The event being referred to is the sati of Roop Kunwar. Sati, or self-immolation of widows, was practiced in parts of India in the past. Roop Kunwar's act of sati in 1987 inspired devotion among some but was widely condemned by the media and administrators as an unacceptable practice.

1. 1.
When things started to be clear that India will be freed, Indian leaders
wanted independence on a particular day but the British chose some other
day.
• So Freedom of India finally came on the day that resonated with “Imperial
Pride” rather with “national sentiment". Says an observer.
• What are these days?

2. • Imperial Pride – Aug 15th 1945 , Japan’s surrender and end of
world war II.
• National sentiment : Jan 26th , 1930 India declared
independence on that day in the Lahore session of Congress (
Poorna Swaraj)

3. 2.
• “Freedom comes to India not to Congress, Freedom is brought by Indians
not by Congressmen,” said Gandhi.
• So in the first cabinet of 13 ministers which was sworn in the midnight of
August 15th 1947, there were 3 non-Congress ministers.
• Portfolios were law, Industry and Finance. Who were they? Full points for
answering 2 of them.

4. • B.R.Ambedkar - Law
• Shyama Prasad mookerjee – Industry
• R.K. Shanmugam Chetty - Finance

5. 3.
• On June 20, 1947,before many Princely states still not ceded
with Indian Dominion ,X wired Y saying that“If Travancore
establishes itself as an independent nation out of the Indian
Dominion , I am ready to establish relationship with
Travancore which will be of mutual advantage to you and
Pakistan”.
• Who are X and Y

6. • X – M.A. Jinnah
• Y – Dewan C.P. Ramaswami Iyer.

7. 4.
• On the dais where Nehru delivered his famous “Tryst with Destiny”
Independence day speech, there were 2 other Congressmen who
delivered speeches.
• One was a Bengali named Chaudry Khaliquzaman, he was chosen in a
modus to tame the fuming violence of partition.
• Who was the third person?

8. • Sarevapalli Radhakrishnan

9. 5.

10. • Operations by Indian Army – to cede with
Indian Union.
• Operation Polo – Hyderbad
• Operation Vijay – Goa
• Operaton Bison, Erase – J&K.

11. 6.
• When the newly born country’s fate was determined by the constituent
assembly, many difficult decisions were taken against different odds , like
choosing between double party or multiple party system etc.
• But there was one area where the constituent assembly couldn’t arrive at
a decision decree because of the contrasting standings of the hundreds of
representatives.
• What was it?

12. • The Official Language of the Country or
Rashtrabhasha.

13. 7.
• Dhulekar ”As an Indian I appeal that we, who are out to win freedom for
our country should think and speak in our own language”
• T T Krishnamachari “Sir, I convey a warning there are already elements in
India who want separation , Sir It is unto my friends here to have a whole
India or separate India , the choice is theirs.”
• Above are some of the standing of representative of
Constituent Assembly.
• What did the Constituent Assembly say with regards to the
Official Language of India?

14. • The Constituent postponed the decision for 15 years till 1965,
till which time English and Hindi will be used for official
communication.

15. 8.
• X played a pivotal role in early diplomatic missions of India after
Independence. X was India’s ambassador to United States, U.S.S.R, U.K.,
Mexico and Spain.
• In an Indian Special task mission to a country, with whom India fought a
war few years later, X wrote to her brother about the country’s iconic
leader Y
• ” I am profoundly impressed by him , he was quiet and precise, with great
sense of humour, His appreance in public called Gandhi to mind. Like
Mahatama the public does not just applaud him, but worship him. It is
moving to see him”

16. • X – Vijayalakshmi Pandi
• Y - Mao Tse Tung

17. 9.
• Which is the only political party in India which is the both a
religious body as well as a political party?
• It is the apex religious body of the religion and it is at present
the incumbent government in a state

18. • Shriomani Akhali Dal - Punjab

19. 10.
• One of the greatest upsets of the First Indian election was the defeat of X.
X contested against an obscure milkman named Kajrolkar in Bombay.
• Nehru made several speeches in Bombay which carried the Lonivikya
(Butter Seller) to victory. One remarked that even a lamp post under a
Congress ticket can win in that time.

