Visited around the globe to seek support and assistance for India's independence. Built own army to fight against British colonial rule. One of the principal figures of Indian Independence Movement. After partition, served as Chief Minister and Governor of East Pakistan. Renown for unshakable stance on principles and for pro-poor policies. First ever democratically elected leader of Bengali nation. Begum Rokeya was the only woman and Amartya Sen only living personality to be voted in top 20.įirst Prime Minister of undivided Bengal during British rule. Also two religious preachers, one scientist and one economist got place in the final list. Along with highest six politicians, the list also contains several authors and social reformers.
The other 17 personalities however had narrow differences of points with each other. Observations īBC informed that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman bagged almost double points than the second place holder Rabindranath Tagore, while Tagore himself secured double points than Kazi Nazrul Islam and Nazrul got double than A. On the basis of total points, the final list of the greatest Bengali poll was generated. The top nominee of each voter was given five points, second nominee four points, thus eventually the fifth nominee got one point. Participants were asked to nominate their five choices of greatest Bengali on the order of preference instead of one. ĭescribing the process of voting, BBC's Bengali Service stated that to avoid any flaw or controversy, they followed the most modern method of opinion polling. On the final day, 14 April, which was also the Pahela Baishakh (Bengali New Year's Day), the BBC announced Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh, as the Greatest Bengali of All Time, as voted by Bengalis worldwide. The BBC started to announce the top 20 names from 26 March declaring one name each day starting from 20th position. Ī total of 140 nominations were produced from the poll.
No individual from the Bengal Sultanate and Mughal Bengal was nominated. Bengalis around the world participated in the poll, including those from Bangladesh, India (states of West Bengal, Tripura, Orissa, and Assam), and overseas Bengali communities. In 2004, the BBC's Bengali Service conducted the opinion poll, titled Greatest Bengali of All Time, which ran from February 11 to March 22. Soon after the completion of 100 Greatest Britons poll in 2002, the BBC organized a similar opinion poll to find the greatest Bengali personality in the history of the Bengali nation. Voted as the Greatest Bengali of all time in the 2004 BBC opinion poll
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