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Nitish Rajput
Personal information
Born (1989-10-04) 4 October 1989 (age 34)
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)YouTuber, Social Media Activist and Author
Websitehttps://www.nitishrajput.com
YouTube information
Channels
LocationNew Delhi, India
Years active2020-present
Subscribers5.9 million (Combined Channels)[1]
Contents are inHinglish
100,000 subscribers2021 (Nitish Rajput)
2022 (Nitish Rajput shorts)
1,000,000 subscribers2022 (Nitish Rajput)
2024 (Nitish Rajput Shorts)

Last updated: 8 July 2024

Nitish Rajput (born 8 October 1994) is an Indian YouTuber, social media activist and author[2]. He is known for his YouTube videos on social, political, and environmental issues.[3][4] As of July 2024, he has about 5.9 million subscribers across all channels and 1.036 billion total video views. He was awarded the RNG Awards for political reporting in 2022.[5]

Early life

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Nitish was born in Sultanpur, U.P. He received his primary education from Uttarakhand.[6] He holds a bachelor's degree in IT Engineering.[6][7]

Career

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Nitish is known for his political and social videos, which mainly contain fact-checking and explaining complex sensitive topics in a simple way. He started uploading videos during Covid - 19 lockdown.[7] In 2020 his video about the Indian Education system which was based on the effect of Lord Macaulay's education policy in British India[8] and ground level problems faced by farmers in the farm laws went viral and received significant media coverage.[9][8]

He was misidentified as IPS officer Shailja Kant Mishra by a writer Harinder S. Sikka the author of calling sehmat while speaking about the criminalization of Indian politics in his YouTube video.[10][11] One of other videos about Pakistan got notice from India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting after which they inform him to trim parts where the wrong map was used.[5]

He is the Author of ‘’The Broken Fourth Pillar’’ and “The Broken Pillars of Democracy” with the latter becoming an Amazon best seller.[12][13]

Publication

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  • Rajput, Nitish (2022). Broken Pillars of Democracy. Invincible Publishers. ISBN 978-9390767335.

Notes

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Subscribers, broken down by channel:

  • 4.81 million (Nitish Rajput)
  • 1.1 million (Nitish Rajput Shorts)
  • 45 thousand (Nitish Rajput Snippet)

Views, broken down by channel:

  • 446 million (Nitish Rajput)
  • 589 million (Nitish Rajput Shorts)
  • 1.72 million (Nitish Rajput Snippet)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "About Nitish Rajput". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Rise of educational content online: How Indian YouTubers are revolutionising learning". The Times of India. 19 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  3. ^ Singh, Sapna (2023). "Nitish Rajput YouTuber – The Emerging Voice Of Today's Youth". Bru Times.
  4. ^ "Who Is Nitish Rajput? Small Town Social Media Influencer, Making Big Trends". Zee News. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Unveiling Reality: Nitish Rajput's Impact on Political Commentary and Social Awareness on YouTube". Media Hindustan. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  6. ^ a b "পরিবারের ইচ্ছা ছিলো ছেলে সরকারি চাকরি করুক! আজ বছরে কোটি কোটি টাকা কামাচ্ছে সুপুত্র- Bangla News". Bangla Hunt. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Nitish Rajput: The Inspirational YouTuber Making a Difference in India". Baputalk. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  8. ^ a b "अपने बेहतरीन वीडियो के जरिए इंडियन एजुकेशन सिस्टम को अच्छे से तरीके से समझा रहे हैं नीतिश राजपूत". NDTV (in Hindi). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  9. ^ Pioneer, The. "Nitish Rajput highlights problems of farm laws through You Tube Channel". The Pioneer. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  10. ^ Anand, Abhishek (29 August 2022). "Man Talking About Politics in Viral Video Is Not IPS Officer Shailja Kant Misra". The Quint. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Fact Check: वायरल वीडियो में दिख रहा शख्स सोशल मीडिया इन्फ्लुएंसर नीतीश राजपूत हैं". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Renowned YouTuber Nitish Rajput's remarkable journey to success: From IT Engineer to earning over Rs 25 lakh monthly". DNA India. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  13. ^ "इंजीनियर से बने यूट्यूब स्टार, लाखो दिलों पर कर रहे हैं राज, जानें कौन हैं नितीश राजपूत". News18 (in Hindi). 20 June 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2024.