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Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan was the Chief Minister of Punjab from 1937 to December 1942.

He was the leader of the Unionist Party.

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Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi defeated Raja Jayapala, the Hindu Shahi ruler, in the Battle of Peshawar in 1001 CE.

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Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar issued Comrade English newspaper

He launched the English weekly The Comrade in 1911 in Calcutta

He moved to Delhi in 1912

And launched an Urdu-language daily newspaper Hamdard there in 1913.

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Lord Wavell, the Governor-General of India,  resolving the deadlock in Indian politics, put forward a plan which is known as the 'Wavell Plan' announced in 1945.

The Wavell Plan was first presented at the Shimla Conference in 1945.

The Wavell Plan aimed to address the growing demand for Indian independence and provide a roadmap for constitutional progress.

Lord Wavell announced all members except the Viceroy and the Commander in Chief would be Indians.

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The All Parties Conference was a group of Indian political parties known for organizing a committee in May 1928 to author the Constitution of India after independence was actualized.

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy was one of the founders of the Brahmo Samaj, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a social-religious reform movement in the Indian subcontinent. 

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The Swadeshi movement was launched to reverse the: Partition of Bengal

After the British Government's decision for the partition of Bengal in 1903, the Swadeshi movement was formally started in Calcutta in 1905

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• During the time of Lord Ripon, the age limit for civil service was raised from 18 to 21.
• First Factory Act was passed in the year 1881.
• Hunter commission was appointed in the year 1882 for educational reforms.