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Cyril Radcliffe was the chairman of the Border Commission for India and Pakistan, announced by Lord Mountbatten in 1947

The Commission consisted of four members from the Indian National Congress

and four from the Muslim League

On 17 August 1947, the borderline that separated India from Pakistan, known as the Radcliffe Line was revealed. 

The Radcliffe line is spread through the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat to the international border in Jammu in Jammu & Kashmir,

dividing India and Pakistan into two different countries.

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The Indian National Congress was formed in 1885 with the primary purpose of providing a platform for civic and political dialogue among educated Indians.

The Congress was established by Allan Octavian Hume, a retired British Indian Civil Service officer, with the goal of creating a space where Indians could discuss and address political and social issues.

The Congress also aimed to promote Indian participation in the governance of their own country and to advocate for Indian rights and interests.

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Wavell served as the penultimate viceroy under two prime ministers, Churchill and Attlee.

He came to India as the successor to Lord Linlithgow.

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The Treaty of Amritsar, executed by the British East India Company and Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu.

First Anglo-Sikh War, established the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir under the suzerainty of the British Indian Empire.

Explanation

Jamia Millia Islamia, an institution originally established at Aligarh in United Provinces, India in 1920.

It became a Central University by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1988.

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Pitt's India Act of 1784 provided for a joint government of British India by the East India Company and the Crown, with the government holding the ultimate authority.

This act established a Board of Control, which consisted of six members, including a Secretary of State and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The act also reduced the Governor-General's council to three members and gave the Governor-General the final say.

The Presidencies of Madras and Bombay were made subordinate to the Bengal Presidency.

Calcutta became the capital of the British possessions in India.

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Lucknow was recaptured by British forces in 1858, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.

The rebellion began in May 1857, and Lucknow, the capital of the Awadh region.

It was a key center of resistance against British rule.

The British forces, led by General Sir Colin Campbell, recaptured Lucknow in March 1858, after a prolonged siege and fierce fighting.

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• The Pak-Afghan border, known as the Durand Line, was drawn in 1893.
• It was established through an agreement between the British Indian government and the Afghan Amir, Abdur Rahman Khan.
• The line demarcates the boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Explanation

All India Muslim League Founded on 30 December 1906 at Dhaka, Bangladesh

It was Founder by Nawab Khwaja Salimullah

Its Headquarters is located in Lucknow

They were Dissolved on 14 August 1947

1st President of All India Muslim League is Sir Agha Khan

جب 1947 میں مسلم لیگ ختم ہوئی تو یہ تین پارٹیاں بن گئی

1- Muslim League in Pakistan

2- Awami League in Bangladesh

3- Indian Union Muslim League in India

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