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Wednesday #06

1. This is a fairly new statue depicting the great Ahom general Lachit Borphukan, famous for his valiant efforts against Mughal Forces, in the battle of Saraighat, essentially halting the eastward expansion of Mughal Empire under Aurangzeb.
This statue is also one of the most widely used pictures in Indian Media when depicting a certain River. Identify this river. 
(the only reason to choose this as my first question today was to create awareness about the critical situation in Assam due to heavy rainfall.)Assam Floods. Guwahati affected.

2.  This is an honorary statue of Flying Officer Nirmal Jeet Singh who was "killed in action" during the 1971 war, while single-handedly defending the Srinagar Airbase from incoming Pakistani Raid, while doing this, he also achieved the distinction of being the only Indian Air force Officer to get what?


3. 


Simple Question, Identify the Illustrator of the given Mascot and the TV serial.


4. Seen in the visual is St Brides Church, located on Fleet Street in London. Legend has it that a certain baker drew inspiration from the design of the church and created something which became a tradition across the world. What did he create?

5. A Fu-Go campaign was launched by a nation as an offensive to otherwise difficult-to-invade country during World War 2. It was basically a hydrogen balloon carrying a bomb, a very primitive form of long-range Intercontinental Weapons. It is said, that 9000 of these were released and only 342 reached their destination.

Which country came up with this unique plan during the Second World War.



Answer:

1. Brahmaputra River, where this statue is built. Power to you Assam❣️

2. He was the first and till-date only recipient of Param Vir Chakra (PVC) from IAF.

3. RK Laxman, the first one is Gattu, the mascot of Asian Paints and the second one is Malgudi Days of his brother RK Narayan.

4. Multi-tiered wedding cakes

5. Japan, in-order to attack mainland USA, used supportive breeze of the Pacific Ocean to bomb US places using Hot Air Balloons.

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