BCQC Fundraiser: FINALS India Quiz by Debanjan Bose and Sachin Deshpande

INDIA QUIZ
Finals
QMs: Sachin & Debanjan

Finalis
ts
1
OK Google
Partha, Jayashree, Piyush
2
Maris Troika
Udupa, Ramkey, Shashank
3
Jai Serampore
Shouvik, Prithwish, DD
4
Great Indian Tribal
Warriors
Sammy, Anil, Salil
5
Vast
Abhinav, Jayant, Shashwat
6
Swami & Friends
Alagar, Bhargava. Priyamabad
7
Lucky Strikers
Prateek, Kunal, Siddhant
8
Arnold Shivajinagar
Fan Club
Naman, Ashwini, Aabhas
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ROTF
Preetham, Navin, Manu

RULES 42 questions
4 written rounds
(3 questions each)
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Written
I
3 questions on letters
10 points each (5+5)
Answer en masse

The letter shown here is one half of the only known
correspondence between two individuals, noted passionate
advocates for their chosen causes.
Identify the writer and the recipient.
1

Identify both parties of
this letter dated 1910.
2

Name the writer and the
recipient. The recipient is no
stranger to documenting a
painter’s life.
3

W E B DuBois to Dr B R Ambedkar

The following is R Venkatraman’s description of an incident that
was later challenged in the Supreme Court :
“I asked my Secretary to convey to VP Singh that ____ ___ (X) could be
sworn in as a Minister and designated later as Y. But before anything could
be finalised, the swearing-in ceremony commenced, and VP Singh was
sworn in as Prime Minister. Then X was presented and when I administered
oath as Mantri, he insisted reading it as Y. I corrected him saying Mantri
again but the second time too he read it as Y. It was fully displayed in the live
telecast of the proceedings. I did not want to create an ugly scene and
therefore allowed X to proceed as he wished.”
Identify person (X) and the office (Y), which he held twice
1

Devi Lal
Deputy PM
He kept referring to himself as Upapradhan
Mantri during the oath taking

2
In 2012, a request was made to Francesco Bitti, the then president
of a governing body, to correct a wrong done almost 40 years ago.
This had occurred due a decision which still is the only instance in
the showpiece match of this competition. Two months later, the
wrong was rectified, and all the members involved got a miniature
replica of the trophy they were to play for.
Who were these members?
Why had they not received the replica in the first place?

1974 Indian Davis Cup team
India had boycotted the finals v SA

The photo shows a ceremonial over of a site to the state
government in 2004. The location is of significant cultural and
historical importance to the local population. Britishers took
over the site after defeating the incumbent rulers in 1891.
Which site is this?
Who were the occupants of the site from 1947 to 2004?
3

Kangla Fort and Palace
Assam Rifles

4
This writer’s second and third works are both about the choices
faced by young Muslims at the time of Partition.
One book takes its title from a lament in which the poet hopes that
there will be landfall somewhere for a ship of sorrows (kahiin to ja ke
rukega ______ _ ____ _ ___), while the other work is more about
the waters the ship must navigate post-partition and takes its title
from another poem (ek ___ __ _____ hai aur doob ke jaana hai).
Name the writer.
Name the two books

Qurratulain Hyder
Safina e gham e dil
Aag ka Darya

5
Chandi Prasad Bhatt founded Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh in the
then Uttar Pradesh in the 1960s. The cooperative successfully
fought against a resource allotment to Symonds & Co – a sporting
goods manufacturer, resulting in one of the early successes for
which movement?
Bhatt also spearheaded a movement during the same time to
save the traditional architecture of the Badrinath temple from being
renovated by a trust linked to a group that is no stranger to building
temples. Which group?

Chipko Movement
The Birlas (Jayshree Trust)

Between 1881-1891, the population of every other province in India
rose in numbers, except Coorg. The censuses of 1881 and 1891
were both done in February, a month of importance for the region.
What contributed to this anomaly?
6

The coffee crop was late!
The estate workers who were picking it remained in Coorg longer than usual and
so were included in the census numbers of that year. But, as the harvest in 1891 was earlier,
most of them had returned to their native districts before the census was taken

7
The person pictured here was, the first Indian
editor of The Statesman, provided the
introduction for the final statements of a
political leader. These statements were made
in response to white papers that alleged
rigging in 1977 elections and the misuse of
news media. The statement was smuggled out
of prison, and then published in India.
Who was the leader in question?

