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Zail Singh

1916 - 1994

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Giani Zail Singh (, born Jarnail Singh; 5 May 1916 – 25 December 1994) was an Indian politician from Punjab who served as the president of India from 1982 to 1987 and chief minister of Punjab. He was the first Sikh to become president. Born in Sandhwan in the princely state of Faridkot, Singh trained to be a granthi and was given the title of giani, meaning a learned man, while training at the Sikh Missionary School in Amritsar. Singh was associated with peasant agitations and the movement seeking a representative government in Faridkot. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zail Singh is the 11,425th most popular politician (down from 9,011th in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from India (down from 307th in 2019) and the 140th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zail Singh ranks 11,425 out of 19,576. Before him are Nils Edén, Nguyễn Văn Linh, Eusebio Ayala, Juho Vennola, Giovanni Bembo, and Ma'ruf Amin. After him are Count Theodosius, Sandro Rosell, Imad Khamis, Simeon Bavier, Carl Christian Hall, and Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Zail Singh ranks 132. Before him are Maurice Bavaud, Dom Mintoff, Hilary Koprowski, Dorothy McGuire, Rossano Brazzi, and Nilufer Hanımsultan. After him are Ingrid Vang Nyman, Jenő Fock, Movita Castaneda, Halil İnalcık, Alexey Maresyev, and Bismillah Khan. Among people deceased in 1994, Zail Singh ranks 164. Before him are Joe Pass, Dmitri Ivanenko, Phoumi Vongvichit, John Edward Williams, Mehmed Orhan, and Rossano Brazzi. After him are Nick Cravat, Rolf Singer, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Oldřich Černík, Paul Grimault, and Boris Yegorov.

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In India

Among people born in India, Zail Singh ranks 424 out of 1,861. Before him are Rahul Sankrityayan (1893), M. N. Roy (1887), D. R. Bendre (1896), Margaret Abbott (1878), Viswanathan Anand (1969), and Man Singh I (1550). After him are Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1919), Girish Karnad (1938), Abanindranath Tagore (1871), Shah Alam II (1728), Anish Kapoor (1954), and The Great Khali (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Zail Singh ranks 140. Before him are Tarun Gogoi (1936), Sucheta Kriplani (1908), Rana Sanga (1482), Motilal Nehru (1861), Margaret Abbott (1878), and Man Singh I (1550). After him are Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1919), Shah Alam II (1728), Fatima Sheikh (1831), Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725), BP Koirala (1914), and Jacques Lauriston (1768).

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