Vote Now ! Make Abhinav Bindra...The Youth Icon of India 2009

2009 Videocon India Youth Icon Awards-Nominees!

Aim the one who made India proud.Vote for Abhinav Bindra..make him the Youth Icon of India 2009.
Abhinav Bindra, is the current World and Olympic Champion in Air Rifle shooting. He is the first ever Indian to win an individual Gold Medal since 1900 – the year our country participated in the Olympic games for the first time. His  unparalleled achievements in the shooting  arena have made the nation proud and he has been bestowed with honours  from a very young age due to his consummate performances on the international stage. He received the Arjuna Award at the young age of  17 and has been the youngest recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel  Ratna Awards – the highest sporting honour in the country at 18 years.  Abhinav has also been decorated with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honor, in 2009 after his historic Gold Medal win at the Beijing Olympics.

( He has also been chosen as the first of many thousands of relay runners who will carry the baton for the New Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, across the globe.  The  New Delhi  2010 Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton Relay will commence from Buckingham Palace on October 29 with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passing the baton to Abhinav, in the presence of our Hon’ble President Smt Pratibha Patil. )