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Important Battles and World Countries

Important Battles

  • Battle of Jhelum was fought b/w Alexandar the Great and Raja Porus in 326 B.C. The latter was defeated.
  • Mahumud Ghaznavi invaded on Somnath in 1025 A.D.
  • Battle of Tarain was fought b/w Mohd: Ghouri and Prithvi Raj in 1192 A.D. The former won the battle.
  • First battle of Panipat was fought b/w Ibrahim Lodhi and Babur in 1526. Babur won the battle.
  • Second battle of Panipat was fought in 1556. Akbar won the battle.
  • Third battle of Panipat was fought b/w Ahmad Shah Abdali and Marahttas in 1760. Ahmed Shah defeated the latter.
  • West Bank was occupied in 1967.
  • Japan attacked Pearl Harbour located in Hawaii on 7 Dec: 1941.
  • Israel occupied Golan Heights from Syria.
  • West Bank is located b/w Isreal & Jordan.
  • West Bank was occupied in 1967.
  • Iran & UAE dispute over Persian Gulf islands, Greater & lesser Tunbs.
  • Sakhalin Island is dispute b/w Russia & Japan.
  • Iran & UAE dispute over Persian Gulf islands, Greater & lesser Tunbs.
  • Sakhalin island is dispute b/w Russia & Japan.
  • In Battle of Sabroan, English defeated Sikhs and captured Lahore.
  • Nickname of Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 was Little Boy and on Nagasaki=Fat Man.
  • The hundred year war actually lasted for 114 years.
  • Sir William Howard Russell was the first Great War correspondent.
  • Hundred years war fought between France and Britain during 1338-1453.
  • Cease fire between Iran and Iraq took place in 1988, by the intervention of U.N.
  • The place named Normandy became worlds famous due to the D.Day landing during the Second World War on 6th June 1944. Normandy is located in France.
  • Pearl Harbor incident took place on 7th Dec 1941.
  • In 1982 the Falklands war was fought between Britain and Argentina.
  • Civil War of USA lasted from 1861-1865.
  • The famous British Naval commander, who defected the French Naval Fleet at Nile in 1788 and at Trafalgar in 1805 was Horatio Nelson.
  • Doer war fought between South Africa and British.
  • Fighting broke out between Greeks and the Turks in July 1974.
  • At the end of Second World War in 1945, Germany was divided among 4 major powers.
  • In Opium war Britain fought against China.
  • Gulf war Jan 1991 stopped in Feb 28, 1991.
  • Iran-Iraq was started in Sep 1980 and ended in Aug1988.
  • Lloyd George of Great Britain represented in treaty of Versailles.
  • Germany remained in grip of allied occupation from 1994 to 1952.
  • The American general who acted as the supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe during the second world war was D.D Eisenhower.
  • The criminals of the Second World War were trailed in the city of Nuremburg.
  • Break up of Germany occurred on 1945 and merger on Oct 3, 1990.
  • Iraq occupied Kuwait on 2nd Aug 1990.
  • USA dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima on 6th August 1945.
  • First World War begun on 1914 A.D. and Second World War started in 1939 when Germany attacked on Poland, it is also considered as greatest war.
  • Germans call a WW1 sea fight Battle of Skagerrak what in UK: Battle of Jutland
  • Operation Thunderbolt was the nickname given to which raid Israeli raid on Entebbe
  • In WW2 the Germans launched operation Bernhard – what Counterfeit British Notes
  • In WW2 what was the German codename for invasion of Russia- Barberossa
  • Operation Dracula in WWII freed what city- Rangoon Burma
  • Which 19th century battle UK / USA fought after peace signed- Battle of New Orleans
  • Waterloo is now in… Belgium
  • The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
  • In Battle of Sabroan, English defeated Sikhs and captured Lahore.
  • Iraq occupied Kuwait in August 1990.
  • North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950.
  • Darfur conflict is in Sudan.

World Countries

  • Buckingham palace is the residence of British king and Queen is in London.
  • 10 Downing Street is the residence of British PM.
  • Queen’s house is the official residence of Sri Lankan president.
  • Great Wall of China was built in the reign of Shih Huang-ti
  • Blue House is the official residence in .. South Korea
  • Istana Merdeke is the official residence of President of Indonesia.
  • Elysee palace is the name of the residence of Franch President.
  • What country’s leader does not have an official residence: Cuba