meira Kumar (1945), Bhagwan Das (1869), Mohammad Hamid Ansari (1937), and Paddy Ashdown (1941). After her are Kiran Bedi (1949), Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939), Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (1884), Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), Wasim Sajjad (1941), and Gopinath Bordoloi (1890).