Partition Era | MCQs

Explanation

Maharaja Sir Hari Singh was the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. 

In 1947 Hari Singh, who had ascended the throne of Kashmir in 1925

Reign: 23 September 1925 — 17 November 1952

Predecessor: Pratap Singh

Born: September 23, 1895, Jammu

Died: April 26, 1961, Mumbai, India

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The first Muslim ruler of Kashmir was Shah Mir

Explanation

 At the time of the 1947 partition, Pakistan inherited a very small portion of the cotton industries in the subcontinent.

Specifically, it inherited only 16 out of the 921 industrial units that existed, and these mainly focused on cotton textiles.