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Explanation

برطانوی حکومت نے تین جون 1947 کو برصغیر کی تقسیم کا اعلان کیا تھا۔

The 3 June 1947 Plan was also known as the Mountbatten Plan.

Explanation

General Pervez Musharraf was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Pakistani army during the Kargil War in 1999.

while

Gen VP Malik was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian army during the Kargil war in 1999.

Explanation

Syed Ahmad and his pupil Shah Ismail were martyred in 1831 while fighting against the Sikhs at Mitikot area in Balakot town of Mansehra.

The graves of both the martyrs are located at a distance of one kilometer from the place where they were martyred

Explanation

Lord Dalhousie was the Governor-General of India from 1847 to 1856.

He merged the state of Punjab with the British Empire, after the Second Anglo-Sikh War

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Lord Hastings was the Governor General of India when the Third Anglo-Maratha War took place

Third Anglo-Maratha War was the final and decisive conflict between the English East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.

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Explanation

Afghans defeated Marhathas in the 3rd battle of Panipat. 

1st battle of Panipat: 1526

2nd battle of Panipat: 1556

3rd battle of Panipat: 1761

Explanation

In 1930 years the Kashmiris started their freedom movement against Dogra rule before the partition of the sub-continent.

Explanation

The East India Company was an English, and later British, joint-stock company

East India Company was established on December 31, 1600.

Explanation

Sheikh Muhammad Ikram better known as S. M. Ikram.

Pakistani historian, biographer, and littérateur.

He was member of the Indian Civil Service.

In 1947,  Ikram opted for Pakistan and served in the Civil Service of Pakistan. 

Born: September 10, 1908, Chak Jhumra

Died: January 17, 1973, Lahore

Explanation

The first Anglo-Sikh war was fought between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company

Fought in 1845 and 1846

around the Ferozepur district of Punjab

Lord Harding was the Governor General during the First Anglo-Sikh War.

Additional information:

The second Anglo-Sikh war took place in 1848-1849.

The Governor General of the Second Anglo-Sikh War was Lord Dalhousie.

Explanation

• war of Plassey, (23 June 1757). Victory for the British East India company inside the war of Plassey become the start of nearly two centuries of British rule in India.
• For an occasion with such momentous effects, it turned into a fairly unimpressive military come across, the defeat of the Nawab of Bengal owing an awful lot to betrayal.
• In India, Britain turned into represented by the British East India enterprise, a challenge that have been given a royal charter in 1600 to pursue trade inside the East Indies that protected the right to shape its very own army.
• The French East India organization had a similar remit. From 1746, the rival agencies fought the Carnatic Wars for advantage in India, wherein they maintained trading posts, and sought impact over local rulers.