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Born: October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India

Full name: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Assassinated: January 30, 1948, New Delhi, India

In an effort to end India's religious strife, he resorted to fasts and visits to the troubled areas. He was on one such vigil in New Delhi when Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist who objected to Gandhi's tolerance for the Muslims, fatally shot him.

Explanation

Clement Richard Attlee,  served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. 

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Explanation

The Mukti Bahini was the guerrilla resistance movement consisting of

• the Bangladeshi military,
• paramilitary and
• civilians

during the War of Liberation, which transformed East Pakistan into Bangladesh in 1971.

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ð  The war of 1971 between India and Pakistan lasted for 13 days from 3 December 1971 to the fall of Dacca (Dhaka) on 16 December 1971 .

ð  The war began with Operation Chengiz Khan's preemptive aerial strikes (india).

ð  on 16 December 1971 in Dhaka, marking the formation of East Pakistan as the new nation of Bangladesh.

ð  Officially, East Pakistan had earlier called for its secession from Pakistan on 26 March 1971.

Explanation

Pakistan launched precision missile strikes against India under Operation Bunyan Um Marsoos.

Bunyan Ul Marsoos is an Arabic verse from the Quran.

The operation’s name—meaning “a structure firmly joined together”—draws inspiration from Surah Al-Saff (61-4), which praises those who fight in Allah’s cause as a solid, fortified structure.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ صَفًّا كَأَنَّهُم بُنْيَانٌ مَّرْصُوصٌ

Translation: ‘Allah indeed loves those who fight in His Way as though they are a solid wall cemented with molten lead’ (Surah Al-Saff, verse 4).

This operation was launched on 10 May 2025 (after Fajr prayer)

Seven sites in India were targeted, including the key Pathankot air base, Udhampur air base, and Gujarat air base. Rajasthan air base and Brahmos storage site.

The operation was launched in retaliation for Indian missile strikes that hit several locations inside Pakistan.

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Explanation

The Tashkent Declaration was signed between India and Pakistan 
It was signed on 10 January 1966 to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
It was a peace agreement 
Through the mediation of the Soviet Union 
It was signed by:

• President of Pakistan Ayub Khan 
• by India’s Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri 

Explanation

Kashmiri freedom fighter Yasin Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment in a terror funding case on 25 May 2022.

Explanation

Allan Octavian Hume was the founder of The Indian National Congress.

He assumed office as the General Secretary,

It was founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay

It was founded On 28 December 1885.

Its headquarters are located in New Delhi.

Additional information 

After the party's foundation, 

Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee became its first president.

Jinnah joined the Indian National Congress in 1906 - 1920

Badruddin Tyabji served as the third President (first Muslim president ) of the Indian National Congress

Explanation

Know everything about Quit India Movement

Started: Aug 8, 1942

Started from: Bombay 

Launched by: Gandhi

Also known as: August Movement 

Demand: to end British rule

Jinnah changed the slogan "Divide and Quit India" 

Started by party: Congress

Explanation

Elections were held in eleven provinces - Madras, Central Provinces, Bihar, Orissa, United Provinces, Bombay Presidency, Assam, NWFP, Bengal, Punjab and Sindh.

Explanation

The first Muslim general entered victorious in the sub-continent (Indo-Pak) in 712.