20. • Dr. B.R.Ambedhkar

21. 11.
• Pandit Nehru often quote the phrase “ temples of Modern
India” in my inaugural functions. Where was the first time he
used the phrase?

22. • Inauguration of Bhakra Nangal project.

23. 12.
• Who said this?
• “ India as a geographical expression was created by the British, the Indian
leaders don’t have the capability to run a country, India would very soon
dissolve into 20 different nations”

24. • Sir Winston Churchill

25. 13.
• If you walk into IIT- Madras you would see a sign board called
“Bonn Avenue”, what is the reason for this naming
convention.

26. • IIT’s were started with financial and technological support
with foreign countries as an agreement which Nehru went
round the world and signed with many developed countries.
• IIT Madras – West Germany
• IIT Delhi – U.S.S.R et al

27. 14.
The case of Champakkam Dorairajan vs the State of Madras
(1951) concering quota of backward classes in educational
institutions, led by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar , led to the first ever what?

28. • First Amendment to the Indian Constitution

29. 15.
• Karl Marx in NY times about the “ Future of British empire India” stated
that the introduction of this would bring prosperity to India and would
therefore become, in India, truly the forerunner of modern industry
• But even after introduction of it there wasn’t much difference in the
situation. What was he talking about?

30. • Indian Railways

31. 16.What is it?
• Ohoroho Tobo Aahbaano Prachaarito, Shuni Tabo Udaaro
Baani
Hindu Bauddho Shikho Jaino, Parashiko Musholmaano
Christaani
Purabo Pashchimo Aashey, Tabo Singhaasano Paashey
Premohaaro Hawye Gaanthaa

32. • 2nd Stanza of our Jana Gana Mana in
Sanskritised Bengali

33. 17.
• How many Prime Minsiters of India are alive today ( as on
August 2012)?

34. Ans: 4
• A.B.Vajpayee
• I.K.Gujaral
• Deve Gowda
• ManMohan Singh

35. 18.
• Achhut kanya was a Hindi movie released during pre-independence era.
The story revolves around a boy falling in love an untouchable girl.
• Because of the revolutionary theme of the movie, it has a “only” kind of
record to its name?

36. • Only movie seen by Mahatma Gandhi

37. 19.
If its
• Sunday roasted beef and Chicken tikka for England
• Crepe and Pot-au-feu for france
• Pizza and Pasta for Italy
• Briyani and Nihari for Pakistan
• Chilli Crab for Singapore
What is for India?

38. • Nothing
• India officially does not have a National
Dish

39. 20.
Kondendera Subbaya Thimmayya was the Chief of the Army during India-
China Conflict. He constantly warned about India’s inability to protect its
borders with China, but because of his clash of interest with the
Defense minister X nothing much happened which led to India’s defeat.
• General Thimmayya openly accused X for India’s defeat and X resigned
taking moral responsibility.
• X was an smart but arrogant administrator who played pioneering role in
foreigns relation of India, The Times called him the most powerful person
in India after Nehru.

40. • V.K.Krishna Menon

41. 21.
• Nehru is credited with the creation of Non-Aligned movements. An
American newspaper in 1962 called an event “ the starting of collapse of
NAM”. Interestingly NAM started to lose its sheen afterwards in the the
international arena.
• Clue: related to the previous one.

42. • Purchase of arms from U.S.
• India considered that the loss in China war was due to lack of
modern weaponry and hence made a largest weapon deal ever in
history with US in 1962 which made India closer to U.S.
• This was considered to be the start of collapse of NAM.

43. 22.
• Lerma rojo was form Mexico.
• Taichung native was from Taiwan.
• What are their contributions for post-Independence India’s
growth story?

44. • Dwarf varieties of Wheat of Rice which started “Green
Revolution”.
• The first batch of 18,000 tons of seeds arrived in 1966 after
which there was no turning back in grain production.

45. 23. Cont.
With regards to Green Revolution 3 S’s played pioneering role.
One was a scientist another was the minister of Agriculture and
the last, Secretary of Dept of Agriculture.
Who are the 3S?

46. • M.S. Swaminathan
• C. Subramaniam
• B. Santhanam

47. 24.
• X , a not so famous person is called the second prime minster of India , as
he took the post of Interim prime minster after the death of Nehru.
Interestingly he again took the post of Interim Prime Minister after the
death of the second elected Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. Who is X?

48. • Gulzarilal Nanda.

49. 25.
• The term refers to the elaborate regulations and accompanying red
tape that were required to set up and run businesses in India
between 1947 and 1990. It killed Indian enterprise and market
efficiency.
• Rajaji ,the President of Swanthantra Party first coined the term to
describe Nehru's elaborate system of permissions required for an
individual to set up a private enterprise.

50. License Raj

51. 26.
• License Raj crippled the growth of Private enterprise. When the Tata’s
applied for licenses for nearly starting up nearly 100 companies during the
times of Licensing, they were denied.
• Private wealth accumulation was also curtained. Because of the tax
structure of a famous finance minister. J.R.D tata had to pay nearly 97% of
his income as tax. JRD exclaimed at him as”Tax Tax Kill”. Who was he?

52. • T.T.Krishnamachari

53. 27.
• Why did Pakistan release this stamp?

54. • 90,000 Prisoners of war were held in Dhaka during
Bangladesh war. In order to gain international
support for release of POW , Pakistan released the
stamp.

55. 28.
• In December,1971 President Nixon made on outrageous
comment about Indira Gandhi saying “ She is an old witch, she
suckered us…suckered us”. What made Nixon make such
erratic comments.

57. .
• Indira Gandhi travelled to US in Nov,1971 and promised that India will not
use its military power to separate Bangladesh, this assurance made sure
that U.S. will not interfere in the Pakistan problem.
• A month later India liberated Bangladesh deceiving President Nixon.

58. 29.
• In December 1952, a committee formed by Calcutta University found that
high rate of failures in exams was because of this.
• Two years later a petition was sent to the Prime Minister that they
threatened the “moral health of the country and a major cause of
incitement to crime and general unsettlement of peace”. The petition was
signed by 13,000 housewives and brought to Parliament by Lilavathi
Munshi wife of politician K.M.Munshi. She argued that these were mere
celebration of crime and sex.
• What was she arguing about and as a result of it what body was formed in
1952?

59. • Cinemas and Central Board for Film
Censorship under Cinematograph Act 1952.

60. 30.
The ingredients of the average Hindi film are well know: colour (Eastman
preferred), songs (6 or 7) in voices one knows and trusts; dance – solo and
ensemble – the more frenzied the better; bad girl, good girl, bad guy, goody
guy, romance (no kisses); tears, guffaws, fights, chases, melodrama, character
who exist in social vaccum, dwelling that you cant find outside studios,
locations in Kulu, Manali, Ooty, London, Paris….. See any 3 Hindi films, and
two will have all the ingredient above.
Whose comments about Indian movies?

61. • Satyajit Ray, his movies have none of them.

62. 31
• While talking of National Integration a writer comments about a film?
Which film is it?
“Its director was a Sindhi, while its lyricist and one male lead were
Punjabi. Other male leads were Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, North-west
Frontier. Another who dropped out in the last moment was from
Sikkim. Of the two female leads, one was Tamil , the other was a
Bengali domiciled in Madhya Pradesh. The music director was a
Bengali – from Tripura”

63. • Sholay

64. 32.
• What made Indira Gandhi declare emergency
in 1975?

65. • A case was filed against Indira regarding the malpractices in 1971
elections.
• The court declared her election null and void and unseated her from her
seat in the Lok Sabha.

66. 33.
• Which Indian President declared emergency in 1977,
suspending elections and civil liberties, and curtaining the
powers of constitution court of law?

67. • Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

68. 34.
• A trusted ally of Nehru, after his death X was highly anticipated to be the
Prime Minister, but instead went to Lal Bahadur Shastri.
• After Shastri’s death, he again was a favourite for PM post, but this time it
went to a much younger candidate Indira Gandhi.
• In 1977, Twice his dream being ruined ,third time he contested and
became the Prime Minister, but there was difference. Who is X and what
was so special for the third time?

69. • Moraji Desai, the fist non-congress Prime Minister of India. He
won the election after emergency defeating the congress in
which he was a loyal member for 3 decades

70. 35.
• After the Janata Party forming the first non-congress government in 1977,
three leaders contended heavily for the post of non-congress PM. Moraji
Desai, Charan Singh, Jagjivan Ram.
• Jagjivan Ram was well on way to become India’s first Dalit prime minister,
but a controversy costed his post and he was made the Deputy P.M.
• What was the controversy?

71. • In 1977, Photographs of Suresh Ram, his son was released in
Surya Magazine with a Delhi university student Sushma
Chaudhary found in compromising positions.

72. 36.
• The Surya Magazine which released the pictures was considered a political
vendetta because the Surya Magazine was owned by X.
• X was 17 years old when she met the scion of the Congress party and
married. At 18 she started the magazine and at 19 when congress was out
of power she released the pictures to blemish the Janata party. She too
has great aspirations in the party.

73. • Menaka Gandhi

74. 37.
• Coming back to Jagjivan Ram, How do we
better know the other child of Jagjivan Ram?
• Clue in the next slide

76. • The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar

77. 38.
• In 1977 when the Janata party formed government, one of the first issues
they raised in the parliament was the awarding of a contract.
• In 1971, the contract for starting a company X was awarded to Y by
rejecting proposals of 17 other companies without reason.
• They also claimed that Y had no experience, design proposals or tie-ins
with any corporation but he was awarded the contract and the exclusive
production license just because he was an influential Congress person.
What is X and Y?

78. • Sanjay Gandhi and Maruti Udyog

79. 39.
Three events rocked India in 1984
• June 1984 - Operation Blue Star
• October 1984 – Assassination of Indira Gandhi
• December 1984 – Operation Faith.
What is Operation Faith?

80. • Cleanup operation after Bhopal Gas tragedy.

81. 40.
• How many Indian Presidents belong to Islamic
Sect?

82. Ans:3
• A.P.J Abdul Kalam
• Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
• Zakir Hussain

83. 41.
• In 1987 after an event,18 year old Roop Kunwar’s act inspired a
groundswell of devotion attracting thousands of worshippers. Rallies were
held hailing Roop kunwar as Mataji.
• But the media, both India and international saw it as a disgrace to India
and many village administrators were put in jail.

84. • The last reported case of Sati in India

85. 42. FITB
• A famous journalist comments about the changes that happened in Indian
Politics.
• In 1987, The distance between G_____ and G_____ is a vast traverse in
political ethic. The dhoti is out and so is the wooden sandals and
travelling in third class compartments. Gucci shoes, Cartier sunglasses,
bullet proof vests, Mercedes Benz and state helicopters are in. Indian
politics no longer smells of sweat, or its particularly clean or odorless – It
reeks of aftershave.

86. • Gandhi & Gandhi
• Mahatma Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi

87. 43.
• The third non-congress prime minister was someone like the first
non-congress PM Moraji Desai, had spent most of his political
career in Congress.
• When finance minister, he raided high profile tax evaders like
Ambanis and Bachchans, but he was made a scapegoat in Bofors
scandal and was sacked. He left congress and became the second
non-congress prime minister. Who is he?

88. • V.P. Singh

89. 44.
• Farkhor air base is the only military base of India outside Indian soil.
• Though first started as a military hospital for wounded refugees , it was
then converted to air base as a result of negotiations of RAW with the
countries officials.
• Former President Pervez Musharraf with the country’s government that
Pakistan fears being encircled because of the base and also added that
Indian planes can reach Pakistan within minutes because of the proximity.
• Which countr is Farkhor air base located?

90. • Tajikistan

91. 45.
• The same amount of pride that Indians had post Independence was
renewed only after the economic liberation in 1991 said a journalist.
• On July 1991, four leaders discussed in a room about the crisis of foreign
reserves India was facing. Within 8 hours they decided to do away with
the red book, which stipulated the subtly specified licenses to be given for
more than 1000 industries. Also they decided to open the economy for
FDI, and cancel export and import subsidy. It took only 8 hours reverse
what India has been doing for 40 years.
• Who were the 4. Clue one is not a politician?

92. • Narashima Rao – Prime Minsiter
• Man Mohan Singh – Finance Minster
• P Chidambaram – Minster of Commerce
• Montek Singh Ahluwalia – Planning Commision member

93. Thank You
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