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The Greatest Indian was a poll sponsored by Reliance Mobile and conducted by ''Outlook'' magazine, in partnership with CNN-IBN and The History Channel.^[1]

129 relations: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, A. R. Rahman, Air India, Amartya Sen, Amitabh Bachchan, Arun Jaitley, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, B. K. S. Iyengar, B. R. Ambedkar, Baba Amte, Bahujan Samaj Party, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Liberation War, Beatification, Bharat Ratna, Bismillah Khan, Buddhism, C. Rajagopalachari, Canonization, Century (cricket), Chetan Bhagat, Chief of the Army Staff (India), Children's Day (India), CNN-News18, Constitution of India, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Dalit, Dalit Buddhist movement, Defence Research and Development Laboratory, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Deputy Prime Minister of India, Dev Anand, Dhirubhai Ambani, Dhyan Chand, Dilip Kumar, E. Sreedharan, Ela Bhatt, G. D. Birla, Governor-General of India, Greatest Bengali of All Time, Greatest Britons spin-offs, Gujarat, Harsha Bhogle, History Channel, History of Buddhism in India, Homi J. Bhabha, Independence Day (India), Indian National Committee for Space Research, Indira Gandhi, Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, ... Expand index (79 more) »
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (15 October 193127 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th president of India from 2002 to 2007. The Greatest Indian and a. P. J. Abdul Kalam are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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A. R. Rahman

Allah Rakha Rahman (born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist and philanthropist, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in international cinema.

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Air India

Air India is the flag carrier airline of India.

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Amartya Sen

Amartya Kumar Sen (born 1933) is an Indian economist and philosopher. The Greatest Indian and Amartya Sen are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan (born Amitabh Srivastava; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema.

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Arun Jaitley

Arun Jaitley (28 December 1952 – 24 August 2019) was an Indian politician and attorney.

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician and poet who served three terms as the Prime Minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999, followed by a full term from 1999 to 2004. The Greatest Indian and Atal Bihari Vajpayee are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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B. K. S. Iyengar

Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar (14 December 1918 – 20 August 2014) was an Indian teacher of yoga and author.

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B. R. Ambedkar

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru, and inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement after renouncing Hinduism. The Greatest Indian and B. R. Ambedkar are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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Baba Amte

Murlidhar Devidas Amte, popularly known as Baba Amte, (26 December 1914 – 9 February 2008) was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of people suffering from leprosy.

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Bahujan Samaj Party

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with religious minorities.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.

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Bangladesh Liberation War

The Bangladesh Liberation War (মুক্তিযুদ্ধ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence and known as the Liberation War in Bangladesh, was an armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which resulted in the independence of Bangladesh.

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Beatification

Beatification (from Latin beatus, "blessed" and facere, "to make") is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name.

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Bharat Ratna

The Bharat Ratna (Jewel of India) is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. The Greatest Indian and Bharat Ratna are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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Bismillah Khan

Ustad Bismillah Khan (born Qamaruddin Khan, 21 March 1916 – 21 August 2006), often referred to by the title Ustad, was an Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai, a reeded woodwind instrument. The Greatest Indian and Bismillah Khan are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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C. Rajagopalachari

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari BR (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), popularly known as Rajaji or C.R., also known as Mootharignar Rajaji (Rajaji, the Scholar Emeritus), was an Indian statesman, writer, lawyer, and Indian independence activist. The Greatest Indian and C. Rajagopalachari are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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Canonization

Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of saints, or authorized list of that communion's recognized saints.

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Century (cricket)

In cricket, a century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings by a batter.

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Chetan Bhagat

Chetan Bhagat (born 22 April 1974) is an Indian author, columnist, screenwriter and YouTuber.

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Chief of the Army Staff (India)

The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) is a statutory office held by the professional head of the Indian Army (IA), the land forces branch of the Indian Armed Forces.

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Children's Day (India)

Children's Day is celebrated in India to raise awareness about the rights, education, and welfare of children.

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CNN-News18

CNN-News18 (also known as Cable News Network News18 and originally CNN-IBN) is an Indian English-language news television channel founded by Raghav Bahl based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Constitution of India

The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India.

