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All important Question Related to " Separate Electorate" 

Indian Councils Act of 1909, also called Morley-Minto Reforms

Minto-Morley Reforms Muslim's demand for a separate electorate was incorporated

In 12 March 1909 the Morley-Minto Changes allowed partitioned electorates to Muslims.

This Act further extended democratic participation by increasing the size of the legislative councils, both Central and provincial.

27 out of add up to 60 members were to be chosen and 5 seats were saved for the Muslims.

Indian Council Act 1909 separate electorate for Muslims was accepted

on 28 August 1928 Nehru Report rejected the demand for a separate electorate

Congress and other Hindu bodies opposed the separate electorate

ND30-4-2023

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After 1857 Hindi, along with the English language was declared an official language in India.

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The Simla Conference of 1945 was a meeting between the Viceroy of India Lord Wavell and the major political leaders of British India at the Viceregal Lodge in Simla.

Lord Wavell

Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, KStJ, PC was a senior officer of the British Army.

He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World War, during which he was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres

Born: May 5, 1883, Colchester, United Kingdom

Died: May 24, 1950, Westminster, London, United Kingdom

Full name: Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell

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The border crossing draws its name from Wahga village, near which the Radcliffe Line, the boundary demarcation line dividing India and Pakistan upon the Partition of British India, was drawn.

At the time of the independence in 1947, migrants from India entered Pakistan through this border crossing.

Explanation

In 2008, India and Pakistan opened trade across the "Line of Control (LoC)," 

LOC is a heavily militarized de-facto border dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan

 the Radcliffe line is the name of the LoC between India and Pakistan

the border line was drawn by a British officer Cyrill Radcliffe in 1947 

Formally named LOC after Shimla agreement 1972.

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ND16-1-2023

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The lockdown officially started on 5 August 2019, following the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir via the scrapping of Article 370 and Article 35A of the Indian constitution and subsequent introduction of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.

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Simla Agreement was a peace treaty signed between India and Pakistan on  July 2, 1972 in Shimla, the capital  of the Himachal Pradesh province of India.

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Indian Muslims considered Ottoman Caliphate a Symbol of Unity of the Muslim world as Ummah:

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Participants express their support and loyalty to the Turkish Sultan Attaturk in the Khilafat conference session held in Karachi

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Congress leaders like Gandhi and Nehru Participated in the first Khilafat Conference which was arranged at Delhi.