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Explanation

• The Cripps Mission (1942) was headed by Sir Stafford Cripps.
• He was a member of the War Cabinet and was sent to India to discuss the British Government’s Draft Declaration on the Constitution of India with Indian leaders.
• The mission was a failed attempt by the British government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II.

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The Act of 1909, also known as the Morley-Minto Reforms, enlarged the size of the Central as well as Provincial Legislative Councils.

This reform introduced elections to legislative councils and admitted Indians to councils of the Secretary of State for India, the viceroy, and to the executive councils of Bombay and Madras states.

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Pakistan gained independence from British colonial rule on August 14, 1947, but it remained a British dominion until March 23, 1956.

This means that Pakistan was a self-governing state, but still recognized the British monarch (King George VI and later Queen Elizabeth II) as its head of state.

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The Minto-Morley Reforms of 1909 increased the number of members in the Imperial Legislative Council by 60.

It introducing more representation for Indians.

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Henry Vansittart served as the Governor of Bengal from July 27, 1760, to November 26, 1764.

He played a key role during the early years of British expansion in India.

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On 8 August 1940, early in the Battle of Britain, the Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, made the so-called "August Offer" at Simla.

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• The Moplah Rebellion, also called the Mappila Rebellion or Malabar Rebellion, occurred in Kerala in 1921-1922.
• The rebellion was led by Variyamkunnath Kunhamed Haji and started as a resistance against the British colonial rule and the prevailing feudal system controlled by elite Hindus in the region.
• The Moplah Rebellion was an armed revolt that lasted for six months and was eventually suppressed by the British.

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Field Marshal Auchinleck was entrusted with the job of dividing the British Indian Army in 1947 during the partition of India and Pakistan.

He was responsible for overseeing the distribution of military assets between the two new nations.

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Lord Curzon divided Bengal into two provinces on 16-10-1905

on October 16, 1905, by Lord Curzon, the British colonial administrator of India at the time

The partition of Bengal was the most important event during the rule of Lord Curzon

The province was divided into West Bengal, which had a majority of Hindus,

and East Bengal, which had a majority of Muslims

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