Question

The village of Achipur is named for a member of this ethnic group who produced sugar, which is possibly named for this ethnic group in a local language spoken by the Hooghly River. This ethnic group historically owned many large tanneries in the Tangra neighborhood and also established still-extant shops in the Tiretti Bazaar area. In 1962, members of this non-European ethnic group were interned in the town of Deoli after an incident in which the (*) McMahon Line was breached. Members from this group feared retaliation after their country of origin’s disputed Aksai Chin region was the site of clashes in the Galwan Valley along the (-5[1])Line of Actual Control. For 10 points, name this ethnic group that introduced foods such as Gobi Manchurian (-5[1])and chop suey to Kolkata. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Chinese [or Indian Chinese; or Han Indians; or Hakka Indians; accept any description of people with ancestry from China living in India; prompt on Indochinese; do not accept or prompt on “Indians”]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, World History>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jeffrey DeRemoUSC BDuke A105-5
Vedong SinghalUNC AUSC A123-5
Khushi UmarwadiaUSC AUNC A12810
Michael EngUNC BUNC C12910
Aditya SharmaDuke AUSC B12910

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%33%128.33
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%14%57%117.57
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%101.50
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%33%0%94.67
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%20%40%111.80
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%0%75%128.75
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%67%128.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y250%0%50%77.00