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• "Badr" means "full moon" in Arabic.
• The Battle of Badr, also called Furqan.
• The Battle of Badr is also known as The Day of the Criterion.
• Day of the Criterion means کسوٹی کا دن
• It took place on Tuesday, 13 March 624 CE (17 Ramadan, 2 AH) near the city of Badr.
• Prophet Muhammad SAW, commanding his Sahaba, defeated the Quraysh army led by Abu Jahl (Amr ibn Hishām).
• The Kufar forces numbered 1,000.
• It was the first battle of Islam, with 313-317 Muslims.
• The Muslim forces included 82-85 Muhajirun and 231 Ansar (61 from Aws and 170 from Khazraj).
• They had 2 horses and 70 camels.
• Fourteen Muslims were killed, while 70 Kufar were killed and 70 captured.
• Surah Al-Anfal mentions that Allah promised to reinforce the Muslims with 1,000 angels.

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The Indian National Congress was founded on December 28, 1885, at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay.

Its headquarters are in New Delhi.

Allan Octavian Hume was appointed as General Secretary.

Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee was elected the first President.

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The Faraizi movement was led by Haji Shariatullah

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The Mangla Dam is situated on the Jhelum River 

It is the seventh-largest dam in the world.

Construction was started in 1961 

It was completed in 1967.

It has 5 tunnels and a power station

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Mount K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth.

It is part of the Karakorum Range.

It is located on the China–Pakistan border between Baltistan in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan.

K2, at 8,611 meters above sea level.

K-2 is Also Known As Godwin Austin.

'K' standing for Karakoram.

K2 mountain was first measured by Godwin Austen in 1856.

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The first highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest.

It is located in Nepal.

The new height of Mount Everest is 8,848.86m (29,032 feet).

Mount Everest was named after George Everest in 1856.

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The blue whale, a marine mammal in the suborder of baleen whales.

It is the largest known animal to have ever existed.

It measuring up to 30 meters (98 feet) in length and weighing 180 metric tons (200 short tons) or more.

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Allama Iqbal Join Muslim League in 1908 in London and in subcontinent in 1922

Sir Muhammad Iqbal's 1930 Presidential Address to the 25th Session of the All-India Muslim League Allahabad, 29 December 1930.

Allama Iqbal is a National Poet of Pakistan

Allama Iqbal Born: November 9, 1877, Sialkot

Allama Iqbal Died: April 21, 1938, in Lahore

Allama Iqbal Place of burial: Tomb of Allama Iqbal, Lahore

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Cabinet Mission and it was headed by Lord Pethick Lawrence.

The Cabinet mission arrived in India on March 24, 1946, sent by the British government.

The Cabinet Mission was formed at the initiative of British Prime Minister Clement Atlee

The mission had three British cabinet members:
1. Pethick Lawrence
2. Stafford Cripps
3. A.V. Alexander

The Cabinet Mission`s aim was to discuss the transfer of power from British to Indian leadership.

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