Explanation

Mahmud of Ghazni attacked India 17 times

17th attack of Sultan Mehmood Ghazni on India took place in 1027 AD.

His most famous raid was in 1025 AD, where he plundered and damaged the Somnath temple in Gujarat. 

Additional information 

Mahmud of Ghazni: Turkish invader

He is known as the “Abductor of Scholars”.

AGM 30.4.23

Explanation

• The War of Independence started on May 10, 1857, in Meerut.
• The rebellion was started by Indian troops in the service of the British East India Company. 
• The rebellion was called the Sepoy Mutiny or the First War of Independence and it spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur and Lucknow.
• The rebellion ended on July 8, 1859 .

Explanation

Direct Action Day, also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings.

All India Muslim League observed “Direct Action Day” on August 16, 1946.

It was a day of nationwide communal riots announced by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

It led to large-scale violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in the Bengal province of British India.

Explanation

 Cabinet Mission broadcast its plan from New Delhi on May 16, 1946.

They arrived in India on March 24, 1946, sent by the British government.

The Mission was headed by Lord Pethick Lawrence.

The mission had three British cabinet members:

Pethick Lawrence

Stafford Cripps

A.V. Alexander

The Cabinet Mission aimed to discuss the transfer of power from British to Indian leadership.

Explanation

The demand for a separate homeland was formally made on 23rd March 1940 at Lahore.

Known as the Pakistan Resolution, presented by A.K. Fazlul Haq and supported by Quaid-e-Azam.