Quizzing is Fun, No Googling- India Quiz

Well not  a very  good  response, but  the  appreciation from the few  who have tried has been good. I will sure be  continuing in the same vein, irrespective of  the  number of  responses.  

1) The  teams  that  win  the  "Great  Leader"  trophy  and  the "Jam Sahib of Nawanagar  Trophy", compete  for  this  trophy  that  is  named  after  this  player  considered  as one of the  fastest  bowlers in pre  partition India.  The Colonel  claimed  in  his  memoirs  that  he  was  faster  than  the Bodyline terror. After  paritition  he  migrated  to  Lahore,  and  one of the few  players  to  represent both  the  nations.  Name him.

The  trophy was named  after  MD.NISSAR,  as can be seen from the hints,  the  teams  winning the  Quaid  E Azam( Great  Leader)  and  Ranji( Jam  Sahib of Nawanagar)  trophy, compete for this. The Bodyline terror of course  was  Harold Larwood.

2) The son  of  a musician,  who grows  up  believing  that  Ramtanu  Pandey  the  great court  musician,  and one of the  9 Gems,  was  responsible  for  his  father's death.  And so he challenges him to a musical duel. The  heroine of  this  movie  made her  debut  in  the  director's  first  movie  Leatherface  as a  child  artiste under  a screen  name, which etymologically  is derived from  Fish.  Just  give me the name of  the movie.

The  movie  was  BAIJU  BAWRA.  The heroine  of  course was  MEENA  KUMARI.

3)  Born  close to a  town famous  for  it's  Alphonso  mangoes,  he later  on became  a journalist,  and  was a  strong  critic  of  the  Western  education  system. He  taught  Mathematics  at  this  college  named  after  the then British Governor  of  Bombay,  of  which he  was one of the  founders too. Edited  a  Marathi newspaper  whose  name  is  synonymous  with  Lion.  During  his  court  trial,  the  lawyer  who  represented  him,  would  be  known  as  the  Great  Leader  of  another  nation.   Name him.

Cracked by most, it  was  BAL  GANGADHAR  TILAK.

4)  Writing  the  Autobiography  of  An  Unknown India,  Nirad  C Chaudhuri,  dedicated it  to  "To the memory of the British Empire in India,  Which conferred subjecthood upon us, But withheld citizenship.  To which yet every one of us threw out the challenge: "Civis Britannicus sum"". In  reality a tongue  in  cheek  reference to the  British,  which  was  taken  in a negative  manner. In a later interview,  Nirad   Babu  claimed  that  the  "Civis  Brittanicus"  reference   was  taken  from  what  this famous  Roman  philosopher  had  said  about  the conduct  of  Verres,  an oppresive  Roman  governor of  Sicily,  whose rule  prompted  them to  cry  out  "Civis romanus sum".  Which  philosopher  was this?

The philosopher  was CICERO.

5) Born in a town,  located  in  the  Rohillkand  region  of  Uttar  Pradesh, from where he takes his  surname too,  he  served  as  a supply officer in  Delhi,  taking  part  in  mushairas. Made  his  debut  in  the  Hindi  movie  industry  under  Naushad  for Dard, with whom he had a  great  combination. Won  the  Filmfare  Award  thrice  for a ) A  Muslim social  that  marked a comeback  for  the  producer, whose  previous movie  about  the  movie  industry  was  a huge flop. b) A  family  Social, whose name  also  indicates a  school of music. c) And  a  mystery movie,  produced  by  a music director,  loosely  based  on The Hound of  Baskerville.

The  lyricist  was  SHAKEEL  BADAUNI,  named after the  town of  Badaun.  The  3 movies i referred to were  Chaudvin  Ka  Chand,  Gharana  and  Bees Saal Baad.

6)   This  form of  OM  symbol  belongs to which organization  that  was  founded  by  Balakrishna Menon  in 1953.  The director of  this  organization,  Kshama Metre,  was  recently  awarded  the Padma  Shree for her social  work.

CHINMAYA  MISSION

7)  The  teacher  of  the  nation, he was one of  the first  Indians  to  clear  the  Indian Civil  services exam. In 1882,  he  founded  and  taught  at  this  college,  named  after the  then  Viceroy  of  India, which  was  subsequently  renamed  after  him.  Founded  the  Indian National  Association, in protest against  the  British rule. One of  the moderates  in  the  Congress,  he  later  on published  an important  book  A Nation in the Making.

This is S.N.BANERJEE.

8)  Born  in the  temple town of  Kumbakonam, along  with  Rabindranath  Tagore  and Mahatma  Gandhi  he  was one of  the  3  Indians  among  the "20 most influential Asian people of the 20th century", listed  by  Time  in 1999. Currently  leading  a mission to  bridge  the  digital  divide,  but  most  famous  as  the  Father of  the  ___________  ,____________  in  India.   Name  him  and  his  famous  achievement.

M.S.SWAMINATHAN, GREEN  REVOLUTION

9)  The  House of  the Thakurs,  located  at  the place  that  gets it's  name from the wooden  or bamboo bridges  placed across  a stream.  The  locality  is quite famous  for  it's  litho printing  industry  too.  Just tell me whose  house was  this?

I  was looking for  RABINDRANATH  TAGORE, even JORASHANKO  THAKURBARI  gets the points.

10) The  maidan  here   was  built  over  a tank,  where  cattle  owners  would  bathe their  cows.  The  name of the  tank,  was also  used  for  the Maidan.  The  nearest  suburban  station  is  named  after  a  Governor of   Bombay  between 1835 and 1839.  Keeping  in  mind the great  Indian tradition of  renaming  everything  and  anything, it   was  renamed  so,  keeping  in  mind  a historical event  that  occurred  here.  What took place?

THE  QUIT  INDIA  RESOLUTION

Scores

Nirad-4
Cintom-8
Kamal-6
Anuradha-2
Debashri-8
Vikram-6