Bill Gates Applauds Amitabh Bachchan For Polio Eradication In India, Calls Him A Real-Life Superhero!

Amitabh Bachchan has been associated with a lot of brands. From hair oil to skin care products and chocolates, he has endorsed several brands, but he is most remembered for the product/service he was paid nothing for. The most remembered and most popular advertisement that Amitabh Bachchan ever did was for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for the eradication of polio.

We all are grateful to him for spreading the word so effectively. India is polio-free now and a lot of credit for that goes to Amitabh Bachchan. And for that, Big B was applauded by Bill Gates recently, who called him a real-life hero.

Real-world superheroes rarely make the headlines. But what if that wasn't the case? A stirring piece by Bollywood actor @SrBachchan. https://t.co/xbJAxSgWCS

¡ª Bill Gates (@BillGates) May 7, 2018

Mr. Bachchan who became the UNICEF goodwill ambassador for the polio eradication campaign in India in 2002, thanked him in a humble tweet. He wrote, he was just the face of the campaign and that there are countless people who deserve the limelight for their efforts in this regard.

Thank you Mr Gates for this acknowledgement .. the worker is the one who deserves the highest award for the eradication of making India Polio free .. we may have the face and means, but the workers do the "WORK" .. I salute them !!??

¡ª Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) May 7, 2018

It was in 2014 that India was declared polio-free by World Health Organisation.