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Vishwanath Pratap Singh

1931 - 2008

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Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008) was an Indian politician who served as the prime minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the Raja Bahadur of Manda. He was educated at Allahabad University and Fergusson College in Pune. In 1969, he joined the Indian National Congress party and was elected as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. In the Rajiv Gandhi ministry, Singh was given various cabinet posts, including Minister of Finance and Minister of Defence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vishwanath Pratap Singh is the 1,804th most popular politician (up from 11,016th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from India (up from 401st in 2019) and the 31st most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vishwanath Pratap Singh ranks 1,804 out of 19,576. Before him are Lü Buwei, Stephen V of Hungary, John Kerry, Josep Borrell, Maymunah bint al-Harith, and Necho II. After him are José Manuel Barroso, Shivaji, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Benito Juárez, Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, and Aníbal Cavaco Silva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Vishwanath Pratap Singh ranks 23. Before him are Leslie Caron, Roger Penrose, Anita Ekberg, Desmond Tutu, Thomas Bernhard, and Monica Vitti. After him are Martinus J. G. Veltman, Josef Masopust, Don King, Sofia Gubaidulina, Anatoly Dyatlov, and Burton Richter. Among people deceased in 2008, Vishwanath Pratap Singh ranks 19. Before him are Hua Guofeng, Albert Hofmann, Irena Sendler, Richard Widmark, Miriam Makeba, and Mahmoud Darwish. After him are Sydney Pollack, Jørn Utzon, Richard Wright, Henry Molaison, Alain Robbe-Grillet, and Michael DeBakey.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vishwanath Pratap Singh ranks 81 out of 1,861. Before him are Syed Ahmad Khan (1817), Gerald Durrell (1925), Tulsidas (1532), Savitribai Phule (1831), Zubin Mehta (1936), and Dara Shukoh (1615). After him are Shivaji (1627), Jahanara Begum (1614), Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290), Sita (null), Julie Christie (1940), and B. D. Jatti (1912).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Vishwanath Pratap Singh ranks 31. Before him are Iskander Mirza (1899), Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886), Aurangzeb (1618), Akbar II (1760), Ibrahim Lodi (1450), and Dara Shukoh (1615). After him are Shivaji (1627), Jahanara Begum (1614), Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290), B. D. Jatti (1912), Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), and Jahangir (1569).

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