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The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Delhi in the year 1911.

The announcement to shift the capital was made during the Delhi Durbar  held in December 1911 to commemorate the coronation of King George V.

The new capital in Delhi was known as New Delhi and was designed by the architect Edwin Lutyens.

It became the center of British colonial administration in India.

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Sir Thomas Roe was an English diplomat of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.

He sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1644.

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• Simon's commission was rejected by Indian National Congress and  Muslim League
  
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• Simon Commission was appointed in 1928
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• It comprises 7 members of the British
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• It was opposed by both Jinnah & Gandhi

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Ranjit Singh's reign introduced reforms, modernisation, investment into infrastructure and general prosperity

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Diarchy is a form of government characterized by corule, with two people ruling a polity together either lawfully or de facto, by collusion and force.

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Shortly after ascending to Ottoman throne in 1415,Mehmand II began formulating plans for a major Assault on Constantinople 

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The monument was built in 1591 by Muḥammad Qulī Quṭb Shah, as the first building in Hyderabad, his new capital.

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Lord Dalhousie established Public Works Department in 1854.

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The second Khilafat Conference was held in Amritsar in December 1919.

This conference was a significant event in the Khilafat Movement,

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1. First Khilafat Conference: Held in Bombay (now Mumbai) in July 1919.
2. Second Khilafat Conference: Held in Delhi in November 1919.
3. Third Khilafat Conference: Held in Amritsar in December 1919.
4. Fourth Khilafat Conference: Held in Allahabad in July 1920.
5. Fifth Khilafat Conference: Held in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in November 1920.
6. Sixth Khilafat Conference: Held in Nagpur in December 1920.
7. Seventh Khilafat Conference: Held in Karachi in February 1921.
8. Eighth Khilafat Conference: Held in Delhi in November 1921.

Explanation

Swadeshi movement was launched to reverse the: Partition of Bengal