Question

A patriarch of this family issued a namesake report advocating for self-governance that rejected the premises of the “all-white” Simon Commission. After an activist fasted to death, (10[1])a member of this family redrew internal borders along linguistic lines with the States Reorganization Commission. In response (10[1])to the oppositional slogan to “Remove” (10[1])one politician from this family, that politician ran on the platform “Remove Poverty,” or “Garibi Hatao,” (10[3])and won a landslide electoral victory in 1971. (10[1])That politician’s son headed a forced sterilization program during the Emergency. A member (10[1])of this family celebrated gaining independence “at the stroke of the midnight hour” in his “Tryst with Destiny” speech. For 10 points, name this family of three prime ministers of India, including its first. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Nehru–Gandhi family [or Gandhi–Nehru family; accept Jawaharlal Nehru or Motilal Nehru or Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi or Sanjay Gandhi; accept Nehru Commission; reject answers describing the family of “Mahatma” or “Mohandas” Gandhi]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Yahwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AOhio State A (UG)2610
Vishesh Verma (DII)Michigan State APitt A4410
Prahalad Rao (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Michigan B5010
Jake Meltzer (DII)CWRU A (UG)Ohio State C (DII)6610
Elias Kradel (DII)Kenyon B (DII)CWRU D (DII)6610
Alan Lee (UG)CWRU B (UG)Michigan C (UG)6610
Joe Paterson (UG)Michigan State B (UG)Pitt B (UG)7410
Daniel Huang (DII)Michigan D (DII)Michigan State C (UG)8710
Owen Edelson (DII)Kenyon A (UG)CWRU C (UG)12210

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y7100%0%14%82.71
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%0%66.33
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y9100%0%0%66.78
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y7100%0%0%84.29
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y4100%0%0%78.75
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y8100%0%0%68.25