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Hint
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Answer
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A
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City where Shah Jahan of Mughal Empire built Taj Mahal for his favorite wife in 1632
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Agra
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B
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Founder and first emperor of the Mughal dynasty
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Babur
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C
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This popular board game is thought to have been originated in India before 600 AD
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Chess
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D
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The first European to reach India via the ocean
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Vasco da Gama
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E
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Title that once was held by Queen Victoria
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Empress of India
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F
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Society system that made up the social structure of India until independence in 1947
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Feudalism
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G
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Region India invaded and reconquered from the Portuguese in 1961
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Goa
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H
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Mahatma Gandhi's religion
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Hinduism
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I
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Mahatma Gandhi was a member of this political party which gave its flag's colors to the Indian national flag
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Indian National Congress
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J
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religion that started around 500 BC and practices non-violence against all people and animals
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Jainism
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K
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Region over which India fought against Pakistan from 1947 until 1949
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Kashmir
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L
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One of the major sites of the Indian Rebellion of 1857
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Lucknow
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M
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Ashoka-led empire that controlled nearly the entire subcontinent in the 200s BC
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Maurya Empire
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N
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First prime minister of India
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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O
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State that was formerly known as "Orissa"
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Odisha
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P
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India has had the most wars and conflicts with this country since its independence
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Pakistan
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Q
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Speech that was made by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942
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Quit India
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R
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Nat nomadic European ethnic group that originally came from India
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Romani
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S
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The first Sikh prime minister of India, 2004-2014
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Manmohan Singh
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T
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Catholic nun that gained international renown for her charity work in Calcutta
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Mother Teresa
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U
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The 6th century Arab caliphate failed to conquer the Indian subcontinent
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Umayyad Caliphate
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V
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Name of the oldest sculptures in Hinduism
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Vedas
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W
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About 2.5 million Indian troops fought and around 87,000 died in this war
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World War II
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X
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Spanish missionary who traveled to G
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Francis Xavier
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Y
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Indian spiritual practice that was exported to the West as a form of exercise
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Yoga
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Z
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Religious group that fled to India from Persia after the Arab invasion
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Zoroastrians
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