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Explanation

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.

Reason The Montagu-Chelmsford Reform Commission has recommended the introduction of diarchy into the state government.

Diarchy, also written diarchy, a dual government system introduced in the Indian state of England by the Government of India Act (1919).

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• Madagascar is the largest island in the Indian Ocean.
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• Madagascar has a total area of 587,040 square km in the Indian Ocean.
•  Diamantina Trenches are the deepest place in the Indian Ocean
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Bahadur Shah Zafar is the last Mughal emperor of India (reigned 1837–57).

He was a poet, musician, and calligrapher, more an aesthete than a political leader.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was born October 24, 1775, in Delhi, India

Bahadur Shah Zafar died November 7, 1862, in Rangoon [now Yangon], Myanmar.

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Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav is an Indian national.

It is alleged by the Pakistani government that he was arrested in the Pakistani province of Balochistan 

was arrested on charges of terrorism and spying for India's intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing.

Explanation

• Jahangir was the first Mughal Emperor to allow Britishers to establish trade links with India.
• He gave permission for trade to the British East India Company, allowing them to establish a factory at Surat in 1613.
• This marked the beginning of British trade in India during the Mughal era.

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Qutb Uddin Aibak was a slave and general of Muhammad Ghauri.

Later becoming the first ruler of the Delhi Sultanate.

After Ghauri's assassination in 1206, Aibak declared himself Sultan of Delhi and established the Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty.

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In 1906, Sir Aga Khan met with a prominent Congress leader at the Viceregal Lodge in Shimla

The Simla Deputation was a gathering of 35 prominent Indian Muslim leaders

The Aga Khan III led them at the Viceregal Lodge in Simla in October 1906.

The deputation aimed to convince Lord Minto, then Viceroy of India, to grant Muslims greater representation in politics.

Explanation

Jinnah Gandhi talks were made in 1944.

Talk failed because Gandhi simply refused to accept the Lahore Resolution as interpreted by Jinnah.

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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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