Written
II
3 questions on Bengali theatre
10 points each
Answer en masse

Tapas Sen was a doyen of stage
lighting and a winner of Sangeet
Natak Akademi Award in 1974.
Sen’s ingenious solutions created
effects out of everyday objects. This
device was one such and was
named due to its resemblance to
another object. This also a word
that’s long been associated with a
major theatrical achievement.
1
What was this device called?

Taray Taray is a 2018 production where Riddhi Sen plays a
youngster with crumbling mental health, whose hallucinations
feature this character played by Anjan Dutt.
The audience thus experiences boundaries blurring between
reality and imagination, and present and past as internal struggles
of the two protagonists intertwine.
However, there’s only one constant element - a prop placed in the
middle of the stage, around which action takes place.
Who does Anjan Dutt enact in Taray Taray?
2

In 2018, the Bihar govt used this graphic in a
poster announcing a cultural event. This
invited backlash from a certain section, which
protested the unlawful use of this image. The
original image was created by Chittoprasad.
Done in his typical woodcut style, it was a
“declaration against imperialism,
communalism, exploitation”, depicting a
drummer, an ancient form of communication.
What was the image created for?
3

Vincent Van Gogh
The title of Taray Taray, based on a novel by Srijato, is likely reference to ‘Starry Starry ‘

In 2018, the Bihar govt used this graphic in a
poster announcing a cultural event. This
invited backlash from a certain section, which
protested the unlawful use of this image. The
original image was created by Chittoprasad.
Done in his typical woodcut style, it was a
“declaration against imperialism,
communalism, exploitation”, depicting a
drummer, an ancient form of communication.
What is the image created for?
3

Indian People’s
Theatre Association

Nirupa Rao is a Bangalore-based botanical illustrator, who started
painting flora after conservationists faced a problem with visual
documentation. She has since then produced a body of scientifically
accurate illustrations of plants and trees, most notably of the Western
Ghats.
Her another claim to fame lies in designing a set of five images used
for a reissue where nature and conservation have constant presence.
What problem was faced in the project?
What were these other illustrations made for?
8

Trees were too tall to photograph!
Covers of Amitav Ghosh books
The illustrator is Nirupa Rao. Do check her amazing work at niruparao on Instagram

These sheet-metal objects were introduced by L&T in the early
90s. Within a year, the firm was supplying 1700 of these annually
to certain business establishments across India. A decade later, it
was the largest-selling of its kind before becoming outdated.
The demand was caused by its striking design - sloping columns
that replaced boxy objects. A three-side access and an open-top
gave better visibility and made maintenance easier.
What object, with a shape that resembled the last of a set?
9

Z-Shaped Petrol Pumps
researchers found kids had started drawing petrol pumps in these shapes!

During the 1962 war, many Chinese-Indian families were imprisoned
at an internment camp in Deoli, Rajasthan. With 3,000-odd Chinese,
100-200 members of another community were also imprisoned in
Deoli, picked randomly on suspicion. There have been reports of
skirmishes between the two communities, with the minority blaming
the Chinese for their imprisonment.
Name this other community.
Why were they held there, a matter of protecting national interests?
10

Tibetans; Thought to be Chinese spies
The Indian Government feared that Chinese spys pretending to be
Tibetan refugees were entering India during the war.

The video shows a discussion between two photographers. The man
talking is known by an alliterative moniker and was a subject of much
derision following a hunting trip in the hills in what is now possibly the
Rajaji National Park.
The 78-yr-old interviewer is perhaps best-known for documenting a visit
over a week-long period in his mid 20s. This output, mainly featuring
people dressed in white, was discovered tucked away by his daughter
years later, who then realised its historic value and the insider’s look it
offered.
Which ‘story’ of an alliterative man was based on this hunting trip?
What is the other person best known for?
11

The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill;
Photographs of The Beatles in Rishikesh
Paul Saltzman’s colour photographs of great clarity gave an insider’s look into the life at the
ashram during the Beatles’ stay. Before this, very few pictures existed of their time in India.

