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A young man in India who earns about $120 a month as a government office worker has won $1 million on his country’s version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sushil Kumar, the first person to win $1 million on an Indian show, is now something of a real-life Slumdog Millionaire, the rags-to-riches tale from 2008 that won an Oscar for Best Picture.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to The Associated Press, Kumar “told viewers his family was so poor they couldn’t afford a television set, forcing him to go to a neighbor’s home to watch the quiz show.<\/strong> Watching him tick off correct answer after correct answer, his neighbors persuaded him to try out for the show, he said.”<\/p>\n

We don’t yet know what the final, million-dollar question and correct answer were. The show was taped Tuesday and won’t be broadcast until next Wednesday.<\/strong> According to the AP, all the show’s producers would say is that the question dealt with history.<\/p>\n

India Today reports that Kumar “was moved to tears” when movie star and show host Amitabh Bachchan handed him the winner’s check.<\/strong> It adds that “even Big B [Bachchan] was extremely excited about Sushil’s winning. ‘You have created history. Your grit and determination has made you come so far in this show,’ Bachchan said.”<\/p>\n

The young winner \u2014 the AP says Kumar is 26, the Times of India says he’s 27 and India Today says he’s 28 \u2014 plans to use his $1 million to buy back his “dilapidated ancestral house,” <\/strong>purchase a plot of land to build another home for his parents and brothers and to pay for classes that would prepare him for India’s civil services exam, the Times says.<\/p>\n

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