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1. Afghanistan
2. Bangladesh
3. Bhutan
4. India
5. Nepal
6. Maldives
7. Pakistan
8. Sri Lanka

• Founded: 8 December 1985
• Headquarters: Kathmandu, Nepal
• Official language: English
• Purpose: Promote economic, cultural, and regional integration among South Asian nations.

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• Winner: India
• Runner-up: West Indies
• Final Score: India 183/8 (54.4 overs) vs West Indies 140 (52 overs)
• Captain: Kapil Dev
• Venue: Lord’s Cricket Ground, London

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• West Indies had won the first two World Cups (1975 & 1979)

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• Pascal’s calculator was called the Pascaline.
• John Mauchly co-invented the ENIAC (first electronic computer) much later.
• Harvard Aliken is unrelated to the first calculator.

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• The Pulitzer Prize is awarded for outstanding work in journalism, literature, and musical composition,
• There are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City 
• They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer,
• Pulitzer Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories.

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• "The Statue of Liberty" was a gift from France to the USA.
• It dedicated on October 28, 1886.
• It recognized as a universal symbol of freedom.
• It is located in New York.
• It has a height of 93 meters.
• The construction started in 1876.
• The construction was completed in 1886.
• It is designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.
• It was designated on October 15, 1924.

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Adam Smith, an 18th-century Scottish philosopher.

He is considered the father of modern economics.

He is most famous for his work, "The Wealth of Nations".

It published on 9 March 1776.

During the Scottish Enlightenment and the Scottish Agricultural Revolution.

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Muhammad Husain Azad was a scholar and an Urdu writer.

who wrote both prose and poetry.

His best known work is Aab-e-Hayat. 

Born: May 5, 1830, Delhi, India

Died: January 22, 1910, Lahore

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Napoleon Bonaparte was the first emperor of France (1804–14/15).

He was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, France

He was later known by his regnal name Napoleon I

He was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815

The British exiled Napoleon Bonaparte to the remote island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic,

Where he died in 1821 at the age of 51

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•  International Olympic Committee (IOC) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
• International Olympic Committee (IOC) was founded by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas in 1894.

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• Plato wrote "The Republic" around 380 BCE, a philosophical dialogue on justice, morality, and governance.
• The book is one of Plato's most influential works, shaping Western philosophy and political thought.