With Akbar II losing grip over his empire, the British gradually began
dishonouring their agreement with the emperor. Felt cheated, Akbar II
appointed an envoy in 1830 to present his case in the court of William
IV. For this, the scholar received a reward but was also given a certain
honour. While the original purpose failed, he was greeted as an
ambassador of India by the British royalty and government.
Who was the envoy?
What was the other honour?
12

Ram Mohan Roy
Bestowed with
‘Raja’ title

The person heard speaking received a fair bit of attention in the
community earlier this year, after he cleared an audition where he
read a speech and possibly also displayed hand gestures.
In the audio clip, he’s trying to bust a myth about something he
says is often misunderstood as unwillingness to do things.
What role was he picked to perform?
What is he trying to explain?
13

King Momo; Susegad
King Momo is the appointed leader of the Goa Carnival
Susegad is often mistaken as ‘laziness’

Terai is a craft gin that pitches itself as very Indian. They distill their
own spirit and the name is a throwback to the Swarup family’s roots in
agriculture. The bottle design inspired from temple pillars.
Each of its ivory-wood green stoppers are handmade – lacquer
polished and cut to perfection. The ornate logo is inspired from several
pre-independent artefacts in possession of the family.
What artefacts is the design inspired from?
What does the logo depict?
14

Coins; 11 botanicals
juniper berries, tulsi (or holy basil), coriander, fennel,
lemon peel, orange peel, lavender, rose, almond, angelica
and orris root

Only 10% of the silent films made in India survive to this day.
Cellulose nitrate catching fire is one of the biggest reasons.
Raja Harishchandra was no different, with the original reel
getting destroyed. What we now have is actually a 1917 remake.
How did archivists find out that the existing copy is not the
1913 original, picking up a hint from Phalke’s casting notes?
Films made in 80s-90s have gotten lost as well! Some have been
salvaged by NFAI, which has procured thousands of such reels from
the godowns of an unlikely source. What source, which gets these
reels from distributors and producers seeking to save expenses?
15

Remake had a female actor
Indian Railways
Distributors dispatched cans in trains and
producers preferred to not get them back
All actors in the 1913 original were males. Phalke mentions
there was exactly one female actor in the remake.

Written
III
3 questions on borders
10 points each
Answer en masse

Starting May 2020, what inclusion was made in the
weather bulletins of Doordarshan and All India Radio in
order to “cover every nook and corner’ of the country”?
1

Which town in Bihar, also the location of a Kipling story, was the
venue of an event in 1816 whose repercussions are still being
felt? The image shown here is from 2020.
2

What action in August 2015 resulted in the reduction of
approximately 10,000 acres of Indian territory and a
reduction of over 2,20,00 in its citizenship numbers?
3

PoK regions
(Gilgit, Muzaffarabad, Mirpur)

Sugauli
Indo – Nepal border is defined as per the treaty of Sugauli signed between Nepal and British
East India Company in 1816. Sugauli is also the location of Riki Tiki Tavi by Kipling

Swap of chitmahals (enclaves) with Bangladesh

An economist’s recently released memoir has its roots when the
author met a future Literature Nobel winner in London in 1950s.
She wrote this book upon advice from the laureate and even
borrowed the title from her 1961 novel. She replaces ‘gold’ in the
novel’s title with another metal. In the author’s words, this is a
“hardier and homelier” metal, which may be found in kitchens across
South India.
Name the economist’s book, a storehouse of jottings.
Name the Nobel laureate.
16

The Brass Notebook; Doris Lessing
Devaki Jain was urged to write her memoir
by Lessing, whose book inspired the title

17
At the time of partition, Jinnah contested the allotment of this
region to India. His argument was that they were never a part of
India and most of the population consisted of tribe not connected
with the Indian people by ethnic, religious or cultural ties.
Which part of India is this?
What other practical reason did Jinnah
put forward to bolster Pakistan’s claim?

Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Refueling base for ships
Jinnah contended that the only channel of communication
between Eastern Pakistan and Pakistan was by sea

18
This scientist’s research in the 1930s on hybrids involving
sugarcane and related grass species helped in developing
sugarcane varieties that yielded sweeter sugar.
Name the scientist.
In 1961, the same person in a letter to her mentor remarked about
an excursion to Allahabad with another scientist where her
companion jumped into the Ganges and swam in a location which
was supposed to contain crocodiles.
Who was this other scientist?

