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Vikas Swarup

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Vikas Swarup (born 22 June 1961) is an Indian writer and retired diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service who served as the Secretary (West) at the Ministry of External Affairs, India on 30 June 2021 and previously served as High Commissioner of India in Canada and has been the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs. He authored the novel Q & A, adapted in film as Slumdog Millionaire, the winner of Best Film for the year 2009 at the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and BAFTA Awards. Swarup joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986 and served in Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Japan in various Indian diplomatic missions. His other novels are Six Suspects and The Accidental Apprentice. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Vikas Swarup is the 18,277th most popular politician (down from 17,602nd in 2024), the 1,121st most popular biography from India (down from 980th in 2019) and the 268th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among people born in 1961, Vikas Swarup ranks 707. Before him are Mario Díaz-Balart, Gian Francesco Giudice, Chris Pitman, Norberto Scoponi, Kate Mosse, and Steve Young. After him are Lucas Belvaux, Allen Berg, Robert J. Lang, Igor Chudinov, Ron Klain, and Alejandro Domínguez.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vikas Swarup ranks 1,121 out of 1,861. Before him are Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922), Aishwarya R. Dhanush (1982), Reema Lagoo (1958), Kshama Sawant (1973), VVS Laxman (1974), and Khushbu (1970). After him are Irfan Habib (1931), Rajiv Kapoor (1962), Simran (1976), Anushka Sharma (1988), Laxmi Agarwal (1990), and Rohini Hattangadi (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Vikas Swarup ranks 268. Before him are Padmaja Naidu (1900), Ashok Gehlot (1951), P. A. Sangma (1947), Manohar Parrikar (1955), Sushilkumar Shinde (1941), and Madhavrao Scindia (1945). After him are Manohar Joshi (1937), Uddhav Thackeray (1960), Ahmed Patel (1949), Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (1949), Savitri Jindal (1940), and Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927).

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