{"id":1696,"date":"2019-06-18T13:39:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T13:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=1696"},"modified":"2019-06-18T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T13:39:04","slug":"for-the-first-time-in-92-years-6-indian-origin-kids-among-8-won-the-national-spelling-bee-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/for-the-first-time-in-92-years-6-indian-origin-kids-among-8-won-the-national-spelling-bee-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"For the first time in 92 years, 6 Indian-origin kids among 8 won the National Spelling Bee Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the first time in 92 years,&nbsp;<strong>6 Indian-origin kids&nbsp;<\/strong>were among the 8 who won the 92nd\nScripps National Spelling Bee Contest.<br>\nThey were awarded the cash of $50,000 and prizes.<br>\nThe competition, broadcasted in ESPN, was held at Gaylord National Resort in\nNational Harbor, Maryland, US.<br>\nErin Howard aged 14 of Alabama, Rishik Gandhasri aged 13 of California, Saketh\nSundar aged 13 of Maryland, Shruthika Padhy aged 13 of New Jersey, Sohum\nSukhatankar aged 13 of Texas, Abhijay Kodali aged 12 of Texas, Christopher\nSerrao aged 13 of New Jersey and Rohan Raja aged 13 of Texas were the winners\nof the competition.<br>\nThere were 565 contestants aged between 7 and 14 who have not passed 8th grade from\nUS, Canada, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan, Bahamas, Germany, South Korea and other\ncountries.<br>\nThe winners correctly spelt the final 47 words accurately over 5 consecutive\nrounds with words like Omphalopsychite, Geeldikkop, auftaktigkeit and many\nmore.<br>\nThe winner of the year 2018 was Karthik Nemmani, a 14-year-old eighth-grader\nfrom Texas.<br>\nBalu Natarajan became the first Indian-origin child to win in the year 1985.<br>\nNational Spelling Bee Contest is a high profile, a high-pressure endurance test\nof exotic words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in 92 years,&nbsp;6 Indian-origin kids&nbsp;were among the 8 who won the 92nd Scripps National Spelling Bee Contest. They were awarded the cash of $50,000 and prizes. The competition, broadcasted in ESPN, was held at Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, Maryland, US. 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