Male beauty pageants aren’t much talked about the world over and India is no exception. While the craze of beauty pageants has ebbed in India, for the sake of documentation, below is the list of all those who won Mr India since Grasim Industries sponsored the first contest in 1995.
Year: 1995
Title sponsor: Grasim
Winner: Bikram Saluja
Sent to: Mr World 1996
Placement: Semifinalist
Year: 1996
Title sponsor: Grasim
Winner: Sachin Khurana
Sent to: Mr World 1998
Placement: Unplaced
Year: 1997
Title sponsor: Grasim
Winner: Deepinder Gill
Sent to: N/A
Placement: N/A
Year: 1998
Title sponsor: Grasim
Winner: Diwakar Pundir
Sent to: Mr International 1998
Placement: Semifinalist
Year: 1999
Title sponsor: Grasim
Winner: Abhijit Sanyal
Sent to: Mr International 1999
Placement: 2nd Runner-Up
Year: 2000
Title sponsor: Grasim
Winner: Aryan Vaid
Sent to: Mr International 2000
Placement: WINNER
Year: 2001
Title sponsor: Grasim
Winner: Vivan Bhatena
Sent to: Mr International 2001
Placement: Semifinalist
Year: 2002
Title sponsor: Grasim
Winner: Raghu Mukherjee
Sent to: Mr International 2002
Placement: WINNER
Year: 2003
Title sponsor: Grasim
Winner: Rajneesh Duggal
Sent to: Mr International 2003
Placement: 1st Runner-Up
Year: 2004
Title sponsor: Grasim
Winner: Sunil Mann
Sent to: N/A
Placement: N/A
Year: 2005
Title sponsor: Grasim
Winner: Viraf Patel
Sent to: N/A
Placement: N/A
Year: 2006
Title sponsor: Grasim
Winner: Yatin Sonic
Sent to: N/A
Placement: N/A
Year: 2007
Title sponsor: Grasim
Winner: Bharat Kundra
Sent to: N/A
Placement: N/A
Year: 2007
Title sponsor: Haywards 5000
Winner: Kawaljit Anand Singh
Sent to: Mr World 2007
Placement: Semifinalist
Year: 2008
Title sponsor: Haywards 5000
Winner: Pravesh Rana
Sent to: N/A
Placement: N/A
Year: 2009
Title sponsor: N/A
Winner: Imran Khan
Sent to: N/A
Placement: N/A
Year: 2010
Title sponsor: N/A
Winner: Inder Bajwa
Sent to: Mr World 2010
Placement: Semifinalist
Year: 2012
Title sponsor: N/A
Winner: Taher Ali
Sent to: Mr World 2012
Placement: Unplaced
Year: 2014
Title sponsor: Provogue, MensXP
Winner: Prateik Jain
Sent to: Mr World 2014
Placement: Semifinalist
Year: 2015
Title sponsor: Provogue
Winner: Rohit Khandelwal
Sent to: Mr World 2016
Placement: WINNER
Year: 2016
Title sponsor: Peter England
Winner: Vishnu Raj Menon
Sent to: Mr World 2019
Placement: Unplaced
Year: 2017
Title sponsor: Peter England
Winner: Jitseh Singh Deo
Sent to: N/A
Placement: N/A
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