WAR & PEAS
To combat malnutrition, in 1942 Tasmanian blue peas were added to the rations of this country's troops
Australia
Her reign from 1558 until her death in 1603 is often called the golden age of English history
Queen Elizabeth I
The border between India & this nation includes the village of Wagah with its rival army parades performed there daily
Pakistan
She was in Kenya when she learned she had become queen on February 6, 1952
Queen Elizabeth II
The Indus River flows 1,900 miles before emptying into this sea that shares its name with an adjacent peninsula
Arabian Sea
Pea soup was a staple in the ships of this navy that beat the French & Spanish at Trafalgar
The English (Royal) Navy
The first section of this 1215 document states that "the English Church shall be free"
the Magna Carta
India's longest land border, some 2,500 miles, is with this nation that gained independence in 1971
Bangladesh
An Asian prime minister for 15 years, she was called "Indu" for short
Indira Gandhi
The Vistula:
This sea
the Baltic Sea
During the Revolutionary War, Congress passed a resolution making peas a part of this army's rations
The Continental Army
Some call the 1487 Battle of Stoke won by Henry VII the last battle in this war between 2 royal houses
the War of the Roses
In 1967 India & this nation had a military clash along the border of Sikkim, then an Indian protectorate & today a state
China
In 1767 this "Great" empress called a commission on legal reform
Catherine the Great
The Platte:
This river that runs to another river
the Missouri
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In the 1940s General Mills helped the war effort with dried pea soup; also, cereal bars for these "alphabetical" army rations
K-Rations
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This title was re-created in 1301 when Edward I gave it to his son who was born in Caernarfon
the Prince of Wales
India shares an 1,100-mile border with this former kingdom & the practice of Hinduism by the majorities of both their peoples
Nepal
In 1993, True Path Party leader Tansu Ciller became the first female prime minister of this large Muslim country
Turkey
The Yakima:
To this larger Pacific Northwest river
The Columbia
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Every Thursday, this country's armed forces get served a traditional pea soup called ärtsoppa
Sweden
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A London hospital founded for the Order of the Star of Bethlehem became known as this, also meaning a state of chaos
Bedlam
In the northeast, India's Arunachal Pradesh state shares a border with this nation's Kachin state
Myanmar
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An exotic Dutch dancer & courtesan, she was executed by the French in 1917 on charges of spying for the Germans
Mata Hari
The Hudson:
"Upper" this bay
Upper New York Bay
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