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• Sir Cyril Radcliffe was appointed to draw the boundary between Pakistani Punjab and Indian Punjab in 1947.
• The Radcliffe Line was announced on 17 August 1947, after the independence of Pakistan and India.
• He chaired the Punjab Boundary Commission.
• The partition divided Punjab between Pakistan and India.

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• Indian National Congress (INC) was founded on 28 December 1885 at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay (Mumbai).
• It was founded by Allan Octavian Hume, a British civil servant.
• Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee of Calcutta was elected as its first President.
• Its headquarters is located in New Delhi, India.

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• The All-India Muslim Conference was founded on October 31, 1928, in Delhi.
• Its first formal session was held from December 31, 1928, to January 1, 1929.
• It was organized by Maulana Shafi Daudi and various Muslim legislators in response to the Nehru Report.
• First President: Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah (Aga Khan III).
• Secretary: Fazal Rahimtoola.
• Its purpose was to unite Indian Muslims, safeguard minority rights, demand provincial autonomy, and support separate electorates.

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• Katpana Desert is a cold desert 
• Located in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
• Altitude: 2,226 meters above sea level
• Global ranking: 16th largest desert in the world
• Approximate area: ~50 km²
• Average winter temperature: -10°C to 5°C

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• Iran was the first country to recognize Pakistan on 22 August 1947.

List of Country recognized Pakistan Date vise:

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• Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal.
• He serving from 1774 to 1785.
• The office was created under the Regulating Act of 1773.

Additional information:

• First Governor of Bengal → Robert Clive
• First Governor-General of India → William Bentinck
• First Viceroy of India → Lord Canning
• Last Viceroy of India → Lord Mountbatten

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• N. M. Rashed (Nazar Muhammad Rashed) was the first critic to write a critical essay on Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
• He wrote the critical introduction and foreword to Faiz's first poetry collection, Naqsh-e-Faryadi.
• Naqsh-e-Faryadi was published in 1941.

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• Agriculture remains a key contributor to Pakistan’s economy.
• It directly contributes close to 24% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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• Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was elected the first President (Speaker) of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on 11 August 1947.
• The first session of the Constituent Assembly was held on 10 August 1947 at the Sindh Assembly Building, Karachi.
• Jinnah also served as the first Governor-General of Pakistan.

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Explanation

• Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah resigned from the Indian National Congress in 1920.
• Because he disagreed with Congress’s Satyagraha campaign.
• Jinnah joined the Indian National Congress in 1906.

Additional information:

• He became a member of the All-India Muslim League on 10 October 1913.

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