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·        The Indian Statutory Commission also known as Simon Commission,

·        was a group of seven Members of Parliament

·        under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon.

·        The commission arrived in India in 1928

·        to study constitutional reform in Britain's largest and most important possession.

Simon Commission wanted to check the working of Government of India Act, 1919.

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The first Round Table Conference convened from 12 November 1930 to 19 January 1931 in London.

The Second Round table conference was held from 7 September 1931 to 1 December 1931 in London. 

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The Third Round Table Conference was held in 1932 between November and December. 

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The Battle of Plassey in 1757 was fought between the British East India Company,

Date: 23 June 1757

Location: Palashi (Anglicised version: Plassey) on the banks of the Hooghly River,

Led by Robert Clive and the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah, and his French allies

The battle helped the British East India Company take control of Bengal in 1772. 

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Greenwich Mean Time is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.

It is established in 1884.

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The British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald announced the Communal Award in 1932 at the end of the Second Round Table Conference.

The Communal Award was a series of elections for minority groups in society and the economy.

It was established on August 16, 1932, as a result of the second round table meeting. 

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British defeated the Sikh Empire in the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849).

This led to the annexation of Punjab into British India in 1849.

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Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place on 13 April 1919

In Jallianwala Bagh massacre killing at least 379 people and injuring over 1,200 other people.

Jallianwala Bagh is a historic garden close to the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, Punjab, India

By General Reginald Dyer order did the massacre take place in Jallianwala Bagh

 It is managed by the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust and was renovated between 2019 and 2021****

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In 1905 Minto was appointed viceroy of India, with John Morley as secretary of state.

Lord Minto arrived in India as Viceroy in 1905. He served in this role until 1910.