KBC 14: Can you answer this Rs 12.5 lakh question that made Rupin Sharma quit the show?

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The question was: On 30th May 2022, which European city’s mayor flagged off a special tram, to celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav? The four options were: Poznan, Warsaw, Wroclaw and Krakow.

Despite using two lifelines – video call a friend and 50:50, Sharma was not sure about the answer. Hence, he decided to quit the show. Wondering what the answer is? It’s Wroclaw.

#WatchKBCNow: Apni prernadaayi kahani suna kar, aur har sawaal ka sahi jawaab de kar, #RupinSharma jeet chuke hain Rs. 6,40,000 ki dhanrashi!

Dekhte rahiye #KaunBanegaCrorepati, sirf Sony par.

#KBC2022 #KBCOnSony pic.twitter.com/1q6DqE2z9J

— sonytv (@SonyTV) August 18, 2022

However, Amitabh Bachchan and audience were left amazed when Sharma told them that he, along with his team, had caught terrorist Abu Salem in Portugal after four months of chasing him post the Mumbai attacks in 1992. He also gifted Bachchan a copy of the book  he wrote on the extradition of Abu Salem.

#NewProfilePic#Extradition pic.twitter.com/RviodUUOdX

— Rupin Sharma (@rupin1992) August 18, 2022

What is Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav?

Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav is a government initiative to celebrate 75 years of Independence and the rich culture and history of India and its people.

According to the Ministry of Culture, “This Mahotsav is dedicated to the people of India who have not only been instrumental in bringing India thus far in its evolutionary journey but also hold within them the power and potential to enable Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of activating India 2.0, fuelled by the spirit of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.”

The initiative began on March 12, 2021, and will come to an end on August 15, 2023.

To launch the celebrations of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav in Poland, Mr Jacek Sutryk, Mayor of Wroclaw, and Ambassador Nagma M Mallick flagged off a special tram in Wroclaw on May 30, 2022.

India in Poland begins #AmritMahotsav celebrations! Amb Nagma Mallick with @SutrykJacek , Mayor Wroclaw inaugurated the #IndiaAt75 Tram-‘Dobry Maharaja’ named after the Maharajas of Jamnagar & Kolhapur who gave refuge during WW2 to over 6000 Polish, Wrocław, 31 May. #AKAM pic.twitter.com/YKGxa062pk

— India in Poland and Lithuania (@IndiainPoland) June 1, 2022

The vibrantly-coloured tram was decorated with the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav logo on the outside and it had photographs of many Indian leaders and monuments on the inside. “The tram bears the name ‘Dobry Maharaja’ or the good Maharajas as it is named after the Maharajas of Jamnagar and Kolhapur who, during the 2nd World War, gave refuge to around 6000 Polish people,” a government press release read.

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