Answers to India Quiz

1. Naxalbari in northern West Bengal lent its name to the Naxalite movement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naxalism )

2. Potti Sriramulu's fast led to the creation of Andhra Pradesh: the first state that was created on the basis of linguistic lines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potti_Sriramulu). (One point each for the personality and the state)

3. Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golwalkar (1906-1973), popularly known as Guruji, was the second "Sarasanghachalak" of the RSS. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhav_Sadashiv_Golwalkar )

4. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah (father of Farooq Abdullah and grandfather of Omar Abdullah) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Abdullah )

5. Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna_Menon )

6. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Friday, the 25th November, 1949: Constituent Assembly of India (http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/debates/vol11p11.htm )

7. Jayprakash (JP) Narayan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayprakash_Narayan )