Question

The mobster who bails the protagonist of Shantaram out of prison is based on a don of this ethnicity whose gang killed Dawood Ibrahim’s brother. A pacifist (-5[1])“red-shirted” movement of this ethnicity opposed the partition of India under the leadership of an activist nicknamed the “Sarhadi,” (15[1])or “Frontier” Gandhi. A Rabindranath (15[1])Tagore story about a fruit seller depicts Kolkata’s (15[1])community of this ethnicity, (-5[1])who are known by a name (-5[1])following their nation’s capital with the suffix (*) “wala.” This ethnicity’s (-5[1])largest (-5[2])diaspora (-5[1])in India (10[1])inhabit Uttar Pradesh’s Rohilkhand region. This was the ethnicity of the assassin who killed Viceroy of India (-5[1])Lord Mayo, Sher (-5[1])Ali Afridi. This ethnicity addressed the partition with a 1947 loya jirga. The (10[1])Indian street (10[1])snack chapli (10[1])kebabs originate from this ethnicity’s Peshawari cuisine. For 10 points, (10[1])name this dominant tribal ethnic group of Afghanistan. ■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: Pashtuns [or Pakhtuns; or Pathans; accept Pashto; prompt on Kabuliwala; prompt on Afghans or Afghanis until “Afghanistan” is read] (The Mumbai don is Karim Lala. The activist is Abdul Ghaffar Khan, who led the Khudai Khidmatgar movement.)
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2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y15100%20%60%112.07

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Ryan RosenbergA Nervy Liberal Nanny HenceLMM's LLM MLM26-5
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Nick JensenLMM's LLM MLMA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence8210
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Anwen KelleherNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)Les Missourables102-5
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Jason HongThe Jeam Teamwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything11710
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Conor ThompsonGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood VermeerLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago12910
Jerry VinokurovThe Oldest Men in the WorldAre You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret13810
Walter ZhangMindgoblin of Little HobbesBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy13810
Charles HangLes MissourablesNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)13810
Eric BobrowRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: ANJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)13810
Kenji ShimizuI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)The Dyatlov Passement incident13810
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