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Doab in Pakistan

 The land which is lies between the two Rivers is know as Doab. Important doab of Pakistan Bari Down :. Areas between  beas and chenab Rachnah doab: area between  Ravi and chenab. Chaj Doab: area between chenab and jhelum Sindh Sagar doab: area between indus and jhelum

Deosai plains

 Deosai plains is the secoud highest plains of the world at 4115m(13500feet) are in the south of skardu and in the east of Astore valley. It's declared national part in 1993 It cover an area of almost 3000 sq km, half of the year it is snow bound.

Important lakes in northern Areas

 There are several high altitude lakes in the northern Areas of Pakistan:  Sheosar lake in ------ Deosai plains Sarpara lake in------- skardu Shangrila lake in--------- skardu  Borith Lake in ---------------upper Hunza  Rama Lake near ------------- Astore

Some of the notable peaks of Pakistan

 K2---- 2nd largest in the world  Nanga parbhat ------ 9th highest of the world (8125m) Gasherbrum 1 --------- 11 highest of the world  Broad peak,------12 highest of the world (8047) Gasherbrum II-IV,------+ 13 to 17 highest of the world at 8035m- 7932 Masherbrum(k1) -----22nd highest of the world at (7821m) Rakaposhi,------+++27 highest of the world ( 7788m)

David livingstone

 David livingstone was a Scottish medical missionary and explorer of central africa.from the age of 10 to 24 he worked in q cotton factory and then went on to train as a doctor as he wanted to become a missionary. In 1841 he was sent to southern africa, visiting areas where no white man had ever. Been and dicovored a number of lakes and rivers and above all the great Victoria falls. When he returns to London in 1856,his finding about Africa made all of the maps of the time obsolete, and they had to be redrawn. In 1957 he resigned from his missionary work and began to work for the British government, exploring east and central africa. But his great dream was to discover the source of the river Nile and to explore the land between this and sources of the river Congo. During this period he was out of touch with his own country for a long time.an Americans expenditure under Morton Stanley set out to find him and in 1871 , came across Livingstone deep in the jungle.the two continued to unde

Nelson Mandala

 Nelson mandala 1918-Mandela was black African lawyer , politician and statement who brought independence to the black people of south Africa.after world war 1 the government of south africa  was in the hand of the white boers  , descendents  of the early dutch settlers ,who set about making the black people, who  outnumbered them four to one, little more than slaves . After world war 2, the pressure intensified with the introduction of the policy of  apartheid, or [apartness, or separate development].laws were passed forcing black people to  live in settle ments outside the  white towns. The black people had to carry a special  pass otherwise they were arrested and banished to poor tribal lands, or in many  cases , to work as slaves for the white farmers.

Kemal Ataturk

  He was a soldier, nationalist, statesman who created the modern turkey from the remain of the old ottoman empire. He was born in Greece , the son of a minor official and went to military academies (1899-1905). He graduated as a captain but as he had sympathies with the Young Turks empire)  he was sent to the distant Outpost of syria. He fought against the Italian invading Libya but his major military trumph was the defeat of the British , french and Australian forces at Gallipoli in the world war 1 in 1915. The western allies though they could land on the benches of Gallipoli and strike at the heart of the Germany's Ally,turkey.