19
Siddalingaiah, the Kannada poet and activist, was a member of
the state Legislative Council for two terms. In his autobiography,
he mentions about a hospital visit with a knee problem where he
was kept waiting for long. His friends demanded that he should be
attended to immediately as he was a legislator. The staff ignored
them, saying they were waiting for the police to arrive.
What caused this confusion?
The first volume of his three-part autobiography was published in
the 1990s. Which literary critic, also a contemporary of
Siddalingaiah, wrote the afterword for this?

MLC (Member of Legislative Council)
was confused to be Medico Legal Case
D R Nagaraj

20
This decision, a first in the history of this multi-sports competition,
was celebrated by the Indian federation president as “cost effective
and inclusive methodology created for bidding nations to partner
with other nations in some sports to use existing infrastructure and
not new”. But there persisted a feeling that the proposal was done
only in order to safeguard India’s medal tally.
What decision is this, that has now
been cancelled due to the pandemic?

India was given rights to host the Commonwealth
shooting and archery championships in Chandigarh.
The medals from these two events were to be counted
in the overall tally of the Birmingham CWG.

21
The lady in the picture was the daughter of S A
Dange and named after a famous revolutionary.
She won the Lok Sabha elections from Mumbai
in 1974 on a CPI ticket. Identify her or the
revolutionary she was named for.
Her husband Bani Deshpande and she left the
CPI and founded All India Communist Party in
1980. This split happened due to their insistence
on continuing a close relation that existed in the
70s, but one which the CPI had been drifting
away from. What issue was this?

Roza Deshpande, named after Rosa Luxembourg
Relationship with the Congress (Indira Gandhi)

22
This movement said to have been started
by Parasuram in the late 1800’s and is
open to all irrespective of social status and
caste. Considered a continuation of Bhakti
tradition’s name centered devotion and
mostly present in Chhattisgarh,
what are its adherents known as?
The movement also has some members
who are referred to as purnanakshiks. Why
are they called so?

Ramnamis
Tattooed ‘Ram’ all over their bodies

23
The illustration shown is from a magazine published out of
Lucknow between 1877-1937.
What scene does it depict?
The illustration was modelled on works by an 18th century artist,
and to solidify the comparison – the verses in the illustration are
reproductions of verses in a work of his.
Which artist?

Think not to find one meant
resemblance here,
We lash the vices but the
persons spare.
Prints should be prizd as
authors should be read
Who sharply smile prevailing
folly dead
So Rabilaes laught, & so
Cervantes thought,
So Nature dictated what Art
has taught

Written
IV
3 questions on food origins
10 points each (5+5)
Answer en masse

All these dishes have the same origin story! What similarity?
1
Goa Bombay Colonial Bengal
It’s in a gravy Uses dried zereshk
Spicy
and
hot!

This Kumaoni delicacy is made from the seeds of a local produce
and fit for consumption in daily meals. The seeds are roasted and
ground into a paste with cumin seeds, dry chilies and lemon juice.
It’s called _____ Ki Chutney. However, the blank might remind you
more of a celebratory drink.
FITB.
2

A particular colloquial name for bakery bread in parts of India and
Pakistan comes from two possible reasons:
- leavened dough increases to twice its size after baking
- the sahibs would stuff meat and veggies inside two slices
Which delicacy thus gets its name from this, and
not from an extreme usage of a particular ingredient?
3

How these dishes were conceived share a similarity. What similarity?
1
Goa Bombay Colonial Bengal
It’s in a gravy Uses dried zereshk
Spicy
and
hot!

Made with leftovers
Ros Omlette (xacuti curry)
Berry Pulao (mutton)
Jhalfrezi (chicken and/or vegetables)

This Kumaoni delicacy is made from the seeds of a local produce
and fit for consumption in daily meals. The seeds are roasted and
grinded into a paste with cumin seeds, dry chilies and lemon juice.
It’s called _____ Ki Chutney. However, the blank might remind you
more of celebratory drinks.
FITB.
2

A particular colloquial name for bakery bread in parts of India and
Pakistan comes from two possible reasons:
- leavened dough increases to twice its size after baking
- the sahibs would stuff meat and veggies inside two slices
Which delicacy thus gets its name from this, and
not from an extreme usage of another ingredient?
3

