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• The Dr. A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) was established in Kahuta, Pakistan on July 31, 1976.
• The KRL was founded by Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer Abdul Qadeer Khan.
• He is known as the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb.
• The lab was created in response to India's first nuclear bomb test in 1974.
• Khan was the lab's senior scientist and chairman until he retired in 2001.

Last verified on 23-10-2026

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• British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald created the Communal Award on 16 August 1932.
• Also known as the MacDonald Award.
• It was announced after the Round Table Conference (1930–1932) 
• The background to the Poona Pact was the Communal Award of August 1932,
• They provided a separate electorate for depressed classes.
• In 1932, B.R. Ambedkar negotiated the Poona Pact with Mahatma Gandhi.

Last verified on 22-10-2026

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• Uranium deposits are found in Dera Ghazi Khan of Punjab.
• The uranium mill was also established in Pakistan in 1977-78.

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• Kazakhstan is the biggest producer of Uranium in the world.
  
  
  Last verified on 22-10-2026

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• The Basic Principles Committee (BPC) was established on 12 March 1949 to help prepare Pakistan’s future constitution.
• It worked on constitutional principles in light of the Objectives Resolution, passed on 12 March 1949.
• The committee examined constitutional issues and made recommendations concerning the structure of government and distribution of powers.
• The Objectives Resolution was later incorporated into Pakistan’s Constitution through Article 2A in 1985.

Last verified on 22-10-2026

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• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NWFP): Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan (1947).

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• Punjab: Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot (1947).
• Sindh: Khan Bahadur Muhammad Ayub Khuhro (1947).
• Balochistan: Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal (1972).

Last verified on 22-10-2026

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• Motilal Nehru presented the Nehru Report with his son, Jawaharlal Nehru.
• Date Presented: August 1928 (at the All Parties Conference in Lucknow)
  
• Main Goal: To draft a new constitution and demand Dominion Status for India in response to a challenge by the British Secretary of State, Lord Birkenhead.

Last updated: 26 Oct 2026 

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• Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was established in 1920 by an Act of the British Indian Legislative Council.
• Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental (MAO) School in 1875.
• The school was upgraded to college level in 1877.
• Lord Lytton, the Viceroy of India, laid the foundation stone of MAO College on 8 January 1877.

Last verified on 22-10-2026

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• Pakistan last won the Men’s Hockey World Cup in 1994.
• Pakistan has won the World Cup four times: 1971, 1978, 1982, and 1994.
• In the 1994 final, Pakistan defeated the Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw.
• Pakistan played its first international hockey match at the 1948 London Olympics, defeating Belgium 2–0.

Last verified on 22-10-2026

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• The Diamer-Bhasha Dam is constructed on the Indus River.
• It is located between Kohistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Diamer (Gilgit-Baltistan).
• The foundation in 1998 by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
• Opened: 2028
• Height: 272 m

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Last verified on 20-06-2026