Explanation

The Simla Conference of 1945 was a meeting between the Viceroy of India Lord Wavell and the major political leaders of British India at the Viceregal Lodge in Simla.

Explanation

The word was first introduced now or never in 1933 by Choudhry Rahmat Ali.

The "Pakistan Declaration" titled Now or Never means Are We to Live or Perish Forever?

In this pamphlet, the word Pakistan was used for the first time 

This pamphlet was derived from the two-nation theory of Muslim reformer Syed Ahmed Khan

it was a pamphlet, referring to the names of the five northern regions of British India: 

1. Punjab
2. Afghanistan
3. Kashmir
4. Sindh
5. Baluchistan. (Pakistan)

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Explanation

Saudi Arabia released 572 prisoners in the month of Ramzan in 2019.

Ryadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia.

Explanation

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre is also known as the Amritsar massacre.

It occurred on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar, Punjab, India.

General Reginald Dyer's order led to the killing of at least 379 people and injury of over 1,200 others.

Today, Jallianwala Bagh is managed by the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust and underwent renovation from 2019 to 2021.

Explanation

The East India Company (EIC) was established in 1600 and effectively dissolved in 1858 after the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Duration: ~258 years

Key Phases:

1600–1757: Trade monopoly (spices, textiles).

1757–1858: Political control (Battle of Plassey to Crown rule).

Explanation

• 1739
• Emperor Nader Shah, the Shah of Persia (1736–47) and the founder of the Iranian Afsharid dynasty of Persia, invaded Northern India, in the end attacking Delhi in March 1739.
• His navy had easily defeated the Mughals at the battle of Karnal and could ultimately capture the Mughal capital inside the aftermath of the warfare.

Explanation

Qutab ud Din Aibak was the first ruler of the Muslim dynasty in Sub-Continent.

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Qutb al-Din Aibak was a general of Muhammad Ghori.

Qutab ud Din Aibak was in charge of the Ghurid territories in northern India, and after Muhammad Ghori's death.

He became the ruler of an independent kingdom that evolved into the Delhi Sultanate ruled by the Mamluk dynasty.

Qutab ud Din Aibak is buried in Lahore. 

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Al-khafif was the first ruler of soomra dynasty (1011-1026).

Mughal emperor Akbar the first Muslim ruler who tried to reconcile the differences between Muslims and Hindus.

Razia Sultana the first woman ruler of India.

Explanation

The Indian Prime Minister who visited Minar-e-Pakistan is Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

He was the first Indian leader to visit Minar-e-Pakistan on February 21, 1999.

Explanation

PNS Ghazi was a Pakistani submarine that played a significant role in both the 1965 and 1971 wars with India.

Unfortunately, it sank on December 3, 1971, while on a mission to attack the Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikrant during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Explanation

Ibn Battuta was: a traveler

Ibn Battuta belonged: Morocco