Double Ka Meetha
Double roti, and not twice the amount of sugar

This song talks about life in a hill town, which gets its name from a word
meaning ‘anthill’ and not from a contraction of measured distance. The
language spoken is a creole with a mix of Assamese, Dimasa, Nepali,
Bengali, Mizo and Naga, among others. This lingua franca developed
as a mode of communication between 11 tribes of the North Cachar
Hills, who did not understand each others’ languages.
Name this alliterative creole. (town + another language)
How was this creole a boon for some people in the troubled
years of the 90s and 2000s, unlike other parts in the state?
24

Haflong Hindi; Helped Hindi-speakers
avoid being a target of local militants
Unlike other militant groups who would target Hindi speakers, in Haflong,
Assam’s only hill station, the insurgents themselves spoke the same language

Sriram Raghavan’s Andhadhun is dotted with references and
intertextualities. Take the instance of the 1970s star Pramod Sinha,
who reads out a comment by a fan from Denmark on a YouTube
video. This prompts his wife Simi to retort “Yeh______ bhi wahi ka
tha na?” (Wasn’t ______ also from there?).
In another scene, Simi is referred to as ____ ______ for her wicked
and ruthless demeanour and scheming methods .
FITB and explain the two references.
25

Hamlet; Lady Macbeth
Tabu played Gertrude in Haider and Lady Macbeth in Maqbool in Vishal
Bharadwaj’s Shakespearean adaptations. She plays Simi in Andhadhun.

Kharai camels are a species reared by the Fakirani Jats and
Rabaris of Kutch. However, the numbers of this unique animal is
dwindling now. There are two main reasons – the lack of access to
food due to rapid development of the region (more salt pans and
factories!) and the lack of business opportunities. Back in the good
days, the herders would get a good price for these are excellent
draft animals, who also served another important purpose in the
region.
What makes these camels unique?
Who was this other client of the tribesmen?
26

Only camel species that swims!
Indian Army
To patrol and navigate the border areas in
Kutch and Rajasthan
They can swim over 3 kms to reach mangrove islands for ‘grazing’

Forced to leave his homeland due his controversial paintings, this
painter settled in Pune and found work at town churches, where he
produced murals in the 1950s. Some of these was created with gum
Arabic mixed with a specific material sourced from his homeland
(perhaps from in and around the island he hailed from). This material
gave him the desired colour and was also the only remaining artistic
connection with his homeland.
Name this artist
What is this material?
27
(need an answer like ‘Snow from Kilimanjaro’)

Angelo da Fonseca;
(red) mud from the Mandovi in Goa
Fonseca was forced to moved out of Goa after facing massive criticism from the Portuguese for
depicting Mary in a sari. The murals show the arrival of Francis Xavier in Goa and his death in China.

In early 1900s, Ustad Asadullah ‘Kaukab’ Khan - an early
proponent of the sarod, went on a tour of France and England.
Two days before a concert, the Ustad landed in Paris to discover
that his sarod had broken. Having failed to find a new one, he
chanced upon an instrument in Parisian streets. Kaukab then
repurposed it, making two basic changes to reflect features that
you’d find in a sarod, thus producing the desired sound of the
Indian _____, with which he also produced three LPs.
Which instrument?
What two changes did he make?
28

Banjo
Shaved the frets &
added a steel plate

Arur Singh, the appointed sarbrah of the Akal Takht and other
mahants, decided to confer the big honour of public initiation into
the Khalsa upon an individual. He was presented with a siropa and
a kirpan and asked to adopt Sikhism. However, the guest thanked
them, and turned it down saying he can’t grow his hair long. The
mahants then asked from him the promise of giving up smoking.
The person is said to have replied that he’ll try doing it gradually, at
the rate of one cigarette per year.
Who received this honour?
What reason did he give for not growing his hair?
29

General Dyer
British army didn’t
allow long hair

Two elements are common across the three GIs of this state: the colour
red and a nominal identifier. Two of them are agricultural produce.
Three separate portions of red and black are joined to create the third item.
The middle ‘stripe’ depicts basic shapes or complex motifs. The tradition
goes back to a time when the women created these for men using coloured
tree barks. Red stood for the enemy’s blood and the motifs could tell you
about the social status/village of the man carrying it.
It was once also seen on the shoulders of Pope Francis,
who received it as a gift from residents of this state.
Name this item.
30

Naga Shawls
officially listed as Chakshesang Shawls; Naga Tree Tomato
and Naga Chili are the other GI products from Nagaland

The mass emergence of these insects in the western world is a
well-known phenomenon. Meghalaya experiences a similar
event every four years in May. These were last seen in 2018.
The occurrence coincides with a global event, leading some
locals to bestow a moniker upon these creatures.
A – What insects are these?
B – What is the moniker?
1

Cicada; World Cup insect
The infestation coincides with the FIFA World Cup!

