History CH 10 - Changing Life 2 Social Studies - History CH 10 - Changing Life 2

The _____ language is gaining importance in India due to the process of globalisation.

India won the cricket world cup under the captainship of ______.

The Kohima Radio station had to make its broadcast in __________ languages which included English, Hindi and Naga dialects.

In 1991, _______ showed to the entire world a live visual reporting of the Iraq War.

In________ STAR (Satellite Television Asia Region) a private media house entered India.

(i) India won Cricket World Cup – 1983
(ii) Karnam Malleshwari won a medal at Olympics – 2000 ’
(iii) Live telecast of Iraq War -1991
(iv) Star T.V. entered India -1992

(i) Kapil Dev -1983 World Cup
(ii) Geet Sethi – Benson and Hedges
(iii) Karnam Malleshwari – First woman to win a medal at Olympics
(iv) Sunil Gavaskar – Maximum centuries in test cricket

(1) Karnam Malleshwari – Weight lifting
(ii) Sunil Gavaskar – Ace Indian Cricketer
(iii) CNN – Iraq War
(iv) Star Television – Sponsoring cultural programmes

Complete the following concept:

Explain the contribution of Geet Sethi and Kamam Malleswari to the field of sports.

Do you think English has threatened our indigenous languages? How?

What changes have taken place in the medium of television?

Elaborate upon the changing scope of newspapers.

Why is it necessary to keep alive the dialects of Indian languages?

The economy of movies is changing.

Cricket began to be played all over India, to a greater or smaller extent.

Hindi Movies have reached every nook and corner of the world.

Sports: During the pre-independence period, only a few selected games were known to people in general. Some sports persons changed this situation. This enhanced the status of both – the sports, and the sportspersons. For example, Geet Sethi achieved , global excellence in snooker, a variation of billiards. He won the national championship of billiards for teenagers at the age of 15. Later, he went on to win national and international championships. At the , global level, he won the amateur billiards competition thrice, and the professional one five times. His success made the game popular, and newspapers began to report news about billiards. Thus he made a new field available to rising sportspersons in India, It was in 1983, that the Indian team won the World , Cup for cricket, under the captainship of Kapil Dev. It was a historic victory. Cricket instantly won great , popularity across the country. In the same year, ‘Sunil Gavaskar broke the earlier record of maximum centuries in test cricket. In 1985, India won the ‘Benson and Hedges’ World Championship of cricket. As a , result, cricket came to be played in all States to a lesser or greater extent, but at the cost of indigenous Indian games. A few movies were also produced around the , theme of cricket. Live telecasts of the full five days or , one day of the matches also became available.
India had been participating in Asiad and Olympic of year 2000, Karnam Malleshwari won a medal for, weight-lifting. She was the first Indian woman to win , a medal at the Olympics. India’s representation began to rise in various Olympic games such as hockey, badminton, tennis, swimming, weightlifting and archery.
1.Which two cricket tournaments mentioned in the passage records a victory for India?
2.Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics? Which sport did she represent?
3.Why do you think cricket has overshadowed other indigenous Indian Games?