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The British Crown assumed direct control over India in 1858, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

It is also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.

This marked the end of the East India Company's rule and the beginning of the British Raj, which lasted until India gained independence in 1947.

The British ruled India directly for 90 years, from 1858 to 1947.

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As of March 2024, Pakistan's total installed electricity generation capacity stood at 42,131 megawatts (MW). 

The energy mix comprises approximately 59.4% thermal, 25.4% hydel, 8.4% nuclear, and 6.8% renewable sources.

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The state of Kashmir has boundaries with:

• to the north and east by China (Xinjiang and Tibet),
• to the northwest by Afghanistan (Wakhan Corridor),
• to the west by Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab) 
• to the south by India (Himachal Pradesh and Punjab). 

Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory.

Which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947,

and between India and China since 1962.

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Shah Wali Ullah (1703-1762) persuaded Ahmad Shah Abdali,

He was the founder of the Durrani Empire, to invade India and fight against the Marathas,The 

Marathas were a powerful Hindu empire at that time.

In 1761, Ahmad Shah Abdali, with the support of Shah Wali Ullah, defeated the Marathas in the Third Battle of Panipat.

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Dara Shikoh also known as Dara Shukoh

was the eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor

Dara Shikoh was a follower of the Armenian Sufi-perennials mystic Sarmad Kashani,

as well as Lahore's famous Qadiri Sufi saint Mian Mir,

whom he was introduced to by Mullah Shah Badakhshi (Mian Mir's spiritual disciple and successor).

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The Cabinet Mission of 1946 consisted of three members:

1. Lord Pethick-Lawrence: The Secretary of State for India
2. Sir Stafford Cripps: The President of the Board of Trade
3. A.V. Alexander: The First Lord of the Admiralty

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Haider Ali (1721–1782) was the ruler of Mysore and a powerful Muslim military commander.

He expanded Mysore’s territory and resisted British colonial forces during his reign.

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The Radcliffe Line was the boundary demarcation line between the Indian and Pakistani portions of the Punjab and Bengal provinces of British India.

In order to determine exactly which territories to assign to each country, in June 1947,

Britain appointed Sir Cyril Radcliffe to chair two boundary commissions

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• Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016.
• Before his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was the South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade between 2004 and 2006.

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