Narendra Modi nominated for Time Person of the Year

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The Time Magazine introduced naming “The Person of the Year” way back in 1927.

This year the coveted magazine has nominated Narendra Modi for ‘The Time Person of the Year’.

Mr. Modi is the only Indian to be nominated by the magazine. Vote for Mr. Modi for ‘The Person of the Year’ here.

The magazine nominates a person, group or object for ‘The Person of the Year’ based on how influential they have been on the events of the year.

The nomination of Mr. Modi had the Twitter abuzz. Mr. Modi’s fans were tweeting the live updates of the poll results. National media too heavily promoted the news story.

The long list of other popular international celebrities to be nominated with Mr. Modi for this year’s #TIMESPOY are:

Shinzo Abe Bashar Assad Jeff Bezos John Boehner
Chris Christie Dick Costolo Ted Cruz Miley Cyrus
Wendy Davis Jamie Dimon Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Jimmy Fallon Pope Francis Prince George Vince Gilligan
Reed Hastings LeBron James Angelina Jolie Charles and David Koch
Christine Lagarde Marissa Mayer Angela Merkel Narendra Modi
Alice Munro Elon Musk Benjamin Netanyahu Diana Nyad
Barack Obama David Ortiz Larry Page Rand Paul
Vladimir Putin Hassan Rouhani Sheryl Sandberg Kathleen Sebelius
Edward Snowden Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev Janet Yellen Malala Yousafzai
Edith Windsor Xi Jinping

TIME’s editors will choose the Person of the Year. The readers can cast their vote for the person they think most influenced the news this year. The voting closes on 4th December at 11:59 p.m. The winner of the reader polls will be announced on 6th December.

TIME’s Person of the Year will be announced on 11th December.

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