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prathith's avatar

1. Sudan

2. Dr. Manmohan Singh

3. Arvind Kejriwal

4. Ram Manohar Lohia

5. Beant Singh, one of the assassins of Indira Gandhi

6. The kirpan

7. Indira Gandhi

8. Manipur

10. Sri Lanka

11. Ro Khanna

12. The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

14. Shashi Tharoor

15. Indonesia, Netherlands

17. Rajiv Gandhi

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Joseph John's avatar

1 to 8 all correct

9) Jogendra Nath Mandal. Ambedkar made it to the Constituent Assembly from Bengal thanks to Mandal. The Congress had shut Ambedkar out of Bombay.

10) Correct

11) Correct. Good one

12) Saddam Hussein. Gujral's hug did help in the massive evacuation of Indians who were allowed to move from Kuwait via Iraq to Jordan.

13) Vajpayee

14) Correct

15) Correct

16) Naveen Patnaik

17) Correct

18) Narasimha Rao

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Abhishek G Bhaya's avatar

1. Sudan

2. Dr. Manmohan Singh

3. Arvind Kejriwal

4. Ram Manohar Lohia

5. Beant Singh, one of the bodyguards who assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984

6. Kirpan

7. Indira Gandhi

8. Manipur

9. Jogendranath Mandal

10. Sri Lanka

11. Ro Khanna

12. Saddam Hussein

13. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

14. Shashi Tharoor

15. Indonesia / The Netherlands

16. Naveen Patnaik

17. Rajiv Gandhi

18. PV Narasimha Rao (The Insider)

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Joseph John's avatar

Welcome to quiz-solving on Geopolitico, Abhishek.

Congratulations on getting all the answers right! You are the first to get Ro Khanna.

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Danny Geevarghese's avatar

1. Sudan

2. MMS

3. Aravind Kejriwal

4. Ram Manohar Lohia

5. He was one of the assassins of PM Indira Gandhi

6. his sword

7. Indira Gandhi\

8. .

9. .

10. Sri Lanka

11. .

12. Saddam Hussein

13. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

14. Sashi Tharoor

15. Indonesia and Holland

16. Naveen Patnaik

17. Rajiv Gandhi

18. PV Narasimha Rao

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Joseph John's avatar

1) Correct

2) Correct

3) Correct

4) Correct

5) Correct

6) Correct

7) Correct

8) We discussed this

9) Jogendra Nath Mandal

10) Correct

11) Ro Khanna

12) Correct

13) Correct

14) Correct

15) Correct

16) Correct

17) Correct

18) Correct

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Danny Geevarghese's avatar

Thanks Joseph

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Joseph John's avatar

Solid strike rate, Danny.

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Ollie Sayeed's avatar

Lots of guesswork!

1. Sudan

2. Manmohan Singh?

3. Arvind Kejriwal?

5. Assassination of Indira Gandhi

6. Wrist bangle?

7. Indira Gandhi?

8. Arunachal Pradesh?

10. Sri Lanka?

14. Shashi Tharoor

15. Indonesia, Netherlands

17. Jawaharlal Nehru?

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Joseph John's avatar

1) Correct

2) Correct

3) Correct

5) Correct

6) Good try. It's the kirpan/sword

7) Correct

8) Manipur. Arunachal Pradesh remains a BJP stronghold and the party won both seats there.

10) Correct

14) Correct

15) Correct

17) Rajiv Gandhi. A 'sympathy wave' helped Congress cross 400 for the only time in the elections held after Indira Gandhi's assassination.

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