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title: "Who is the greatest Indian? And why?"  
description: "Who is the greatest Indian? And why?"  
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published: 2018-01-09  
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# Who is the greatest Indian? And why?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

**Who is the greatest [Indian](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2471/wazirx-received-828-requests-from-indian-international-law-enforcement-agencies)?** Was actually **a poll sponsored by giant corporation Reliance which was conducted by [Outlook](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/325/css-background-image-property-not-working-in-outlook) magazine along with the [partnership](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2312/renault-and-google-increase-software-services-partnership-for-future-vehicles) with CNN-IBN and [History](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2422/in-testing-on-windows-the-whatsapp-desktop-call-history-tab-was-discovered) Channel.** The poll was conducted in the year 2012 from June to August 2012 **in which Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar, was [declared as](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2711/what-if-the-main-method-is-declared-as-private) a winner.** ![Who is the greatest Indian? And why?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/4365aa90-bbc6-4308-b0bc-52bf8044b9da/images/d116b4e0-4be4-429f-a3d2-3656bb2a8ad2.png)\
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There was a whole program which **aired on some specific channels on television.** There were two reasons given as an option to make a choice the first one was the before independence structure of India in which **[Mahatma Gandhi](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31153/why-do-some-people-hate-mahatma-gandhi) was dominating and its very genuine so the jury members thought to exclude the name of** Mahatma Gandhi from the list because no one was that much renowned for the leadership and contribution towards the country like our father of nation was having. \
So **the nomination by this pole got focused on the people who have contributed the most for India in making it recognized worldwide.** So finally the poll was conducted and **Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar** was declared as the winner. **These were the top 10 nominees in the race of the Greatest Indian:-**

- B. R. Ambedkar
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- Vallabhbhai Patel
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Mother Teresa
- J. R. D. Tata
- Indira Gandhi
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- Lata Mangeshkar


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