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Explanation

Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz was a politician and Muslim League activist. 

Her husband was Mian Shah Nawaz.

She studied at Queen Mary College, Lahore, British India.

Born: April 7, 1896, Lahore

Died: 1979, Pakistan

• 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.

Explanation

Prithviraj Chauhan has often been described as “the last Hindu emperor”

the twelfth-century Indian ruler Prithviraj Chauhan, 

Prithviraj III, popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora,

Prithviraj was a king from the Chauhan dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha, with his capital at Ajmer in present-day Rajasthan.

Born: 1166, Gujarat, India

Died: 1192, Ajmer, India

Reign: c. 1177–1192 CE

Explanation

Akbar born: 1542

Akbar died: 1605

Akbar became king: 1556 at the age of 13

Explanation

The first Mughal Emperor, Babur, was succeeded by his son, Humayun, who ruled in India for a decade but was expelled.

Eventually he took refuge with the Safavid shah of Persia, who helped him regain Delhi in 1555, the year before his death.

Explanation

Simla Deputation organized by the Indian Muslim leaders met the Governor-General and Viceroy Lord Minto in Simla on 1 October 1906. 

The delegation of Simla deputation met Lord Minto on 1st October 1906

Explanation

Kartarpur is a town located in the tehsil Shakargarh, Narowal District in Punjab in Pakistan. 

Kartarpur Corridor is located in Gurdaspur district of India. 

it is said to have been founded by the first guru of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, who he established the first Sikh commune.

Located on the right bank of the Ravi River

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Explanation

Indian Councils Act of 1909, moreover called Morley-Minto Reforms, arrangement of change measures ordered in 1909 by the British Parliament, the main component of which specifically presented the elective principle to membership within the majestic and neighborhood authoritative chambers in India.

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Explanation

Jinnah Gandhi talks were made in 1944.

Jinnah Gandhi talks were held in Bombay

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

Explanation

9 jails in Punjab were constructed during the 19th century. 

The following jails in Punjab were built during the 19th century: 

• Central Jail Gujranwala (1854)
• District Jail Jhelum (1854)
• District Jail Rajanpur (1860)
• District Jail Sialkot (1865)
• District Jail Shahpur (1873)
• District Jail Faisalabad (1873)
• District Jail Multan (1872)
• Borstal Institution & Juvenile Jail Bahawalpur (1882)
• District Jail Dadu (1874): (though now in Sindh, it was formerly part of Punjab)

Explanation

The Buddha was a philosopher, mendicant, meditator, spiritual teacher, and religious leader who lived in ancient India.

He is revered as the founder of the world religion of Buddhism, and worshipped by most Buddhist schools as the Enlightened One who has transcended Karma and escaped the cycle of birth and rebirth.

Buddha Born: Lumbini, Nepal

Buddha Died: Kushinagar, India

Buddha Full name: Siddhartha Gautama