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Dadasaheb Phalke Award

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in the field of cinema.

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Dalit

Dalit (from dalita meaning "broken/scattered") is a term first coined by the Indian social reformer Jyotirao Phule for untouchables and outcasts, who represented the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent.

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Dalit Buddhist movement

The Dalit Buddhist movement (also known as the Neo-Buddhist movement, Buddhist movement For Dalits, Ambedkarite Buddhist movement and Modern Buddhist movement) is a religious as well as a socio-political movement among Dalits in India which was started by B. R. Ambedkar.

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Defence Research and Development Laboratory

Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) is an Indian missile development laboratory, part of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO).

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Defence Research and Development Organisation

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) (IAST: Raksā Anūsandhān Evam Vikās Sangaṭhan) is an agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in Ministry of Defence of the Government of India, charged with the military's research and development, headquartered in Delhi, India.

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Deputy Prime Minister of India

The deputy prime minister of India (IAST: Bhārat Ke Upapradhānamantrī), although not a Constitutional post, is the second-highest ranking minister of the Union in the executive branch of the Government of India and is a senior member of the Union Council of Ministers.

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Dev Anand

Dev Anand (born Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand; 26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011) was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema.

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Dhirubhai Ambani

Dhirajlal (Dhirubhai) Hirachand Ambani (28 December 1932 – 6 July 2002) was an Indian businessman who founded Reliance Industries in 1958.

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Dhyan Chand

Major Dhyan Chand (29 August 1905 – 3 December 1979) was an Indian field hockey player.

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Dilip Kumar

Dilip Kumar (born Muhammad Yusuf Khan; 11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021) was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema.

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E. Sreedharan

Elattuvalapil Sreedharan (born 12 June 1932) is an Indian engineer and politician from the Indian state of Kerala.

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Ela Bhatt

Ela Ramesh Bhatt (7 September 1933 – 2 November 2022) was an Indian cooperative organiser, activist and Gandhian, who founded the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA) in 1972, and served as its general secretary from 1972 to 1996.

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G. D. Birla

Ghanshyam Das Birla (10 April 1894 – 11 June 1983) was an Indian businessman and member of the Birla Family.

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Governor-General of India

The governor-general of India (1833 to 1950, from 1858 to 1947 the viceroy and governor-general of India, commonly shortened to viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the Emperor/Empress of India and after Indian independence in 1947, the representative of the Monarch of India.

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Greatest Bengali of All Time

Soon after the completion of 100 Greatest Britons poll in 2002, the BBC organized a similar opinion poll to find out the greatest Bengali personalities throughout the history of Bengali people. The Greatest Indian and greatest Bengali of All Time are greatest Nationals.

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Greatest Britons spin-offs

The following is a list of spin-offs of the 2002 100 Greatest Britons program produced by the BBC. The Greatest Indian and Greatest Britons spin-offs are greatest Nationals.

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Gujarat

Gujarat is a state along the western coast of India.

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Harsha Bhogle

Harsha Bhogle (born 19 July 1961) is an Indian cricket commentator and journalist.

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History Channel

History (stylized in all caps), formerly and commonly known as the History Channel, is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company's General Entertainment Content Division.

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History of Buddhism in India

Buddhism is an ancient Indian religion, which arose in and around the ancient Kingdom of Magadha (now in Bihar, India), and is based on the teachings of Gautama Buddha who was deemed a "Buddha" ("Awakened One"), although Buddhist doctrine holds that there were other Buddhas before him.

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Homi J. Bhabha

Homi Jehangir Bhabha, FNI, FASc, FRS(30 October 1909 to 24 January 1966) was an Indian nuclear physicist who is widely credited as the "father of the Indian nuclear programme".

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Independence Day (India)

Independence Day is celebrated annually on 15 August as a public holiday in India commemorating the nation's independence from the United Kingdom on 15 August 1947, the day when the provisions of the Indian Independence Act, which transferred legislative sovereignty to the Indian Constituent Assembly, came into effect.

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Indian National Committee for Space Research

The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was established by India's first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) in 1962, on the suggestion of the scientist Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, recognising the need in space research.

