Do You Know "Who is the Greatest Indian After Mahatma Gandhi" ?

In India, the Father of the Nation-Mahatma Gandhi is a “Great” Indian, which is known to all Indians and even to the people of other countries.

A mind-blowing question, “Who is the Greatest Indian after Mahatma Gandhi?” has been raised by ‘The Reliance Mobile’- Presenting “The Greatest Indian”Opinion Poll, powered by Samsung Galaxy S III.

Reliance Mobile, in partnership with CNN-IBN and History TV invited the public to take part in the search for “The Greatest Indian After Mahatma Gandhi” who touched and changed lives of Indians for the better, forever, and who have made Indians to hold their heads high and inspired Indians to aspire.

The answer to the above question “Who is the Greatest Indian after Mahatma Gandhi” has been designed to be found in a “Unique Three-way Voting Process” consisting of the following 3 modes:

The Leader Board, a nation-wide Polling,
Marketing Research and
Jury Board Selection

All the above 3 modes carry equal weight-age (1/3)

The Leader Board Polling has been divided in 2 phases:

Phase-1 (commencing from 4th June 2012 till 25th June 2012) and
Phase-2(commencing from 1st July 2012 till 1st August 2012).

The process already started from 4th June 2012 and will announce the answer on 15th August 2012, India’s the 65th Independence Day- Memorial Celebrations.

What is the idea behind the campaign of promoting the Greatest Indian?:
India as of today is unrecongnizable from the India that got independence in 1947. This nation has achieved this stature in the world, thanks to contribution from millions of Indians. This is an effort to recognise one who has made the maximum contribution and impact in the surge of independent India. Moreover An initiative such as this is all the more relevant today, with challenges our country faces, as it would be an interesting reflection of the mood of the nation.

In Phase-1, from 4th June 2012 to 25th June 2012, people cast their votes to the persons of their choice from the list of 50 shorlisted nominees. The following was the “Top 50 Great Indians”:

Dr B.R. Ambedkar
Atal Behari Vajpayee
Indira Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jayaprakash Narayan
Kanshi Ram
Vallabhbhai Patel
Rammanohar Lohia
C. Rajagopalachari
Baba Amte
Mother Teresa
Ela Bhatt
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Vinoba Bhave
Pandit Ravi Shankar
M.S. Subbulakshmi
M.F. Husain
Bismillah Khan
R.K. Narayan
R.K. Laxman
Amitabh Bachchan
Raj Kapoor
Rajnikanth
Satyajit Ray
Lata Mangeshkar
A.R. Rahman
Kishore Kumar
Dilip Kumar
Dev Anand
Mohammed Rafi
Homi Bhabha
Dhirubhai Ambani
Verghese Kurien
Ghanshyam Das Birla
J.R.D. Tata
N.R. Narayanamurthy
Vikram Sarabhai
M.S. Swaminathan
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Amartya Sen
Ramnath Goenka
Dr E. Sreedharan
Sachin Tendulkar
Vishwanathan Anand
Kapil Dev
Sunil Gavaskar
Dhyan Chand
Milkha Singh
B.K.S. Iyengar
Sam Manekshaw

In Phase-2 of the process from 1st July 2012 to 1st August 2012

the following List of “Top 10 Great Indians” has been announced by the Jury Team :

Mr.Jawaharlal Nehru/Political Leader/ 1889-1964,

Mr. A P J Abdul Kalam/Administrator/ Born in 1931,

Mother Teresa/Social Leader /1910-1997,

Mrs.Indira Gandhi/Political Leader/1917-1984,

Mr. Vallabhbhai Patel/Political Leader/1875 – 1950,

Mr.J R D Tata / Idea Leader-Industrialist /1904-1993,

Mr. Sachin Tendulkar/Sportsman/Born in 1973,

Dr. B R Ambedkar/Political Leader/1891-1956,

Ms.Lata Mangeshkar/Entertainment-Play back Singer/Born in 1942 and

Mr.A B Vajpayee/Political Leader/Born in 1924

Do you know /can you guess who is going to be announced by the “Reliance Mobile- The Greatest Indian”- Program as the “The Greatest Indian After Mahatma Gandhi” on 15th August 2012?

Visit the following web-site for more details:
http://www.historyindia.com/TGI/http://www.historyindia.com/TGI/