Who is the greatest Indian after Gandhi?

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Who is the greatest Indian after Gandhi?

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Based on an internationally acclaimed format by BBC held in 22 countries, the initiative is to select that one great Indian after Mahatma Gandhi who is the most influential, iconic & inspirational and has impacted your life.

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http://www.historyindia.com/TGI/

You can vote for up to 10 out of 50 nominees that you think are most deserving.

दोस्तों आप लोग भी अपने पसंद के १० लोगो के नाम इनमे से चुन सकते हैं.

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The nominees are.................

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Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen, India’s only Nobel laureate in Economics is a very rare example of an academician who has had a major effect on politics and public movements. His work on the causes of famine changed public perceptions all over the World. He showed why thousands might starve even when a country's food production has not gone down. He redefined the way the developed World deals with the issues like poverty, famine and malnourishment etc. Amartya Sen created the United Nations' Human Development Index, which has become the most authoritative international source of welfare comparisons between countries.

- A strong advocate of tribal rights, human rights, globalisation with a human face, Prof. Sen is still active in public life often guiding or leading a debate on some of the most important issues of today.

- Undoubtedly, he is one of the most influential Indians of our times.

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B K S Iyengar

Yogacharya B K S Iyengar is a living legend. He is described as a philosopher, a scientist and an artist of Yoga. He is considered to be one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world and has been practicing and teaching yoga for more than 80 years.

He has taught Yoga in a unique way to millions of people across the globe. His style of teaching Yoga is called Iyengar Yoga and it has now become one of the most effective and popular forms of Yoga in the World.

He has taught Yoga to some of the most famous people in the World including the all time great Violinist Yehudi Menuhin and other Hollywood greats.

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Dilip Kumar

His heart-rending performances in the 40s and 50s won him the title “Tragedy King” in a career that spanned over 5 decades. He was the first actor to win the Filmfare Award for Best Actor a record 8 times indeed very few actors have left a legacy of excellence like Dilip Kumar has.

His role as Salim, in K Asif’s magnum opus epic Mughal-e-Azam remains etched in the history of Indian cinema. Starting with a 100% advance booking for seven weeks, the film created history on many counts. Dilip Kumar delivered many hits like Devdas, Deedar, Yahudi and Madhumati. Satyajit Ray is once said to have described him as the “ultimate method actor”.

And his involvement with his roles was so intense that in the late 50’s he was advised by a psychiatrist to take up lighter roles to overcome his depression. That’s when he proved his versatility in hits like Aan, Andaaz and Kohinoor. Dilip Sahab took a break from acting from 1976 to 1981 and made his come back with Kranti, a run away hit. This was followed by hits like Shakti, Vidhataa, Mashaal and Karma.

Besides acting, he worked towards strengthening ties between India and Pakistan. He was awarded the Nishaan-e-Imtiaz, the highest civilian honour conferred by the government of Pakistan in 1998 and the Dada Sahab Phalke award in 1994.

Dilip Kumar has also been actively involved in charity work. In 1980 he was appointed the Sherrif of Mumbai and was also a Member of Parliament from 2000 to 2006. And as the soft dusk closes around him, if Dilip Saab were to look back at his life, there’s little that he’d want to change.