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- Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, GCB, OM, GCMG, KCSI, CIE, PC, FRS ... Lord Cromer was one of the most experienced and famous colonial administrators ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 04:54, 23 March 2024
- The Triple Entente ("entente"—French for "agreement ... Fear and suspicion drove the three nations to seek a viable partnership ...9 KB (1,394 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2020
- ), also called "Sher-e-Punjab" ("The Lion of the Punjab ... in Gujranwala in modern day Pakistan, into the Sansi-Sandhawalia family. ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 05:26, 5 November 2022
- The Treaty of Lausanne (July 24, 1923) was a peace treaty signed in ... The nation-state of Turkey, recognized by the Treaty, became the first ...15 KB (2,295 words) - 14:56, 2 May 2023
- The Durrani Empire (also referred to as the Afghan Empire) was a large ... The empire's legacy suggests that, faced with a history of strong ...17 KB (2,664 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- During the Viking period, between the eighth and eleventh centuries ... The only remaining vestige of this empire, and its only substantial ...10 KB (1,462 words) - 22:08, 25 January 2024
- was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. ... was from a middle class Anglican Church of Ireland family from Dublin ...8 KB (1,094 words) - 13:15, 6 March 2024
- PC (November 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957) was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili ... He was born in Karachi, in British India (now Pakistan), to Aga Khan ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 06:10, 16 June 2023
- (May 31, 1863 - July 31, 1942) was a British Army officer in India, explorer ... Francis Younghusband was born in 1863 at Murree, British India (now ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 04:49, 9 April 2024
- (October 24, 1775 – November 7, 1862) was the last of the Moghul emperors ... as an Urdu poet. He is recognized as one of the greatest poets in this ...15 KB (2,445 words) - 05:45, 26 August 2023
- Urdu: الہ آباد Ilāhābād) is the English name of a city in ... quot; (in this context, from Din-i-Ilahi, the religion founded by Akbar ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 13:37, 17 May 2021
- David Ben-Gurion (October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973) was the first ... changed. His compassion and respect for the rights of the Arab residents ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 22:27, 25 January 2024
- Bôngkim Chôndro Chôţţopaddhae) ("Chattopadhyay" in ... only be achieved through an internal reform of Hinduism, and strove to lay ...11 KB (1,623 words) - 03:34, 17 September 2023
- Hyder Ali or Haidar 'Ali (c. 1722 - 1782), was the de facto ruler ... He was the great-grandson of an Islamic fakir from Gulbarga, Deccan ...12 KB (1,977 words) - 18:40, 31 July 2023
- The Young Turk Revolution of July 1908 reversed the suspension of ... The Revolution restored the parliament, which had been suspended by ...19 KB (2,797 words) - 14:10, 28 November 2022
- Warren Hastings (December 6, 1732 - August 22, 1818) was the first ... Hastings, unlike many of his successors, respected and admired Indian ...14 KB (2,155 words) - 22:56, 3 May 2023
- He received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1952 ... He received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1952 ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- ) is a city in Ajmer District in India's Rajasthan state. The ... Prithviraj Chauhan founded Ajmer (Ajaya-meru in Sanskrit) in the late ...14 KB (1,997 words) - 07:13, 16 June 2023
- for his light, elegant, and airy style and the list of his buildings includes ... Adam was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, the second son of William ...10 KB (1,385 words) - 03:09, 15 December 2022
- 13, 1907 – April 19, 1989) was a famous British novelist best known for ... Du Maurier was born in London (though spent most of her life in her ...9 KB (1,407 words) - 22:15, 25 January 2024
