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DAY-7

(1)Connect "A" and "B". What is special about the reversed boots (in pic B)?

[3 points]

Ans:- The connection is Buddha.
The Sanchi's Stupa's nucleus was a simple hemispherical brick structure built over the relics of the Buddha. Afghan people represented the Buddha as a riderless horse.
The riderless horse named Sergeant York, during the funeral procession for the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, with President Reagan's boots reversed in the stirrups.

(2)Co-relate all the pics. [4 points]



Ans:- The connection is My lai.

1) Indian Peace Keeping Force
2) George Fernandes
3)Location Map of atrocities and losses suffered in Valvettiturai
4) Iconic image of My Lai massacre

1989 Valvettiturai massacre happened on 2nd and 3rd of August 1989 at a small coastal town called Valvettiturai, in Jaffna peninsula, in Sri Lanka where approximately 64 minority Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were killed by the soldiers belonging to the Indian Peace Keeping Force.George Fernandes, who later served as defense minister of India 1998-2004, called the massacre India’s My Lai.


(3) Identify the festival.[2 points]





Ans:- San Fermin Festival

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