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The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award a British soldier can receive.

The VC was introduced on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria.

Additional information:

France’s highest military award is: the Legion of Honour

Britain’s highest military award is: the Victoria Cross

India’s highest military award is: Param Vir Chakra

Japan’s highest military award is: The Order of the Rising Sun

Pakistan’s highest military award is: Nishan-i-Haider

US’s highest military award is: the Medal of Honour

Israel's highest military award of is: the Medal of Valour

Belgium's highest military award is: the Military Cross

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Liverpool is situated on the banks of the River Mersey. 

It is a port city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England.

It is located on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea

Founded: 1207

City status: 1880

Metropolitan borough: 1 April 1974

The name comes from the Old English lifer, meaning thick or muddy water, and pol, meaning a pool or creek.

Its name is first recorded around 1190 as Liuerpul

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 The new name of British Guiana is Guyana.

It became independent under this name on May 26, 1966

Capital: Georgetown

Common languages: English

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Capital: London & Currency: Pound sterling

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The Government of India Act 1919  was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was passed to expand participation of Indians in the government of India.

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The Khilafat delegation, led by Muhammad Ali, Shaukat Ali, and other Indian Muslim leaders, visited England in 1920 to protest the treatment of the Ottoman Empire and its Caliph (the spiritual leader of the Muslim world) by the British government.

At that time, David Lloyd George was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, serving from 1916 to 1922.

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Pitt's India Act of 1784 provided for a joint government of British India by the East India Company and the Crown, with the government holding the ultimate authority.

This act established a Board of Control, which consisted of six members, including a Secretary of State and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The act also reduced the Governor-General's council to three members and gave the Governor-General the final say.

The Presidencies of Madras and Bombay were made subordinate to the Bengal Presidency.

Calcutta became the capital of the British possessions in India.

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Lucknow was recaptured by British forces in 1858, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.

The rebellion began in May 1857, and Lucknow, the capital of the Awadh region.

It was a key center of resistance against British rule.

The British forces, led by General Sir Colin Campbell, recaptured Lucknow in March 1858, after a prolonged siege and fierce fighting.

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• The Partition of Bengal was cancelled in 1911, reunifying the province of Bengal.
• This decision was a response to the growing nationalist movement and Swadeshi movement, which advocated for Indian independence and economic self-reliance.