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Muhammad bin Qasim, a young Arab general, conquered Sindh (present-day Pakistan) in 712 CE during the Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 CE).

• The Governor General of India during the conquest of Sindh: Lord Ellenborough.
• Lord Ellenborough: He was the Governor General of India from 1842 to 1844 and oversaw the conquest of Sindh in 1843.
• Conquest of Sindh: Sindh was conquered by Charles Napier, who was the first Chief Commissioner and Governor of Sindh in 1947.

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In 1192, the Afghan warrior Muhammad Ghori defeated the Rajput Confederacy, led by Prithviraj Chauhan, near Tarain.

After Ghori's death in 1206, his generals divided the Ghurid territories and established the Delhi Sultanate.

Qutb ud-Din Aibak, a slave soldier and Ghori's army commander, became the new sultan of Delhi. 

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Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Place of burial: Darbar Hazrat Usman Marvandi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sehwān

Lal Shahbaz Qalandar wrote several books in Persian and Arabic

Lal Shahbaz Qalandar was a Sufi saint and poet of present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan

The full name of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar: Syed Shah Hussain Marwandi

Born: 1177, Marand, Iran

Died: February 19, 1274, Sehwān

Title: Qalandar

The shrine of Hazrat Laal Shahbaz Qalandar is situated in Sehwan Sindh

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The Dharmarajika Stupa, also referred to as the Great Stupa of Taxila.

It is a Buddhist stupa near Taxila, Pakistan.

It dates from the 2nd century CE.

It was built by the Kushans to house small bone fragments of the Buddha.

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• Punjab government on 16 December 2023 conducted first-ever successful experiment of artificial rain in Lahore.
• Collaboration: United Arab Emirates (UAE).
• Date of artificial rain: 16 December 2023 
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Pakistan is located in the western part of South Asia.

It shares borders with India to the east, Afghanistan and Iran to the west, and China to the north.

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At age 20, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah began his law practice in 1896 in Bombay (now Mumbai).

After completing his legal studies in London.

He was the only Muslim barrister in the city at the time.

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• Ashraf Aman, a mountaineer, adventurer, and engineer.
• He became the first Pakistani to summit K2 in 1977.
• He received the Pride of Performance Award in 1982.
• Pakistani climber Muhammad Ali Sadpara went missing on K2 with two foreign climbers on 5 February 2021.
• Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman to climb K2 in July 2022.

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