"Also Known As..." Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi's full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born on 2 October 1869 at Porbander in Gujarat. His mother was Putlibai Gandhi and father was Karamchand Gandhi. He is well known for his Satyagraha movement and use 'ahimsa' (non-violence) as a weapon to resist the British. His spouse was Kasturba Gandhi. He was assassinated on 30 January 1948 (aged 78) in New Delhi, India.

He was also the author of several books such as "My Experiments With Truth", "Hind Swaraj" and "Non-Violent Resistance".

Answer: Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931 at Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu. Dr. Abul Pakir Jainul Abdul Kalam is unofficially known as "The Missile Man of India". He was an Indian aerospace scientist who has also served as the 11th President of India from 25 July 2002 - 25 July 2007. He won the 2002 presidential election with an electoral vote of 922,884, surpassing 107,366 votes won by Lakshmi Sahgal.

He has been awarded "Padma Bhushan" (1981), "Padma Vibhushan" (1990), "Bharat Ratna" (1997), the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration (1997), the "Veer Savarkar Award" (1998), the "Ramanujan Award" (2000), an Honorary Doctorate of Science (2007), the King Charles II Medal (2007), two Doctorates of Engineering (2008 and 2010), the Hoover Medal(2009), "IEEE Honorary Membership" (2011) and the degrees of Doctor of Laws (2012) and Doctor of Science (2014).

He has authored several books such as "Wings of Fire", "Ignited Minds", "India 2020", "Target 3 Billion", "Indomitable Spirit", "You are to Blossom", "My Journey" and "Turning Points".

Answer: Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu is often called "The Nightingale of India". She was Indian independence activist, poet and writer. She was born on 13 February 1879 in Hyderabad, India and died on 2 March 1949 (aged 70) in Lucknow, India. She was also the first governor as well as female governor of any state of free India. She was appointed as governor of Uttar Pradesh.

Books written by her: "Broken Wings", "The Song of India", "The Bird of Time" and "The Golden Threshold".

Answer: Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi was the daughter of first Prime Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru. She was born on 19 November 1917 at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. She served as the third Prime Minister of India as well as first female Prime Minister of India.

She had previously served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting from 1964-1966, Minister of Finance from 16 July 1969-27 June 1970, Minister of Home Affairs from 27 June 1970-4 February 1973 and Minister of Defence from 14 January 1980-15 January 1982.

She was assassinated (aged 66) on 31 October 1984 in New Delhi, India.

Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India. He was born on 14th November, 1889 in Allahabad, India. He is also known as 'Chacha Nehru'. His birthday is celebrated as 'Children's Day' in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from 1947-1964.

He also served as Minister of External Affairs from 15 August 1947-27 May 1964, Minister of Finance from 24 July 1955-30 August 1956 and 13 February 1958-13 March 1958 and Minister of Defence from 10 February 1953-10 January 1955, 30 January 1957-17 April 1957 and 31 October 1962 - 14 November 1962.

He died on 27 May 1964 (aged 74) at New Delhi, India.

His books include: "The Discovery of India", "Nehru and Sri Lanka", "Spooked", "Letter to Chief" and "An Autobiography" and "Glimpses of World History".

Answer: Sardar Vallabhai Patel

"The Iron Man of India" is Sardar Vallabhai Patel. He was born on 31 October 1884 in Nadia, Gujarat. He served as the first deputy prime minister of India.

The birthday of Sardar Vallabhai Patel is celebrated as "National Unity Day" in India.

He was born on 31st October 1875 in Nadia, Gujrat. This day originally started to be celebrated as "Unity Day" from year the 2014 when Narendra Modi became prime minister of India.

Dahyabhai Patel is the son of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel. He was also a freedom fighter who later became a member of the Parliament of India by winning in the Lok Sabha elections of 1967 and 1962. He also served in Rajya Sabha. He died in the year 1973.

The sister of Dahyabhai Patel was Maniben Patel. She was also a freedom fighter and member of parliament. She also participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement and Salt Satyagraha and was imprisoned from 1942-1945 in Yerwada Central Jail.

Answer: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

He was born on 14 April 1891 in Madhya Pradesh. He was Independent India's first law minister and the principal architect of the Constitution of India. He was the Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee.

He was also granted the highest civilian award of India, "Bharat Ratna".

He coined "The Right to Constitutional Remedies" as the soul of Indian Constitution.

He died on 6 December 1956 (aged 65) in Delhi, India.

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

He is one of the greatest legends in cricket. He was born on 24 April 1973 in Mumbai. He was the first player to score a double century in a One Day International match. He has received many awards, including "Bharat Ratna" (2014) which is the highest civilian award given by the Indian government, "Padma Vibhushan" (2008), "Padma Shri" (1999), and "Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna" (1997-98), the highest award given for achievement in sport.

"Playing It My Way" is the autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar.

Answer: Kalidas

Kalidas was a classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language. He is also known as 'Shakespeare Of India'.
He was a very uneducated person in his early life but unfortunately he got married with a very educated woman, who humiliated him for his lack of education. He then decided to learn and become a great writer and soon he became greatest of the writers and is now called "Shakespeare of India".

His other famous books: "Meghduta", "The Birth of Kumara", "The Origin of Young God" and some more books.

Answer: Amitabh Bachchan

He is an Indian film actor born on 11 October 1942 in Allahabad, India. Jaya Bhaduri (née Jaya Bachchan) is the wife of Amitabh Bachchan. Jaya and Amitabh acted together in two little-known movies before "Zanjeer." They got married on 2 June 1973, a month after the release of "Zanjeer."

Amitabh Bachchan won his first Filmfare Award as a Supporting Actor, for "Anand" in 1971. Amitabh won another Filmfare Award for Supporting Actor for "Namak Haraam" in 1973, while he won the Best Actor Award for both "Amar Akbar Anthony" (1977) and "Don" (1978). He was voted as the "star of the millennium" in a world-wide poll conducted by BBC.

Amitabh's son is Abhishek Bacchan whose wife is Aishwarya Rai Bacchan who are both actors.