3 Indians Made Their Way Into Time’s Magazine List Of 100 Influential People

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America’s Time Magazine released a list of 100 influential people worldwide on 17th April 2019. In this list of 100 influential people, 3 Indians have made their place. In addition to Mukesh Ambani, in this list, public interest petitioner Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy have got a place. Arundhati Katju and Maneka Guruswamy have done a lot of work for the rights of the LGBT community in India. Every year, Time magazine releases the list of 100 influential people who inspired the world by doing extraordinary and visionary things.

Time Magazine released a list of the 100 most influential people in the year 2019, in which the world’s most influential Pioneers, Leaders, Artists and icon of the year have been named. This list includes Indian-American comedian and TV host Hassan Minhaj, US President Donald Trump, Pope Francis, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, iconic golfer Tiger Woods and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Time’s list includes the names of US Open winner Naomi Osaka, Oscar winner Rami Malek, Barack Obama’s wife Michelle Obama, South African President Cyril Ramphosa, Oscar winner Lady Gaga, Prince Abu Abu Dhabi and other people including Muhammad bin Zayed. Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra wrote in the profile of Katju and Guruswami that both women led the fight to ensure equal rights for the LGBT community in India and were one of the leading lawyers representing the rights of petitioners.

Anand Mahindra, chairman of Mahindra Group’s board of trade, wrote about Ambani, saying that his father Dhirubhai was a visionary in the Indian business. But Mukesh Ambani’s eyes are now more ambitious than his father, whose blessings invaluably invites him to the launch of every initiative.

Six sports players have received a place in the 2019 list of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. Among them, footballer Mohammed Salah, Golfer Tiger Woods, star basketball player LeBron James, Japan’s tennis world number one player Naomi Osaka, 800 meters race gold medal winner Caster Semenya of South Africa and American women player Alex, part of the Olympics and FIFA Women’s World Champion team Morgan are included. Last year, the Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli was also named in the list, but this year’s list does not have any name of a cricketer in place.