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Indians make it to the list
This year\'s BBC 100 women list marks the fourth year of the season. They are once again a mixture of high-profile and influential women including entrepreneurs, engineers, sportswomen, business women, fashion icons and artistes.
This year's BBC 100 women list marks the fourth year of the season. They are once again a mixture of high-profile and influential women including entrepreneurs, engineers, sportswomen, business women, fashion icons and artistes.
Sunny Leone, who is celebrating her fifth year anniversary in Bollywood, started in Indian showbiz by participating in the controversial reality TV show "Bigg Boss" in 2011.
She went on to star in Bollywood films like "Jism 2", "Jackpot" and "Ek Paheli Leela".
Apart from the actress, the list also includes four Indian names - Gouri Chindarkar (Sangli), Mallika Srinivasan (Chennai), Neha Singh (Mumbai) and Saalumarada Thimmakka (Karnataka), read a statement.
Chindarkar is a 20-year-old computer engineering student from Sangli, Maharashtra. She is one of the first children in India to experience a unique learning experience now known as 'School in the Cloud'.
Srinivasan, 57, is the CEO of Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd. She is known as the 'Tractor Queen' of India and has grown her family company into the third largest tractor manufacturer in the world.
Singh is a 34-year-old actor-writer who founded a movement to encourage women to walk the streets in Mumbai to defy harassment.
Thimmakka is a 105-year-old environmentalist from Karnataka who has planted more than 8,000 trees in 80 years, a project which first started in response to social ridicule at not being able to have children.
She is the oldest woman on the BBC 100 women list. Some of this year's high profile women include singer-songwriter Alicia Keys; US gold medal winning gymnast Simone Biles and French politician Rachida Dati.
The BBC's 100 Women season kicked off on Monday.
Saalumarada Thimmakka, Environmentalist
Age: 105
Has planted more than 8,000 trees in 80 years, a project which first started in response to social ridicule at not being able to have children.
Everyone from children to the elderly should plant and grow trees - it will be beneficial for all of us
Gouri Chindarkar, Computer engineering student
Age: 20
One of the first children in India to experience a unique learning experience now known as 'School in the Cloud.
'Knowledge makes you more confident
Neha Singh, Actor/Writer
Age: 34
Founded a movement to encourage women to walk the streets in Mumbai to defy harassment.
I want to be as free as any man in the country. Why should we settle for anything less?
Mallika Srinivasan, CEO of farm equipment company
Age: 57
Known as the 'Tractor Queen' of India, she has grown her family company into the third largest tractor manufacturer in the world.
What is important for all women is that you have to be - in content, presentation, character - one notch clearly above the men
Sunny Leone, Actor
Age: 35
Former porn star who entered mainstream acting in 2013 and has appeared in several Bollywood films.
It's your right as women to follow your dreams and it's your responsibility to make them come true
