1) It was referred to as Nikam by Ptolemy in ancient times, and an ancient Buddhist center. During the Chola reign, it was the chief seaport of the empire, and the Cholas used this as a starting point for the marine expeditions. In 1657, this town was occupied by the Dutch, and became one of their chief settlements in India. In 1784, it was formally ceded to the British by the Dutch. Some of the other names of this place are Shiva Rajdhani and Cholakula Vallipatinam. In 2004, the town featured prominently in the news. Which place?
The town was NAGAPATTINAM- it was one of the places devastated by the 2004 Tsunami.
2) Born in Murud-Janjira to Dankar and his wife Sangana, he graduated from Sir J.J.Institute of Applied Arts in Mumbai. Apart from being known for his acting skills, he also has a Hon. Capt's Rank in the Indian Army, and for his only directorial venture, that had a military background, he underwent the gruelling training needed for the role of Army officer. To date he remains the only actor to have won the Filmfare Award in Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Villian Categories. Name him.
NANA PATEKAR
3) "It was, accordingly, ordered that, in addition to the jewels in the imperial jewel house, rubies, garnets, diamonds, rich pearls and emeralds in all weighing 230 kg should be brought for the inspection of the Emperor and they should be handed over to Bebadal Khan, the superintendent of the goldsmith’s department. There was also to be given to him 1150 kg of pure gold. It was to be three yards in length, two-and-a-half in breadth and five in height and was to be set with the above mentioned jewels. The outside of the canopy was to be of enamel work with occasional gems, the inside was to be thickly set with rubies, garnets and other jewels, and it was to be supported by 12 emerald columns. On the top of each pillar there were to be X, thick-set with gems and between each X a tree set with rubies and diamonds, emeralds and pearls. The ascent was to consist of three steps set with jewels of fine water". Of the 11 jewelled recesses formed around it for cushions, the middle one was intended for the seat it for Emperor. Among the historical diamonds decorating it were the famous Akbar Shah , Shah and the second largest spinel ruby in the world — the Timur ruby . A-20 couplet poem by the Mughal poet-laureate Qudsi, praising the Emperor in emerald letters was embedded in it. "
What is being described here?
THE PEACOCK THRONE
4) He was born in Tiruvarur, to Kakarla Ramabrahmam and Seetamma, his maternal grandfather Giraraja Kavi, was a poet-composer in the Tanjore king's court. Named after the local deity, he was trained under Sonti Venkataramanayya. In addition to his kritis, he also composed 2 musical plays, Prahlada Bhakti Vijayamu and Nauka Charitam. Name this great musician.
TYAGARAYA
5) Mahari, Nartaki and Gotipua are the 3 schools associated with which Indian classical dance form.
ODISSI
6)
In 1889, he was appointed as the Indian viceroy. He is credited with creating the NWFP in present day Pakistan, and controlled the tribal uprisings in those areas. He was also responsible for the British expedition to Tibet, done to checkmate possible Russian influence in that area. He undertook restoration of the Taj Mahal, introduced the Indian Standard Time. Inspite of his achievements, he is remembered for his controversial decision in 1905, that gave a huge impetus to the Indian freedom struggle. Name him.
LORD CURZON
7)
Born in 24 Parganas district, his father was a temple priest, and his real name was Narendranath Bhattacharya. He believed that knowledge is freedom and the urge for freedom was inherent in every man. Influenced by the writings of Swami Vivekananda, the Gita he took an active part in the anti Partition agitations that rocked Bengal. He fled to Batavia and later Palo Alto, where he changed his name to evade the British intelligence. In New York, he began to take an interest in Marxism, and in 1917, he fled to Mexico, along with Evelyn Trent, his future wife, to escape from the British spies. He later founded the Communist Party of Mexico, and later came in touch with Lenin. And in 1920, he founded the Communist Party of India. Disillusioned later with both bourgeois democracy and radical communism, he formulated an alternative philosophy of Radical Humanism.
M.N.ROY
8)
Born into a wealthy Parsi family in Mumbai, in 1909, he was distantly related to Mohd. Ali Jinnah while his maternal great grandfather Sir Dinshaw Petit, was a noted textile industrialist . As a student in Cambridge, he wanted to specialize in Physics, much against his father's wishes to join Tata Steel as a mechanical engineer. He later did his research in Mathematics under Paul Dirac and in 1932, he obtained a first class in his Mathematical Tripos. In 1933, he published his first scientific paper Zur Absorption der Höhenstrahlung or The Absorption of Cosmic Radiation, and in 1935 he published another paper where he did the first calculation to determine the cross section of electron-positron scattering, which was later renamed in his honor. He established the TIFR( Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) with help of JRD Tata. He died in an air crash, in 1966, when this flight crashed on Mont Blanc.HOMI JEHANGIR BABA
9)
The flag of which political party founded in 1939, as a faction of the Indian National Congress.FORWARD BLOC
10) Who was satirized in Salman Rushdie's novel The Moor's Last Sigh as Raman Fielding?
BAL THACKERAY
Scores
Santosh-10
Nirad-4
Karhegeyan-8
Shyam Champ-9
Kaushik Saha-10