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Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (''née'' Indira Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. The Greatest Indian and Indira Gandhi are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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Indo-Pakistani war of 1971

The Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, also known as the third India-Pakistan war, was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 December 1971.

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Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme

The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) was an Indian Ministry of Defence programme for the research and development of the comprehensive range of missiles.

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International cricket

International cricket matches are played between the teams representing their nations, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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ISRO

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is India's national '''space agency'''.

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J. R. D. Tata

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabdoy Tata (29 July 1904 – 29 November 1993) was an Indian journalist, mathematician, analog and Secretary without Tata Group. The Greatest Indian and j. R. D. Tata are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, author and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. The Greatest Indian and Jawaharlal Nehru are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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Jayaprakash Narayan

Jayaprakash Narayan Srivastava (11 October 1902 – 8 October 1979), also known as JP and Lok Nayak (Hindi for "People's leader"), was an Indian independence activist, theorist, socialist and political leader. The Greatest Indian and Jayaprakash Narayan are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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Kamal Haasan

Parthasarathy Srinivasan (born 7 November 1954), known professionally as Kamal Haasan, is an Indian actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, choreographer, playback singer, lyricist, television presenter, social activist and politician who works in Tamil cinema.

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Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (3 April 1903 – 29 October 1988) was an Indian social reformer.

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Kanshi Ram

Kanshi Ram (15 March 1934 – 9 October 2006), also known as Bahujan Nayak or Manyavar, Sahab Kanshiram was an Indian politician and social reformer who worked for the upliftment and political mobilisation of the Bahujans, the backward or lower caste people including untouchable groups at the bottom of the caste system in India.

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Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev Nikhanj (Pronunciation: kəpil deːʋ born 6 January 1959) is an Indian former cricketer.

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Kishore Kumar

Kishore Kumar (born Abhas Kumar Ganguly;; 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer, musician and actor.

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Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar (born Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. The Greatest Indian and Lata Mangeshkar are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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List of cricketers by number of international centuries scored

This list is a compilation of total centuries scored by international cricketers, split between different formats of the game.

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List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the Nobel Peace Prize annually "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." As dictated by Alfred Nobel's will, the award is administered by the Norwegian Nobel Committee and awarded by a committee of five people elected by the Parliament of Norway.

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Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.

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M. F. Husain

Maqbool Fida Husain (17 September 1915 – 9 June 2011) was an Indian artist known for executing bold, vibrantly coloured narrative paintings in a modified Cubist style.

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M. S. Subbulakshmi

Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004) was an Indian Carnatic singer. The Greatest Indian and M. S. Subbulakshmi are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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M. S. Swaminathan

Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (7 August 1925 – 28 September 2023) was an Indian agronomist, agricultural scientist, geneticist, administrator and humanitarian. The Greatest Indian and M. S. Swaminathan are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh (meaning 'central province') is a state in central India.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau.

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (ISO: Mōhanadāsa Karamacaṁda Gāṁdhī; 2 October 186930 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.

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Milkha Singh

Milkha Singh (20 November 1929 18 June 2021), also known as "The Flying Sikh", was an Indian track and field sprinter who was introduced to the sport while serving in the Indian Army.

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Minister of External Affairs (India)

The Minister of External Affairs (or simply, the External Affairs Minister Hindi: Videsh Mantri) is the head of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India.

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Missionaries of Charity

The Missionaries of Charity (Congregatio Missionariarum a Caritate) is a Catholic centralised religious institute of consecrated life of Pontifical Right for women established in 1950 by Mother Teresa, now known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.

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Mohammed Rafi

Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer.

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Mother Teresa

Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu MC (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu,; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. The Greatest Indian and Mother Teresa are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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N. R. Narayana Murthy

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy (born 20 August 1946) is an Indian billionaire businessman.

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N. Ram

Narasimhan Ram (born 4 May 1945) is an Indian journalist and a prominent member of the Kasturi family that controls The Hindu Group of publications.

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Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Mohanrao Nilekani is an Indian entrepreneur.

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National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)

The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) is a multi-venue, multi-purpose cultural centre in Mumbai, India, which aims to promote and preserve India's heritage of music, dance, theatre, film, literature and photography.

