Explanation

• Date: 16 August 1946
• Location: Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal, British India
• Organizer: All India Muslim League
• Announced By: Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• Outcome: Large-scale communal riots and violence between Hindus and Muslims

Last verified on 02-02-2026

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Sikandar Sultan Raja appointed CEC: 27 January 2020

Sikandar Sultan Raja: first retired bureaucrat to have ever been appointed as the head of the top electoral body

Previously, Sardar Muhammad Raza was CEC (retired on December 5, 2019)

Explanation

Asif Ali Zardari is the current president of Pakistan since March 2024

Number: 14th president 

Predecessor: Dr. Arif Alvi

Party affiliation: PPP

Elected in March 2024

Update & verified on 23-05-2026

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Explanation

• Takht-e-Sulaiman is a peak of the Sulaiman Mountains.

• It is close to Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision's borders with both South Waziristan and Zhob, Balochistan.
• Elevation: 3,487 m
• Location: Pakistan
• Mountain range: Sulaiman Mountains
• First ascender: George White

Last verified on 25-05-2026

Explanation

• The Cabinet Mission Plan 1946 was announced on 16 May 1946 from New Delhi.
• It arrived in India on 24 March 1946.
• The mission was sent by the British government to plan transfer of power.
• It was headed by Lord Pethick-Lawrence.
• Its members included Stafford Cripps and A.V. Alexander.

Last verified on 01-05-2026