Explanation

• The Montagu-Chelmsford Report was published on July 8, 1918.
• The report was the result of discussions between Edwin Montagu, secretary of state for India from 1917 to 1922, and Lord Chelmsford, the viceroy of India between 1916 and 1921.
• The report was used as the basis for the Government of India Act of 1919.

Explanation

Al-Biruni was taken to Ghazni, the capital of the Ghaznavid dynasty, where he served as court astrologer and accompanied Mahmud on his invasions into India.

He lived in India for several years.

He was forty-four years old during his journeys with Mahmud of Ghazni.

Al-Biruni passed away in Ghazni.

Explanation

The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Delhi in the year 1911.

The announcement to shift the capital was made during the Delhi Durbar  held in December 1911 to commemorate the coronation of King George V.

The new capital in Delhi was known as New Delhi and was designed by the architect Edwin Lutyens.

It became the center of British colonial administration in India.

Explanation

9 jails in Punjab were constructed during the 19th century. 

The following jails in Punjab were built during the 19th century: 

• Central Jail Gujranwala (1854)
• District Jail Jhelum (1854)
• District Jail Rajanpur (1860)
• District Jail Sialkot (1865)
• District Jail Shahpur (1873)
• District Jail Faisalabad (1873)
• District Jail Multan (1872)
• Borstal Institution & Juvenile Jail Bahawalpur (1882)
• District Jail Dadu (1874): (though now in Sindh, it was formerly part of Punjab)

Explanation

In 1930, the Commission published its two-volume report, also known as the Simon Report.

·        The Indian Statutory Commission also known as Simon Commission,

·        was a group of seven Members of Parliament

·        under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon.

·        The commission arrived in India in 1928

·        to study constitutional reform in Britain's largest and most important possession.

Simon Commission wanted to check the working of Government of India Act, 1919.

Explanation

1971 was a dark year in Pakistan's history and it was squarely our fault, make no mistake about it.

During the late hours of March 25, 1971 the Awami League leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, announced the independence of East Pakistan in the form of Bangladesh.

Explanation

Jinnah Gandhi talks were made in 1944.

Jinnah Gandhi talks were held in Bombay

Talk failed because Gandhi simply refused to accept the Lahore Resolution as interpreted by Jinnah.

Explanation

Babri Masjid is located Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India

On 6 December 1992, a large group of Hindu activists of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and allied organizations demolished.

Babri Masjid Completed in 1528–29

Babri Masjid Demolished in 1992

Explanation

The Treaty of Amritsar, executed by the British East India Company and Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu.

First Anglo-Sikh War, established the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir under the suzerainty of the British Indian Empire.

Explanation

In the last census of British India in 1941, the total population of Kashmir and Jammu was 3,945,000.

1.          The total Muslim population was 2,997,000 (75.97%),

2.          The Hindu population was 808,000 (20.48%),

3.          The Sikh 55,000 (1.39%)