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Politics, entertainment, cricket alongwith a lot of controversy captured the Indian Internet user’s attention in 2017. In the list of top 10 most searched personalities on the internet were PM Narendra Modi, surprisingly, Honeypreet Insan and iconic cricketer Virat Kohli. A number of other personalities grabbed the attention of Net users and the trend is listed in Yahoo India’s Most Searched Personality in 2017. Here, take a look at Yahoo most searched celebrities in India of 2017:
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PM Narendra Modi – Prime Minister Narendra Modi was Yahoo India’s Most Searched Personality in 2017.
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On the back of his government’s news-worthy reforms, PM Modi became the most searched personality. He was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. He became the first Prime Minister born after India's independence from the British Empire. (Reuters)
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Vinod Khanna – Fans of actor Vinod Khanna, who passed away, made their icon this year’s Most Searched Celebrity. (Twitter)
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Vinod Khanna was an Indian actor and producer of Bollywood films. He was the recipient of two Filmfare awards. He was also an active politician and was the MP from the Gurdaspur constituency between 1998–2009 and 2014–2017. (PTI)
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Donald Trump – US President Donald Trump also managed to round off the line-up of Yahoo India’s 10 Most Searched Personalities in 2017. (Reuters)
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Trump is the 45th and current President of the United States. He followed in the footsteps of his grandmother Elizabeth and father Fred in running the family real estate company. He controlled it from 1971 until his inauguration as president in January 2017, when he delegated company management to his sons Donald Jr. and Eric.
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Kulbhushan Jadhav – Kulbhushan Jadhav who was arrested in Balochistan, Pakistan, over charges of terrorism and spying for India's intelligence agency—Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) also made to the list. (PTI)
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Virat Kohli – The right-hand batsman smashed his way right back to the top of Yahoo’s India’s Most Searched Personality. (PTI)
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Often regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world, Kohli also hit the headlines because if his relationship with Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma. (PTI)
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Yogi Adityanath – Uttar Pradesh Cheif Minister Yogi Adityanath was the 6th most searched personality of the year 2017. (Reuters)
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With his image as a Hindutva firebrand, Yogi was appointed as the Chief Minister on 26 March 2017 after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the 2017 State Assembly elections, in which he was a prominent campaigner. (PTI)
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Rahul Gandhi – Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi stood at position 7 on the list of most searched personality 2017. (PTI)
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Rahul Gandhi is the second-highest-ranked member of the Congress Working Committee. He made it to the limelight because of various political incidents. (PTI)
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Vijay Mallya – Beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya who hit the headlines because of financial scandals and controversies since 2012, made up to the top 8th position of most searched personality 2017. (Reuters)
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Once called the "King of Good Times" due to his extravagant lifestyle, Mallya and his companies have been embroiled in scandals and various controversies. Mallya also co-owns the Formula One team Sahara Force India. His companies own Indian Premier League team Royal Challengers Bangalore, the I-League teams Mohun Bagan A.C. and East Bengal Football Club.
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Kapil Sharma – Stand-up comedian, television presenter, actor and producer Kapil Sharma stood at position 9 on the list of most searched personality 2017. He hosted a television comedy show Comedy Nights with Kapil from June 2013 to January 2016.
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Kapil rose to fame after winning the comedy reality television show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge in 2007, for which he won a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh. Recently, his latest movie Oye Firangi hit the box office.
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Honeypreet Insan – Honeypreet Insan, who calls herself the adopted daughter of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, also became the part of most searched personality 2017. (Twitter)
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Honeypreet came to the limelight, of course, after her roles in Gurmeet Singh's Bollywood outings, for being present with Ram Rahim as he was flown from Panchkula to a Rohtak prison, in a chopper. As the news of Ram Rahim's plea of letting Honeypreet stay with him in the jail came out, rumours of the 'father and daughter' being involved in an alleged sexual relationship became the talk of the town. (PTI)
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