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Which social reformer and a friend of Mahatma Gandhi was affectionately called 'Deenbandhu' ?

Charles Freer Andrews              Charles Freer Andrews was a priest of a church in England. He was christian missionary. He was also an educator and a social reformer. In India he was a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi. Because of his contribution in India's Independence movement Gandhi and students at Stephen College, Delhi named him as "DeenBandhu"  or "Friend Of The Poor" .
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Which Cricketer is a former Chess Player who represented India at Junior Level ?

Yuzvendra Singh Chahal          Yuzvendra Chahal is a Leg Break Bowler Indian Cricketer who represents India in both ODIs and T20s International. He also plays for Haryana in Domestic Cricket and also plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL. He once represented India in Chess at World Youth Chess Championship . His name is listed in World Chess Federation's official site. 

Which forces was raised in 1990s to deal with insurgency in Kashmir ?

Rashtriya Rifles             Rashtirya Rifles or National Rifles is a branch of Indian Army. This force is made during the Kashmir Insurgency aka Kashmir Intifada. Basically it is conflicts between Kashmir separated people and Government of India. At that time there was some people who wanted complete independence of Kashmir and some people wanted Kashmir's accession to Pakistan. To stop these conflicts the soldiers were deputed from the other parts of Indian Army to the Kashmir valley. 

Which eminent lawyer has contested elections for the President of India ?

Late Ram Jethmalani          Ram Boolchand Jethmalani was a lawyer who retired from the judicial practice in September 2017 has contested elections for the president of India. He recently died in 8 September 2019. He was once holds the portfolio for the Minster of Law and Justice ( May 1996 - June 1996 ), also held the position as Minister of Urban Development ( 1998 - 1999 ). Even he was also the Member of Parliament of the Rajya Sabha ( 2016 - 2019 ), and Loksabha ( 1977 -1984 ).

Which National Park was once private hunting ground of Maharaja Suraj Mal ?

Keoladeo Ghana National Park         This national park is located in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. It was first known as Bharatpur Bird Santuary. It is the place which hosts thousnds of birds specially in winter season. It is said that Maharaja of Bharatpur, Suraj Mal, was once used to shoot ducks here.