The author added this footnote in 1980’s, almost
40 years after he had written the story, “..I believe
it is presumptuous on the part of man…to say
‘__A__ _B__’ (title of the story) or ‘__X__
__Y______’ The story of Hallaj is not drawn on
historical facts. The whole thing may be treated as
mere fantasy.”
But there did exist a mystic in the 10th century
called Mansur al-Hallaj who famously uttered this
and was later executed in the Abbasid court.
Identify the author, and fill in either of the blanks
2

Author - Vaikom Mohammed Basheer;
Story - Anal Haq / Protagonist - Mansur al Hallaj

3
John Lang is held to be Australia's first native born novelist. He
came to India during the 1840’s and wrote about India for Charles
Dickens’ journal ‘Household Words’.
As a lawyer, he also met an affected ruler and drafted a petition for
restoration of throne in the 1850s that ultimately was dismissed
within a week by the EIC. Who was his client?
He died in Mussoorie in 1864 and was buried there. Which
resident of Mussoorie rediscovered his neglected grave a hundred
years later?

Laxmi Bai – Rani of Jhansi;
Ruskin Bond

4
This ruler got a title due to his defeat of the Sailendra Kings and
the destruction of Kedah in the 11th century. What title is this?
Also, name the ruler.
The title is shared with a 2019 film set in the same region, that ran
into trouble there due to its depiction of the law enforcement
authorities.

Kadaram Kondan, given to Rajendra Chola
The same was the title of a 2019 movie starring Vikram and
shot in Malaysia.

5
Legend has that King Satavahana was laughed at by one of his
queens due to his pretense of knowing Sanskrit. One of his
courtiers promises to teach him Sanskrit in six months. This leads
to another of his minister vowing to renounce all known human
languages if the same happens. Divine intervention ensures that
the King masters the language in six months. Thus, resulting in
this minister leaving court. The minister then meets Kanabhuti and
hears from him a cycle of stories that were first narrated by Shiva
to Parvati and notes them down.
Who was the minister? What feature of his now lost work resulted
due to his vow?

Gunadhya
Brihatkatha is supposed to have been written in
Paisachi language

6
Similarly, another Commonwealth nation asked Britain to keep
hold of the Andaman and Nicobar islands as well. Which nation
and what was the reason behind this suggestion?

Australia asked Britain to keep A&N islands because it could
function as a useful navy / air base for Australia in case of any
future wars.

7
“Rynniaw, a young prince returning home from school in England. He falls in
love with Sohlyngngem, a strong-willed youngster who works in the royal
household. His mother, Mahdei, uses a magic potion to make him forget his
love. His distraught lover wants to leap off a hillside and end it all but the
gods decide otherwise — they turn her into a bird destined to wail eternally in
the hills”.
This is the plot of an opera in a language which was in the Atlas of
the World’s Languages in Danger till a decade back. A language
which the composer says has ‘gentle, soft vowels and even
consonants that work perfectly for opera, like Italian’. Which
language is this?

The manuscript seen here is probably a 18th century copy of a
royal correspondence that took place in the previous century.
Identify both the parties involved.
8
The letter of love and friendship which you sent and the presents, tokens of your good affections toward
me, I have received by the hands of your ambassador, Sir Thomas Roe (who well deserves to be your
trusted servant), delivered to me in an acceptable and happy hour; upon which mine eyes were so fixed
that I could not easily remove them to any other object, and have accepted them with great joy and
delight.
Upon which assurance of your royal love I have given my general command to all the kingdoms and
ports of my dominions to receive all the merchants of the English nation as the subjects of my friend;
that in what place soever they choose to live, they may have free liberty without any restraint; and at
what port soever they shall arrive, that neither Portugal nor any other shall dare to molest their quiet;
and in what city soever they shall have residence, I have commanded all my governors and captains to
give them freedom answerable to their own desires; to sell, buy, and to transport into their country at
their pleasure.

Who was this
letter addressed
to, and what has
been blanked
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