Greatest Bengali of All Time
[4][5] Describing 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.
Participants were asked to nominate their five choices of greatest Bengali personality on the order of preference instead of one.
On the basis of total points, the final list of the greatest Bengali poll was generated.
Begum Rokeya was the only woman and Amartya Sen only living personality to be voted in top 20.
(Divine Mentor) Nobel Prize Winner (Rebel Poet) National Poet (Tiger of Bengal) Prime Minister Chief Minister Governor (Honorable Leader) Nationalist Activist (Influential Mentor) (Leader of the Oppressed) (Ocean of Knowledge) (Lord) (Emperor of Bauls) Philosopher Academy Award Winner Nobel Prize Winner (Language Martyrs) President Freedom Fighter Prime Minister
Voted as the Greatest Bengali of all time in the 2004 BBC opinion poll