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Born: 12 January 1938 in Nowshera, NWFP, British India.

Died: 5 January 2013 in Islamabad, Pakistan at the age of 74.

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قدرتی گیس ایک اہم معدنی وسیلہ ہے جو زمین کے اندر سے حاصل ہوتا ہے۔

پاکستان میں یہ توانائی کا بڑا ذریعہ ہے، خاص طور پر صنعتوں اور گھریلو استعمال کے لیے۔

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Rabi crops (e.g., wheat, barley, gram) are sown in winter (October–December) and harvested in spring (March–April).

This contrasts with Kharif crops (e.g., rice, cotton), which are sown in summer and harvested in autumn.

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Karewa deposits in Kashmir are lacustrine (lake) deposits formed by the drying up of ancient lakes.

These fertile sediments contain fossils and fine silt, ideal for agriculture like saffron cultivation.

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In his famous Minute on Education (1835), Thomas Babington Macaulay promoted English as the medium of instruction.

He believed English was essential for creating a class of Indians who could assist in British administration.

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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto nationalised 32 insurance companies.

It later merged and consolidated them under SLIC in November 1972.

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Cabinet Mission was sent to India in February 1946.

They arrived in India on March 24, 1946.

The Cabinet Mission Plan was announced on May 16, 1946.

The plan was created by the Cabinet Mission, which was sent to India by British Prime Minister Clement Attlee to discuss transferring power from the British to the Indians.

The mission's members (3) were Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, and A. V. Alexander. 

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Jinnah in his speech espoused the ‘two-nation theory’, saying: 

“Mussalmans are a nation according to any definition of nation, and they must have their own homeland, their territory, and their state...

We wish our people to develop to the fullest spiritual, cultural, economic, social and political life in a way that we think best and in consonance with our own ideals and according to the genius of our people”. 

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In December 2020, a Hindu temple was attacked and set on fire by a mob in Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

The attack was condemned by Pakistani authorities, and the Supreme Court ordered its reconstruction.

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On February 20, 1947, Attlee announced that British rule in India would end no later than June 1948.

This declaration set the timeline for India's independence.