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Habib bin Muhallab was the governor of Sindh after the death of Muhammad Bin Qasim.

Mohammad Bin Qasim, the Arab conqueror of Sindh, was tortured to death in 715 CE during the reign of Caliph Sulaiman.

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• Quaid e Azam M A Jinnah, the first president of Constituent Assembly of Pakistan addressed the first constituent Assembly on 11 August 1947.
• This speech is also known as Eleventh August Speech. 
• Quaid e Azam M A Jinnah is also the founder of Pakistan. 
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Explanation

The Nehru-Liaquat Pact, also known as the Delhi Pact

It was a bilateral treaty between India and Pakistan

It was signed on 08-April-1950.

Expiration: 8 April 1956

Signatories:

• Jawahar Lal Nehru(Prime Minister of India)
•  Liaquat Ali Khan (Prime Minister of Pakistan)

Explanation

Lahore Resolution was passed in the 27th annual session of the All India Muslim League.

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Presented            22 March 1940

Ratified                 23 March 1940

Location              Lahore

Author(s)             Muhammad Zafarullah Khan

Presented            

A.K Fazlulhuq

Signatories          All-India Muslim League Purpose To announce the declaration of                             independence from British India.

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Lahore Resolution Translation English to Urdu: Mulana Zafar Ali Khan

Lahore Resolution Presented by A.K Fazul Haq        

Participate From Punjab (Leader): Zafar Ali Khan

Participate From Sindh (Leader): Sir Abdullah Haroon

Participate From Balochistan (Leader): Qazi Faiz Isa

Participate From KPK (Leader): Sardar Aurangzaib Khan

CM Banglad : A.K Fazul Haq 

United Province: Khalid Zaman

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Cyril Radcliffe was the chairman of the Border Commission for India and Pakistan.

Announced by Lord Mountbatten in 1947

The Commission consisted of:

• four members from the Indian National Congress
• four from the Muslim League

On 17 August 1947, the border separated India from Pakistan, known as the Radcliffe Line 

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Explanation

Lord Curzon divided Bengal into two provinces on 16-10-1905

on October 16, 1905, by Lord Curzon, the British colonial administrator of India at the time

The partition of Bengal was the most important event during the rule of Lord Curzon

The province was divided into West Bengal, which had a majority of Hindus,

and East Bengal, which had a majority of Muslims

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Explanation

World War I was a global war originating in Europe 

This war lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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• The first annual session of the Muslim League was held in Karachi in 1907.
• The Muslim League was formed in 1906 in Dhaka, and it was established to protect Muslim rights and interests in British India.

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Under the Treaty of Amritsar in March 1846, the British government sold Kashmir to Gulab Singh for 7.5 million Nanakshahee rupees.

Gulab Singh was subsequently bestowed with the title of Maharaja.

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Babur first built a fort here in 1526 after capturing Peshawar.

First mentioned by 7th-century explorer Xuanzang, the fort was used as a royal residence for the Durrani Empire since December 1747.

The Maratha Empire captured it after the Battle of Peshawar in 1758.

The Sikhs reconstructed the fort after capturing Peshawar in March 1823.