LONDON, Feb 4(Agencies): Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.
The survey found that 47 percent thought the 12th century English king Richard the Lionheart was a myth.
And 23 percent thought World War II prime minister Churchill was made up.
The same percentage thought Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale did not actually exist.
Three percent thought Charles Dickens, one of Britain's most famous writers, is a work of fiction himself.
Indian political leader Mahatma Gandhi and Battle of Waterloo victor the Duke of Wellington also appeared in the top 10 of people thought to be myths.
Meanwhile, 58 percent thought Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Holmes actually existed; 33 percent thought the same of W.
Johns' fictional pilot and adventurer Biggles.
UKTV Gold television surveyed 3,000 people.
Narayan Murthy did not insult National Anthem: SC NEW DELHI,Feb 4 (Agencies): Infosys Chief Mentor and Non-Executive Chairman, N R Narayana Murthy, finally has got relief in the National Anthem Case.
The Supreme Court has rejected a petition seeking action against him under the Insult To National Honours Act.
Murthy came under fire in April last year when he justified the playing of an instrumental version of the during President Kalam's vist to Infosys's Mysore campus.
Murthy reportedly said in response to a question that singing the National Anthem at the function would have "embarrassed" the company employees of foreign origin.
After this comment created an uproar, the Karnataka Police had registered a case against him.
Murthy had later apologised for his statement, saying, "We are a proud Indian company, with strong universal ethos of transparency, accountability and honesty.
If the media statement has hurt anybody's sentiments, I deeply apologise." "We did play the instrumental version of the national anthem so that we could all sing along, and all of us did so.
We wished to share the pride of being an Indian in the gracious presence of our President.
We are informed that this is as per protocol," Murthy had said in the statement.
He had reiterated that Infosys has always kept the interest of India foremost in the minds and its work speaks for itself.
