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In June 1948, the Soviet Union, under the leadership of Joseph Stalin, blocked the Western Allies' access to Berlin.

It was deep within the Soviet-occupied zone of Germany.

In response, the Western Allies organized the Berlin Airlift to supply the city.

However, it was in 1961, under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev, that the Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall to:

• Divide Berlin into two parts (East Berlin and West Berlin)
• Stop East German citizens from escaping to the West

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• Air is a mixture of different gases.
• Primarily consisting of nitrogen (78%), oxygen (21%), and trace amounts of other gases.

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Istanbul is a transcontinental city that was created naturally.

The Bosphorus strait is considered the boundary between Europe and Asia, and Istanbul straddles both sides of it.

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The Lodhi Dynasty was the last dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.

It was ruling from 1451 until the defeat by Babur in 1526, which led to the establishment of the Mughal Empire.

The first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate was the Mamluk Dynasty (also known as the Slave Dynasty), which began with Qutb al-Din Aibak in 1206.

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• The male reproductive part of a flower is called the Stamen.

It consists of two parts:

1. Anther (produces pollen grains)
2. Filament (supports the anther)

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The famous Monroe Doctrine was enunciated on 2 December 1823.

The Monroe Doctrine is the best-known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere.

The Monroe Doctrine was enunciated by President James Monroe in December 1823 in his annual message to Congress.
 

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The "Page Down" key is used to scroll down one page at a time in a document, webpage, or other content on a computer screen.

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On 7 April 2012, an avalanche hit a Pakistani military base near the Siachen Glacier region, trapping 140 soldiers and civilian contractors under deep snow.

It is the worst avalanche the Pakistani military has ever experienced in the area.

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بال جبریل علامہ اقبال کے کلام کا مجموعہ ہے۔

یہ ان کا دوسرا مجموعہ کلام ہے جو بانگ درا کے بعد 1935ء میں منظر عام پر آئی۔

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"The more dangerously a person lives, the more likely he or she is to die young".

ایک شخص جتنی خطرناک زندگی گزارتا ہے، اس کے جوان مرنے کا امکان اتنا ہی زیادہ ہوتا ہے۔

It means that increased danger in one's lifestyle correlates with a higher likelihood of an early death.