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• Timur Lang invaded India in 1398 AD during the reign of Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughlaq of the Delhi Sultanate.

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• Timur entered India through the northwestern frontier and advanced toward Delhi.
• He captured and plundered Delhi in December 1398, severely weakening the Tughlaq Sultanate.
• Timur was a Central Asian conqueror who established the Timurid Empire, with Samarkand as his principal capital.
• The Tughlaq dynasty was founded by Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughlaq in 1320 AD.

Last verified on 22-10-2026

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• Born: November 18, 1689, Hala
• Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, was a Sindhi Sufi mystic, and poet.
• He is widely considered to be the greatest poet of the Sindhi language. 
• Died: January 1, 1752, Bhit Shah

Last verified on 16-10-2026

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• Presented by: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
• Famous Speech: Meerut Speech
• Date: 16 March 1888
• Purpose: To explain that Muslims and Hindus were separate nations with different religious, cultural, and social identities.
• Importance: Became the ideological foundation of Pakistan.

Last verified on 10-07-2026

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• The Ottoman Empire emerged in Anatolia around 1299 after the decline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum.

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• Founder: Osman I (Osman Ghazi).
• Beginning: Around 1299.
• Capital: Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) became the capital in 1453 after its conquest by Mehmed II.
• End: The Ottoman Sultanate was abolished on 1 November 1922.

Last verified on 15-10-2026

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• Muhammad bin Tughlaq introduced token currency around 1329–1330 AD.
• He introduced copper and brass coins equal in value to silver tankas.
• The system failed due to counterfeit coins, and he withdrew the currency.

Last verified on 15-10-2026

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• Lord Curzon created the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) in 1901.
• It was separated from the Punjab region.
• It was formally inaugurated on 9 November 1901.

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• Renamed: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2010 through the 18th Constitutional Amendment of Pakistan.
• First Chief Commissioner: Harold Deane.

Last verified on 15-10-2026

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• Became separate province: 1 April 1936, capital Karachi
• Annexed to Bombay Presidency: 1843
• Part of Pakistan: 14 August 1947 – 14 October 1955, capital Hyderabad
• Separation demanded by: Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1929 under Government of India Act 1935
• First Muslim League Government in Sindh: 1943

Last verified on 15-01-2026

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• Sir Syed Ahmad Khan visited England in 1869.
• He departed in May 1869 with his two sons, Syed Hamid and Syed Mahmood.
• He stayed in England for approximately 17 months and returned to India in 1871.
• Purpose: To study the British educational system and universities, including Cambridge

Last verified on 14-10-2026

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• 11 August 1947: Quaid-e-Azam's address to the Constituent Assembly.

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• 23 March 1940: Lahore Resolution passed.
• 14 August 1947: Pakistan became independent.
• 12 March 1949: Objectives Resolution passed.
• 23 March 1956: Pakistan's first Constitution came into effect.