A post is being shared on social media claiming that it shows the only six Indians whose names are listed in a book named ‘365 People Who Changed The World’. The list in the viral post includes prominent Indians Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Rabindranath Tagore, Sachin Tendulkar, Sharukh Khan, and Mukesh Ambani. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: The only six Indians whose names got listed in the book ‘365 People Who Changed The World’.
Fact: The Indian personalities mentioned in the post are not the only Indians whose names are listed in the ‘365 People Who Changed The World’ book. Many other prominent Indian personalities like Jawaharlal Nehru, Aurobindo Ghosh, Satyajit Ray, Kapil Dev, A. R. Rehman, and a few other names are also listed in the ‘365 People Who Changed The World’ book. All the Indian personalities mentioned in the post, except Mukesh Ambani, are listed in the book. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
On searching for the details of the book named ‘365 People Who Changed The World’, the Kindle edition of that book was found on the ‘Amazon’ website. When we checked whether the six Indian personalities mentioned in the post are the only Indian names listed in the ‘365 People Who Changed The World’ book, we found that a number of other Indians, along with the names mentioned in the post, are listed in that book.
The book ‘365 People Who Changed The World’ listed 365 most prominent personalities in the world by categorizing their contributions and works in different fields like Incredible Innovators, Legendary Leaders, Business Boomers, Sports Stars, and others. Aryabhata, Ashoka, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, JRD Tata, Narayan Murthy, Aurobindo Ghosh, Satyajit Ray, Dhirubhai Ambani, Kapil Dev, Ravi Verma, A. R. Rehman, and a few other prominent Indian personalities are also listed in the ‘365 People Who Changed The World’ book. All the Indian personalities mentioned in the post, except Mukesh Ambani, figure in the ‘365 People Who Changed The World’ book. But they are not the only Indians whose names are listed in this book.
To sum it up, these are not the only Indians whose names are listed in the ‘365 People Who Changed The World’.
