SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Veerappan

1952 - 2004

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Koose Munisamy Veerappan (18 January 1952 – 18 October 2004) was an Indian poacher, smuggler, domestic terrorist and bandit who was active for 36 years, and kidnapped major politicians for ransom. He was charged with sandalwood smuggling and poaching of elephants in the scrub lands and forests in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. He was wanted for killing approximately 184 people, about half of whom were police officers and forest officials. He was also responsible for poaching approximately 500 of the 2000 elephants killed in the peninsular region where he was active and for smuggling ivory worth US$2.6 million (₹16 crore) and about 65 tons of sandalwood worth approximately US$22 million (₹143 crore). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Veerappan is the 593rd most popular social activist (down from 553rd in 2019), the 834th most popular biography from India (down from 711th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Veerappan ranks 593 out of 840. Before him are Lucy Salani, Asma Jahangir, Albert Parsons, Madan Lal Dhingra, Felix Nartey, and Ralph Abernathy. After him are Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, Berta Cáceres, Denis Goldberg, Akira Amano, Mamie Till, and Luisa Cuesta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Veerappan ranks 539. Before him are Andrzej Grabowski, Cheick Modibo Diarra, Ricardo Tormo, Uri Ariel, Joe Lovano, and Peter Zoller. After him are Parveen Shakir, Joseph Urusemal, Wendy Turnbull, Maura Tombelli, Barbara Hendricks, and Linton Kwesi Johnson. Among people deceased in 2004, Veerappan ranks 288. Before him are Bob Tisdall, Carl Raddatz, Lyudmila Shishova, Julius Sang, Friedrich Waller, and David Raksin. After him are Iris Chang, Emlyn Hughes, Fernando Campos, Frances Dee, Eric Douglas, and Bill Nicholson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Veerappan ranks 834 out of 1,861. Before him are Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), Jaaved Jaaferi (1963), Padmini (1932), Ismat Chughtai (1915), Parveen Sultana (1950), and Renuka Chowdhury (1954). After him are Vijay Amritraj (1953), Peter Sarstedt (1941), Roopa Ganguly (1966), Sheila Dikshit (1938), Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1928), and Naveen Patnaik (1946).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Veerappan ranks 48. Before him are Muthulakshmi Reddy (1886), Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (1947), Manilal Gandhi (1892), Stan Swamy (1937), Har Dayal (1884), and Madan Lal Dhingra (1883). After him are Neerja Bhanot (1963), Usha Mehta (1920), Sumaira Abdulali (1961), Jadav Payeng (1963), Medha Patkar (1954), and Nirmala Deshpande (1929).

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