don_corleone840 Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 1.Mahatma Gandhi 2.Subhash Chandra Bose 3.Sardar Patel 4.Bhagat Singh 5.Sachin Tendulkar 6.Mother Teresa For me its Bhagat Singh.
Clarke Posted April 15, 2011 Posted April 15, 2011 Jinnah saab of course. What would India be like without him ? He's like M.F. Hussain, retired elsewhere, yet the greatest we had.
don_corleone840 Posted April 15, 2011 Author Posted April 15, 2011 Jinnah saab of course. What would India be like without him ? He's like M.F. Hussain' date=' retired elsewhere, yet the greatest we had.[/quote'] BR Ambedkar and jinnah had vision only for a section of society,Bhagat Singh had much greater vision at much younger age
vadodaravictor Posted April 15, 2011 Posted April 15, 2011 Sardar Patel. Responsible for political integration of India
ViruRulez Posted April 15, 2011 Posted April 15, 2011 Mahatma Gandhi by a country mile. He was not only the greatest Indian but one of the greatest persons ever to have stepped on this world. The "light of Asia" Gautam Buddha might also be in contention as he was born in Nepal which was a part of India at that time and lived in Bihar and other parts of India .. so can be regarded as an Indian too and must be in contention.
Asoka Posted April 15, 2011 Posted April 15, 2011 Ashoka,Ramanujam,C.V Raman,Chandrasekhar,Varadhan and many others should be on that list. SRT is one of our greatest sportspersons but he shouldn't be on that list. I would put him,Dhyan Chand and Vishy together as our greatest sportspersons.
ganeshran Posted April 15, 2011 Posted April 15, 2011 Mahatma Gandhi - greatest Indian APJ Abdul Kalam - greatest living Indian SRT - Greatest Indian sportsperson
DomainK Posted April 15, 2011 Posted April 15, 2011 I am sure there are many more from the pre-British era that should make it to such a list. People with outstanding contributions in different ways.
Laaloo Posted April 15, 2011 Posted April 15, 2011 Chanakya, Shivaji, Shankracharya , etc pre British era
don_corleone840 Posted April 15, 2011 Author Posted April 15, 2011 I do believe that the people born before british raj era can not be qualified as indians as india was divided into many princely states.The concpt of india came into existense so guys like chanakya and ashoka can not be considered,
Zelig Posted April 15, 2011 Posted April 15, 2011 Pre-British - Don't really care Post-British - Zelig "the wonder kid" /close thread
Baad Indian Posted April 15, 2011 Posted April 15, 2011 Bhagat Singh is one over-rated character who enjoyed planting bombs in assembly halls . No matter whatever the real intention might be but a person who has been involved in an act such as bombing doesnt deserve to be the Greatest Indian . His case in India is no different to Pakis/Afghanis admiration for Islamic Warrior's like Bin Laden or Mullah Omar
THX_1138 Posted April 15, 2011 Posted April 15, 2011 any extraordinary scholar who left the nation to seek higher education elsewhere in the world, but then returned to teach at one of the many universities. comparably, ex patriot doctors who returned home to practice. these lads ought to rate above any figurehead or perceived hero, each of whom is rather flawed.
Chaos Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 Pre-British - Don't really care Post-British - Zelig "the wonder kid" /close thread :emc::WTF::WTF::WTF: get over yourself now
Mariyam Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 How does one define 'greatest'? If we are talking about influence on the lives/ thought processes/ economic activities etc of people even years after the death of the individual, then the greatest has to be Lord Buddha. His philosophy deeply affected most Asian countries East of India. Its too early to judge about Mahatma Gandhi. A few centuries down the line, if his ideology finds resonance among people, then maybe we can consider putting him at par with Lord Buddha. Ramanujam, as great a mathematician he may be, should be nowhere in the reckoning. What affect did his life/work have on people around him?
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