Foreign Educated Indian Leaders Who Made a Difference to India

As India celebrates its NRIs, PIOs, OCIs in its 11^th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas in Kochi, Kerala from January 7 to 9, 2013, it is worth recalling a few historical names who achieved high aspirations for themselves and all Indians. Most of the names in the select list below are household names in India. Others were on the top of their professions and known to a large number of Indians.  They remain sources of inspiration and objects of admiration for what they contributed to India and lives of millions in India and abroad.
Mahatma Gandhi, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhhai Patel, Muhammed Ali Jinnah, among a large number of other Indian freedom fighters including the ones listed below, affected billions of people around the world by securing freedom for Indians first in the colonial powers up to August 14/15, 1947 followed by some 135 new countries since then.  There were 51 original members of the United Nations in 1945; there are193 in 2012.
Indian Leaders with Foreign Education who on their return used their foreign education, on top of the base of Indian education, to make a great difference to India.
1. Mahatma Gandhi – United Kingdom
2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – United Kingdom
3. Pt. Motilal Nehru – United Kingdom
4. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru – United Kingdom
5. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar – United States and United Kingdom
6. Muhammad Ali Jinnah – United Kingdom
7. Vijayalaxmi Pandit – Switzerland
8.  Indira Gandhi – United Kingdom and Switzerland
9.  Jaiprakash Narayan – United States
10. Rajiv Gandhi – United Kingdom
11. Rabindranath Tagore – United Kingdom
12. Sri Aurobindo – United Kingdom
13. Krishna Menon – United Kingdom
14. Muhammad Iqbal – United Kingdom and Germany
15. Ram Manohar Lohia – Germany
16. Bipin Chandra Pal – United Kingdom
17. Dadabhai Naoroji – United Kingdom
18. Subhash Chandra Bose – United Kingdom
19. Surendranath Banerjee –United Kingdom
20. Romesh Chander Dutt –United Kingdom
21. Beharilal Gupta –United Kingdom
22. V. V. Giri – Ireland
23. K.R. Narayanan –United Kingdom
24. V.K. R.V. Rao – United Kingdom
25. Raj Krishna – United States