This Thursday, May 5, 2011, Shashi Tharoor, the man who popularized Twitter in India crossed the mark of 1 million Twitter followers. This made him one of the most followed Twitterati and now only the world’s numero uno batsman, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is above him, informed Tharoor’s office this Friday. “Thanks for all your congratulatory messages on reaching 1million followers. It’s been an interesting journey&I’ve been glad to have u along!” Shashi Tharoor tweeted to thank his fans and followers.

Currently, 1,002,480 people are following him on Twitter. He is just a step away from becoming the most followed Twitter Indian Celebrity, a title which is now enjoyed by Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who crossed the 1 million follower mark earlier last week. Currently he has 1,054,572 Twitter followers.

And just below these iconic personalities stand Priyanka Chopra and Shahrukh Khan. Right now, about 995,309 people follow Priyanka Chopra on Twitter where as Shahrukh Khan is followed by about 886,100 Twitter users. And after King Khan stands Amitabh Bachchan, who is indeed a very active Twitterer who keeps tweeting all the day. Currently, about 750,459 Twitterers are following Senior Bachchan.

When talking about Twitter activeness, Sachin isn’t really active, though he does tweet once in a while, where as Shashi is indeed an active Twitterer. In fact, his being active on Twitter brought him more fame than being (former) Under Secretary General of United Nation! And one can even say that he was the one who influenced other Indian Twitterati to be a part of the micro-blogging site.

About two years back, an average internet user from India hadn’t any idea of what Twitter was or what could it do, but with Tharoor’s prolonged controversies created by his tweets that hit all the leading local dailies and the electronic media, Twitter became an iconic site for not so savvy internet users of India.

His tweet to Kanchan Gupta, editor of The Pioneer, which was his reaction to the Indian Government leaders’ decision to undergo austerity drive brought about a tempest in the tea pot! His tweet read, “absolutely, in cattle class out of solidarity with all our holy cows!” Later on he again tweeted “it’s a silly expression but means no disrespect to economy travellers, only to airlines for herding us in like cattle. Many have misunderstd” to cold down the controversy.

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