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Explanation

• The first Round Table Conference convened from 12 November 1930 to 19 January 1931
  
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• The Second Round table conference was held from 7 September 1931 to 1 December 1931 in London. 
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• The Third Round Table Conference was held in 1932 between November and December. 
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• First round table conference: 1930

  2nd: 1931

  3rd:1932

  All in London

• All three round table conferences were attended by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Tej Bahadur Sapru.

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• Simon's commission was rejected by Indian National Congress and  Muslim League
  
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• Simon Commission was appointed in 1928
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• It comprises 7 members of the British
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• It was opposed by both Jinnah & Gandhi

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Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, was defeated by Lord Robert Clive at the Battle of Plassey in 1757.

Explanation

Harry Potter is a Novel series.

J.K Rowling Born in 1965 in United Kingdom.

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The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War began in 1798 

Between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore, led by Tipu Sultan.

It concluded in 1799 with the defeat of Mysore and the death of Tipu Sultan.

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Queen Victoria became the Empress of India (Kaisar-e-Hind) in 1876.

Although she was officially proclaimed Empress of India on January 1, 1877.

This change in title was the result of the British government passing the Royal Titles Act.

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The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Delhi in the year 1911.

The announcement to shift the capital was made during the Delhi Durbar  held in December 1911 to commemorate the coronation of King George V.

The new capital in Delhi was known as New Delhi and was designed by the architect Edwin Lutyens.

It became the center of British colonial administration in India.

Explanation

• The Montagu-Chelmsford Report was published on July 8, 1918.
• The report was the result of discussions between Edwin Montagu, secretary of state for India from 1917 to 1922, and Lord Chelmsford, the viceroy of India between 1916 and 1921.
• The report was used as the basis for the Government of India Act of 1919.

Explanation

Wavell served as the penultimate viceroy under two prime ministers, Churchill and Attlee.

He came to India as the successor to Lord Linlithgow.

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Lucknow Pact, agreement made by the Indian National Congress headed by leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak and the All-India Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

it was adopted by the Congress at its Lucknow session on December 29 and by the league on Dec. 31, 1916.