India, July 15 -- When one M K Gandhi was thrown off a train in 1893 at Pietermaritzburg station in South Africa for travelling first class, he could have thought what one individual could do against the all-powerful British Empire. But he led India's independence movement and got us freedom in 1947.

One APJ Abdul Kalam changed the entire missile development of India and ultimately motivated millions of students as the President of India. Newton changed the course of science with his theory of gravity.

One Einstein changed modern science with his E = mc2. One Kautilya redefined statecraft through his Arthashastra. One Sachin Tendulkar made cricket the religion of over a billion Indians and Sachin the God of Cricket. One Dhoni led us to wi...