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Explanation

The Kishanganga dam diverts water from the Kishanganga River to a power plant in the Jhelum River basin

The Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric scheme in Jammu and Kashmir, India.

The Kishanganga dam Opened: May 19, 2018

Installed capacity: 330 MW

The Kishanganga dam Height: 37 m

Owner: NHPC

Explanation

The Pakistani village of Ganda Singh Wala served as the main border crossing between India and Pakistan in the 1960s & 70s.

It was closed to trade & transit in 1986 and the main border crossing was shifted north to Wagah.

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Explanation

Explanation

Simla Conference Presided by Lord Wavell

The Simla Conference of 1945 was a meeting between:

the Viceroy of India Lord Wavell and the major political leaders of British India

at the Viceregal Lodge in Simla

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35 Muslim members participated in the Shimla conferences

Shimla agreement was signed in 1972

The Simla Agreement was signed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan.

Explanation

The demarcation line was published on 17 Aug 1947 upon partition of India

 Sir Cyril John Radcliffe,  was made the Chairman of two boundary commissions of Punjab and Bengal

Boundary Commission,created in July 1947

To recommend how the Punjab and Bengal regions of the Indian subcontinent were to be divided.

The borderline that separated India from Pakistan, known as the Radcliffe Line was revealed.

The Radcliffe line is spread through the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat

The commission—appointed by Lord Mountbatten

Consisted of four members from the Indian National Congress

 four from the Muslim League

Chaired by Sir Cyril Radcliffe.

Explanation

The Radcliffe Line was the boundary demarcation line between the Indian and Pakistani portions of the Punjab and Bengal provinces of British India.

In order to determine exactly which territories to assign to each country, in June 1947.

Britain appointed Sir Cyril Radcliffe to chair two boundary commissions.

Explanation

The treaty was signed in New Delhi by the Prime Minister of India Jawahar Lal Nehru and the Prime Minister of Pakistan Liaquat Ali Khan on April 8, 1950.

Explanation

The "Accession Day" is observed as "Black Day" by separatist Kashmiri leaders of All Parties Hurriyat Conference in protest of human rights violations by the Republic of India's "occupation" of Jammu and Kashmir.

Explanation

The Cabinet Mission of 1946 consisted of three members:

1. Lord Pethick-Lawrence: The Secretary of State for India
2. Sir Stafford Cripps: The President of the Board of Trade
3. A.V. Alexander: The First Lord of the Admiralty