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Who are the most overrated human beings?

My opinion is subjected very well within the radius of the Jargon 'Overrated'.  With all due respect, I admire his aura as a human being, however, I condone and condemn his so hyped stature.Gandhi was the saint who, through his principles of ahimsa (non-violence), brought independence to India in 1947. At least, that’s what you’ve probably heard. But the Indian independence movement was a strong force well before Gandhi entered the scene. The nation’s freedom would have happened within a few years of 1947 even if Gandhi had spent his life meditating in a cave. He was a figurehead for the cause, while various other leaders were doing most of the work (and if you say “I’ve never heard of anyone else,” I won’t be remotely surprised).Ahimsa was a nice idea (and yes, it inspired Martin Luther King), but Gandhi didn’t exactly invent it. He admitted that it was based on Hindu scriptures, the New Testament and Thoreau, though Buddha was walking the talk some 2,500 years earlier. But while Gandhi had his spiritual side, “saint” is too strong a word. He talked peace, but played politics as ruthlessly and slimily as any politician. His ideological differences with Subhas Chandra Bose, leader of the Indian National Congress (the chief independence group) led him to try some truly underhanded tactics, gathering a faction to rid throw out Bose. (All’s fair in politics, perhaps, but Gandhi was supposed to be above that.) Bose had too much respect for Gandhi (he was the one who called him “father of our nation”) and, after dealing with Gandhi’s backstabbing, despondently stood down. For the record, Gandhi was meant to be the meditative guy, and Bose was meant to be the militant one. It’s all PR.Source : The 8 Most Overrated People In History Gandhi has been on every denomination of Indian currency (notes).Its been a long time, a change is needed.Its time that we should credit various other leaders also, who sacrificed their lives for the nation. Bhagat Singh, S.C.Bose ,Lala Lajpat Rai,Chandrashekhar Azad etc were some of the leaders who cannot be forgotten. They sacrificed their lives voluntarily for the country. This is the best way to salute them.