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National Institute of Advanced Studies

National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) is a premier institute in India engaged in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.

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North Macedonia

North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe.

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One Day International

A One Day International (ODI) is a form of 50 overs limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 7 hours.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Outlook (Indian magazine)

Outlook is a weekly general interest English and Hindi news magazine published in India.

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Pope Francis

Pope Francis (Franciscus; Francesco; Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

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Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Jan Paweł II; Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła,; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.

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Princely state

A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to a subsidiary alliance and the suzerainty or paramountcy of the British crown.

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R. K. Laxman

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Laxman Pg.

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R. K. Narayan

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001), better known as R. K. Narayan, was an Indian writer and novelist known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi.

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Raj Kapoor

Raj Kapoor (born Shrishti Nath Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988), also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor, was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema.

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Rajdeep Sardesai

Rajdeep Sardesai (born 24 May 1965) is an Indian news anchor, reporter, journalist and author.

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Rajkumar Hirani

Rajkumar "Raju" Hirani (born 20 November 1962) is an Indian filmmaker known for his works in Hindi films.

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Rajya Sabha

The Rajya Sabha (lit: "States' Assembly"), also known as the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India.

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Ram Manohar Lohia

Ram Manohar Lohia (23 March 1910 – 12 October 1967) was an activist in the Indian independence movement and a socialist political leader.

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Ramachandra Guha

Ramachandra "Ram" Guha (born 29 April 1958) is an Indian historian, environmentalist, writer and public intellectual whose research interests include social, political, contemporary, environmental and cricket history, and the field of economics.

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Ramnath Goenka

Ramnath Goenka (22 April 1904 – 5 October 1991) was an Indian newspaper publisher.

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Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar (born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer. The Greatest Indian and Ravi Shankar are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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Reliance Communications

Reliance Communications Limited (RCOM) was an Indian mobile network provider headquartered in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra that offered voice and 2G and 3G and 4G data services.

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Reliance Industries

Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai.

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S. Anand

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Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team. The Greatest Indian and Sachin Tendulkar are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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Sam Manekshaw

Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw (4 April 1914 – 27 June 2008), also known as Sam Bahadur ("Sam the Brave"), was the chief of the army staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal.

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Satellite Launch Vehicle

The Satellite Launch Vehicle or SLV was a small-lift launch vehicle project started in the early 1970s by the Indian Space Research Organisation to develop the technology needed to launch satellites.

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Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and composer. The Greatest Indian and Satyajit Ray are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi (born 18 September 1950) is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre.

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Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore (born 8 December 1944) also known by her married name as Begum Ayesha Sultana is an Indian actress primarily known for her work in Hindi and Bengali films.

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Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor (born 9 March 1956) is an Indian politician, historian, public intellectual, writer, and former diplomat, who has been serving as Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009.

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Skopje

Skopje (Скопје; Shkup, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia.

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Soli Sorabjee

Soli Jehangir Sorabjee, AM (9 March 193030 April 2021) was an Indian jurist who served as Attorney-General for India from 1989 to 1990, and again from 1998 to 2004.

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Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Manohar Gavaskar (Marathi pronunciation: suniːl ɡaːʋəskəɾ; born 10 July 1949) is a former captain of the Indian national cricket team who represented India and Bombay from 1971 to 1987.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.

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Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company headquartered in Mumbai.

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Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is an Indian Research Institute under the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India.

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Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is a multi-campus public university in Mumbai, India.

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Tata Memorial Centre

The Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) situated in Parel, Mumbai, is a cancer institute.

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Tata Motors

Tata Motors Limited is an Indian multinational automotive company, headquartered in Mumbai and part of the Tata Group.

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Test cricket

Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at the international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh ('North Province') is a state in northern India.

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V. P. Menon

Vappala Pangunni Menon (30 September 1893 – 31 December 1965) was an Indian civil servant who served as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of the States, under Sardar Patel.

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Vallabhbhai Patel

Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (ISO: Vallabhbhāī Jhāvērabhāī Paṭēla; 31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), commonly known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was an Indian independence activist and barrister who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950. The Greatest Indian and Vallabhbhai Patel are Recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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