Explanation

Lord William Bentinck is credited with introducing English as the official language of instruction in India.

It primarily through the "English Education Act of 1835" which he implemented alongside Thomas Babington Macaulay.

Explanation

• Founder: Syed Ameer Ali
• Organization: Central National Muhammedan Association
• Location: Calcutta
• Year: 1877
• An independent body and not a branch of All India Muslim League.

Explanation

In 1919, the Khilafat Committee was established to launch the Khilafat Movement.

Maulana Shaukat Ali was decided as the General Secretary of the Khilafat Movement

Mahatma Gandhi was elected as President (23rd November 1919)

Khilafat Committee and the congress participated in the election under Act of 1919.

The Muslims of the Sub continent launched the Khilafat Movement in the year 1919 until 1924

Explanation

A secret newspaper named Sada-i-Pakistan was published from Sindh during the Pakistan Movement.

It was one of several publications, both overt and clandestine, that helped mobilize support for the Muslim League and the creation of Pakistan.

Explanation

Quaid-e-Azam resigned from the Imperial Legislative Council as a protest against Rowlatt Act. 

The Chaotic and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, commonly known as the Rowlatt Act,

It was the act of the Imperial Legislative Council on March 18, 1919, in Delhi.

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The poem that Allama Iqbal wrote in memory of his mother is titled Walida Marhooma Ki Yaad Mein.

This translates to "In the Memory of the Late Mother."

The poem is part of his larger collection of Urdu poetry, Bang-e-Dara, which was published in 1924.

Iqbal's mother, Imam Bibi, passed away on November 9, 1914, while he was studying abroad.

Explanation

• Allama Iqbal received the title of Sir in 1922 in Lahore.
• He was knighted by King George V for his contributions to literature.

Note: According to SPSC, 1923 is the correct answer.

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The All-India Muslim Students Federation (AIMSF) was organized in February 1941 in Delhi under the guidance of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

His sister, Fatima Jinnah, was instrumental in its formation and became an important part of the Pakistan Movement.

This came after the Muslim League had already established a Muslim Women's Sub-committee in 1938.

Explanation

Key Points

• Between 1919 and 1929, all of the British Provinces, as well as most of the Princely states granted women the right to vote and in some cases, allowed them to stand in local elections.
• In 1921, Bombay and Madras became the first provinces to give the limited vote to women.

Additional Information

• The British Raj was the rule by the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947.
• The Women's suffrage movement in India fought for Indian women's right to political enfranchisement in Colonial India under British rule.

Important Points

• All women were allowed to vote to start from the first general elections in 1951. 
• The British opposed allowing women to vote in various ways, for years until India was independent. 
• On the contrary Indian constituent assembly adopted universal suffrage and voting rights for women without much debate.
• Many Indian organizations and many Indian women organizations were demanding the British for voting rights for women. 
• Some elite or in special cases some other but very very select few women were allowed to vote during the British rule.

Explanation

The Indus Waters Treaty disallowed Pakistan from using the water of the Sutlej river.

The treaty, brokered by the World Bank in 1960, divided the six rivers of the Indus Basin between India and Pakistan. 

Eastern Rivers (allocated to India): Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej

Western Rivers (allocated to Pakistan): Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab