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The UnIndian Quiz:
Indians Who Aren’t Indians
By Vishnu
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A pinda was offered by the Nimmala Rama
Naidu(MLA) during the Godavari Pushkarams in
2015 to pay homage the person who was
responsible for the establishment of entity with
above logo in 1854. Identify the person and the
entity?
1

Sir Arthur Cotton and
CPWD

A semi abstract painting
honouring a person who had only
5₹ when entered India. Who?
2

Mother Teresa

Born in 1935 at Tollygunge, Bengal. He came back
to India in 1965 as a BBC India Correspondent. He
covered all the major events of south Asia in next
30 years. Identify him. (featured in a lot of political
documentaries on India)
3

Mark Tully

Colonel William ….. (1715-1784) is some times
referred to as Ferdinand De Lessepes(Suez
Canal fame) of Kolkata for de-silting of Adi Ganga
canal. Which two vernacular Indian cinema
industries share their name with ….. ?
(Although the etymological origin of these names
is not same)
4

Tollywood (Bengali & Telugu ﬁlm
industries)
William Tolly

A citizen of Canada?
5

Akshay Kumar
Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia

In the book of 270 pages on 5 persons, the
author says that he was able to extract only a 5
page biography of an extremely private Irish
chairman of over a century old company. Who?
6

Pallonji Mistry

Pt Madan Mohan Malaviya teamed up with this
Irish leader in a mission to collect funds to lay
the foundations of Benaras Hindu University.
Before turning to theosophy, she was aligned
with Marxists, socialists, Freemasons, Fabian
Socialists etc.,
Who was the representative of the Theosophical
Society at 1893 World Parliament of Religions in
Chicago?
7

Annie Besant

Raxo Products Ltd, a chemical factory was run by
an Indian couple at Nirobi, Kenya. Their famous
son is 7th in the list in which Sir Osborne Smith
comes ﬁrst, followed by Benegal Rama Rau.
Identify the famous son.
8

Urjit Patel

A Gujrati spice trader nick named King of Cloves
settled in Zanzibar until his son moved to the UK.
His grandson’s(X) name was often
mispronounced as Christina Blange when he
attended auditions during the early years of his
career. Hence, X changed his name to a more
English sounding one by adopting and tweaking
with his grand father’s nick name.
Identify X.
* Does not qualify the theme of the quiz
9

Ben Kingsley
Krishna Pandit Bhanji

Identify the father of
Indian Ornithology,
who is well known for
founding the powerful
organisation 134
years ago.
X?
10

Alan Octavian Hume

A resident of Landour, Mussorie when asked
what he likes the most about his life, he said,
"That I have been able to write for so long. I
started at the age of 17 or 18 and I am still
writing." In his essay, "On being an Indian", he
explains his Indian identity, "Race did not make
me one. Religion did not make me one. But
history did. And in the long run, it's history that
counts.”
Who?
11

Ruskin Bond

His American family arrived in India in 1916 at
Madras and proceeded to settle down at Lahore.
The family got split during the Partition. He
along with his parents settled at Mussorie while
his grandparents stayed back. Who is often
referred in cinema circles as the “Blue-
eyed saheb with impeccable Hindi”?
12

Tom Alter

After the disastrous Battle of Thallikota the
Telugu literature entered the dormant phase
until it was revived by an English man and an
official of EIC. In his words:
"Telugu literature was dying out; the flame was flickering in the socket in 1825,
I found Telugu literature dead. In 30 years I raised it to life”.
Identify the polyglot ﬂuent in Greek, Latin,
Persian, Sanskrit, Telugu and Tamil.
13

Sir C. P. Brown

Stefano Maino was an ardent follower of Benito
Mussolini and fought alongside the Hitler’s
Wehrmacht. His family house had leather bound
books on writings and speeches of Mussolini.
Stefano had named X and her elder sister Nadia
in the memory of the Italian participation in the
Eastern Front.
X?
14

Sonia Gandhi

Princess Elizabeth was at the Treetops (A hotel in
Kenya built on a ﬁcus tree) when her father King
George VI died. Her bodyguard was a famous
‘Indian’ naturalist from Uttarakhand. He later
recalls -
For the first time in the history of the world, a young girl climbed into a tree one
day a Princess, and after having what she described as her most thrilling
experience, she climbed down from the tree the next day a Queen—God bless her.
Who?
15

Jim Corbett

He initially started by rehabilitating Irula
tribes of Nilgiris, who were left jobless
after the ban on snake trading. Born in
New York, he moved to India along with
his step father Rama Chattopadhyay (s/o
Kamaladevi). He served as a medic
during the early Vietnam era. Now a
naturalised Indian citizen settled at
Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu. Identify.
16

Romulus Whitekar

Born in 1965, Scotland, he ﬁrst came to in India in
1984, and has been in India and off since 1989 by
spending most of the time at his Mehrauli
farmhouse. He is one of the co-founders and co-
directors of Jaipur Lit fest. Identify the famous
historian and writer.
17

William Dalrymple

A civil Engineer from Australia landed in
Bombay, awaiting for his work permit to
expatriate to Muscat. During this time
he was introduced to Parveen Babi who
pulled him into the world of cinema. He
featured as villain in over 200 movies
since 1980. Later in life he cut all his ties
with the ﬁlm industryWho?
18

Bob Christo

Connect the images and identify
an Irish teacher, author, social
activist, school founder etc.,?
19

Sister Nivedita

Madeleine Slade was born in 1892, Britain, was a
die hard fan of Ludwig van Beethoven. She
visited all the places associated to him and the
books on him. She read an account of Ludwig by
Romain Rollands and later sought to meet
Romain, who introduced her to X. Romain
described X as another Christ. Madeleine spent
next 34 years devoted to X and India. In 1960 as
she decided to move to Austria and spend her
remaining days in the land of Beethoven's music.
How do we know Madeleine as? And X?
20

Mirabehn - Mahatma
Gandhi

This Frenchman and a Bharatratna
born in 1904 once quoted “things had gone too
far. You can't imagine what we've been through here—strikes,
boycotts, demonstrations. Why, there were days I couldn't
walk out of my office into the street. The parliamentary system
is not suited to our needs.” during the national
Emergency of 1975-77. Who?
21

JRD Tata

Prime minister Antonio Costa of “X”, was
the chief guest to an event on ‘Pravasi
Bharatiya Diwas 2017’
He said that he is Very Proud of his “Y”
origin, which he got from his fathers side.
Recently he announced an annual
Gandhi Prize by X.
X & Y?
22

Portugal - Goa

X was born to a German mother and a
Kashmiri Pandit settled in the UK. She
started her career with English
theatre, later entered Bollywood in 1981
ﬁlm 36 Chowringee Lane. X’s daughter
Y is also a popular Bollywood actress.
Id X And Y (both are British citizens)
23

Soni Razdan - Alia Bhatt

He was born in Quaker family, his father
manufactured the elevators under the
brand Stokes And Parish Machines
Company. He traveled to India at the age 22
to serve at the leper colony at Shimla. He
later settled in India and became the only
American who participated in Indian
freedom struggle. Identify him and his
famous contribution to the farmers of
Shimla.
24

Satyanand Stokes -
Shimla Apple

Born in Belgium in 1959, he co
authors books with Amartya Sen.
Identify this Indian economist
25

Jean Drèze

A trading company started by them in 1853,
Bombay was eventually sold to UBS of
Switzerland after the WWII. Identify the
person seated / the family name.
26

David Sassoon &
Company

Originally from Hartford, he left the position
as a buyer for Macy’s and relocated to India
in 1958, as a consultant for Ford foundation.
During this time he took a keen interest in
the Indian handloom industry and
established a fashion label in 1960 by mainly
sourcing its products from villages and
thus helping to establish a sustainable rural
employment in India. Who and what did he
establish?
27

John Bissell &
FabIndia

A German architect, had to ﬂee Germany during the nazi regime.
He was appointed as the chief planner of the Mysore State in
1939. His works during the time include buildings at IISC, TFIR,
Town Hall(BLR). After Indian Independence he became director
of housing for the Indian Ministry of Health from 1948 to 1951,
working on resettling those displaced by partition. Identify.
28

Otto Königsberger

A British born
architect ﬁrst came to
India as an architect
for World Leprosy
Mission. Inspired by
Gandhian
philosophies he
pioneered sustainable
and organic
architecture by the
judicious use of
resources sourced
locally. Identify
29

Laurie Baker

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