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Maharaja Ranjit Singh founded the Sikh Empire in 1799 in the Indian subcontinent.

The empire lasted until 1849, when it was annexed by the British East India Company.

He was the founder of the first independent Sikh State.

The Sikh Empire was centered in Punjab and extended across northwestern India.

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• At the time of Independence Muslim, the community was in majority in the state of Kashmir
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• British government sold Kashmir for a sum of 7.5 million Nanakshahee rupees to Gulab Singh, hereafter bestowed with the title of Maharaja.
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• In the last census of British India in 1941, the total population of Kashmir and Jammu was 3,945,000.
• 1.The total Muslim population was 2,997,000 (75.97%),
• 2 The Hindu population was 808,000 (20.48%),
• 3.The Sikh 55,000 (1.39%)

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The Jinnah Barrage is a barrage on the River Indus near Kalabagh, Pakistan.

It is part of the Thal Project which helps irrigate 770,000 ha in the Sindh Sagar Doab east of the Indus

Jinnah Barrage is in the district Mianwali of Punjab near Kalabagh 

Jinnah Barrage construction began in 1939 and opened in 1946 

Height: 8.5 m

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Sub-Himalayas are also known as Siwalik or Outer Himalayas.

Sub-Himalayan range of the northern Indian subcontinent.

Their average height varies between 600 and 1200 meters,

 The range spans the modern-day countries of :

1. Pakistan,
2. India,
3. Nepal,
4. and Bhutan.

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The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) is a water-distribution treaty between India and Pakistan.

Indus Waters Treaty brokered by the World Bank

It was signed in Karachi on 19 September 1960

Sighed by:

• Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru 
•  Pakistani President Ayub Khan.

The Treaty allocates the 3 Western Rivers to Pakistan

1.  Indus
2. Jhelum
3. Chenab  

the 3 Eastern Rivers  to India

1. Sutlej
2. Beas
3. Ravi

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ND10-1-2023

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مرزا اسداللہ خان غالب 27 دسمبر 1797 کو آگرہ میں پیدا ہوئے۔

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• The founder of ‘Zamindar’ (newspaper) was Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
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• Zafar Ali Khan, was a Pakistani writer, poet, translator, and journalist who played an important role in the Pakistan Movement against the British Raj.
  
• He is generally considered to be "the father of Urdu journalism." 
• Born: 1873, Sialkot
• Died: November 27, 1956, Wazirabad