In a recent poll conducted by ‘BBC World Histories Magazine’, 19th century ruler of the Sikh Empire in India, Maharaja Ranjit Singh has been named ‘Greatest Leader of All Time’.

The Indian leader was praised for creating a new tolerant empire. He was followed by the African Independence Fighter Amílcar Cabral. Britain’s former Prime Minister Winston Churchill is placed at the third place, followed by American President Abraham Lincoln and British monarch Elizabeth I.