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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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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.

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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.

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This conversion of Akbar to Dīn-i Ilāhī angered various Muslims, among them the Qadi of Bengal Subah and Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi,

responded by declaring it to be blasphemy to Islam.

The Dīn-i Ilāhī,  was a new syncretic religion or spiritual program propounded by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1582.

According to Iqtidar Alam Khan, it was based on the Timurid concept of Yasa-i Changezi, to consider all sects as one. 

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After the British Government's decision for the partition of Bengal 1903, the Swadeshi movement was formally started from Calcutta in 1905 to curb foreign goods by relying on domestic production.

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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.

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Razia Sultana father name: Shams ud-Din Iltutmis

Razia Sultana born: Delhi

Razia Sultana ruled India from: 1236 to 1240

Razia Sultana was: First Woman Ruler