Greatest Indian poll
A Measure Of The Man
For once, Ambedkar whips Nehru—and everyone else. This is how it unfolded...
Uttam Sengupta
The Greatest Indians
1.Dr B.R.Ambedkar
2.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
3.Vallabhbhai Patel
4.Jawaharlal Nehru
5.Mother Teresa
6.J.R.D. Tata
7.Indira Gandhi
8.Sachin Tendulkar
9.A.B. Vajpayee
10.Lata Mangeshkar
* The final, cumulative ranking following the three-way poll (jury, online and on-ground) in two phases
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Ranking By Jury
1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. B.R. Ambedkar
3. Vallabhbhai Patel
4. J.R.D. Tata
0. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
0. Indira Gandhi
0. Mother Teresa
0. Sachin Tendulkar
0. Lata Mangeshkar
0. A.B. Vajpayee
In the second phase, the jury voted only for Nehru, Ambedkar, Patel and JRD. Five members of the jury failed to cast their vote for anyone.
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Ranking By Popular votes
1.B.R. Ambedkar 19,91,734
2.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam 13,74,431
3.Vallabhbhai Patel 5,58,835
4.A.B. Vajpayee 1,67,378
5.Mother Teresa 92,645
6.J.R.D. Tata 50,407
7.Sachin Tendulkar 47,706
8.Indira Gandhi 17,641
9.Lata Mangeshkar 11,520
10.Jawaharlal Nehru 9,921
After weeding out duplication and doubtful votes, 4.3 million popular votes by phone and on the website were finally taken into account
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Ranking By Market Research
1.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
2.Indira Gandhi
3.Mother Teresa
4.Sachin Tendulkar
5.Jawaharlal Nehru
6.B.R. Ambedkar
7.Lata Mangeshkar
8.A.B. Vajpayee
9.Vallabhbhai Patel
10.J.R.D. Tata
The survey was conducted by AC Nielsen in 15 cities with a sample size of 1,027 in the second phase, the same as the first one
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