Jumping two positions up to six, PM Modi turns out to be the world’s most admired Indian politician

News Bharati    20-Jul-2019
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New Delhi, July 20: Holding the highest position of all the Indians, Prime minister Narendra Modi has turned out to be the world’s most admired Indian according to an annual study by YouGov, an internet-based market research and data analytics firm headquartered in UK.

 
The survey, conducted through online voting, lists the world’s most admired men and women, while Modi globally ranks sixth amongst the other Indians on the list. He, being the only Indian politician on the list, the remainder of the Indian presence is made up only by the Bollywood actors.
 
Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan are on the top 20 most admired men list, while Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra and former beauty queens Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai were on the top 20 women list.
 
Referring in the global context, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has marked himself to be in the first position followed with former US President Barack Obama taking up the second spot on the list. His wife and former First Lady of the US, Michelle however topped the women’s rankings.
 
Earlier in the year, PM Modi was voted the world's most powerful leader for 2019 by a study published by British Herald magazine. PM Modi also was featured on the cover of the British magazine's July edition.
 
"Narendra Modi branded as Namo is a big brand built on the same tenents as any other good product would have been marketed," the magazine said, adding that the prime minister could give any celebrity marketers of India a run for their money.