Top 10 influential Indian tweeters: Politics, Cinema, MSM Media Stars

According to the Burson-Marsteller study, the ten most influential Twitter accounts in India are (alphabetically):

1. Kiran Bedi – @thekiranbedi
2. Anand Mahindra – @anandmahindra
3. Narendra Modi – @narendramodi
4. Derek O’Brien – @quizderek
5. Vir Sanghvi – @virsanghvi
6. Jonathan Shainin – @jonathanshainin
7. Digvijaya Singh – @digvijaya_28
8. Dr. Subramanian Swamy – @Swamy39
9. Sushma Swaraj – @SushmaSwarajBJP
10. Shashi Tharoor – @ShashiTharoor

According to the Pinstorm India Influencers list, the most influential Indians are celebrities.

1. Priyanka Chopra with an aggregated score of 85
2. Sashi Tharoor
3. Amitabh Bachchan
4. Ram Gopal Varma
5. Hrithik Roshan
6. Akshay Kumar
7. Madhuri Dixit
8. Kiran Bedi
9. Shahrukh Khan
10. Actor Siddarth

Indian firm Pinstorm runs a similar ranking system called the ‘India influencers list’ which averages a users Klout score and Peer Index score. Peer Index, is like Klout, a social media analytical tool that measures influence.

Air crashes involving political leaders

1. 1973: Union Minister for Steel S Mohan Kumar Mangalam
2. 1980: Congress Leader Sanjay Gandhi
3. 1994: Punjab Governor Surendranath (in Himachal Pradesh)
4. 1996: Eminent Physicist Homi Jehangir Bhabha (in France)
5. 1997: Minister of State for Defence NVN Somu (in Arunachal Pradesh)
6. 2001: Arunachal Pradesh Education Minister Dera Natung
7. 2001: Former Union Minister Madhav Rao Scindia (in UP)
8. 2002: Lok Sabha Speaker GMC Balayogi (in Andhra Pradesh)
9. 2004: Popular South Indian actress and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Soundarya (in Karnataka)
10. 2005: Haryanan Ministers Surinder Singh & OP Jindal
11. 2009: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy