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Explanation: Ashfaqulla Khan was hanged at Faizabad Jail on 19 December 1927 for the Kakori train action (1925). On the same day Ram Prasad Bismil was hanged at Gorakhpur and Roshan Singh at Naini (Allahabad); Rajendra Lahiri was hanged at Gonda two days earlier.

Explanation: The Indian Air Force's three-day air show 'Wings Over Ganga' began at Namo Ghat, Varanasi, with Rafale, Su-30MKI, Mirage-2000 and the indigenous Tejas performing over the Ganga. It continues on 24 and 25 October.

Explanation: Chilika Lake in Odisha, at the mouth of the Daya river on the Bay of Bengal, is India's largest brackish-water lagoon and was India's first Ramsar site (1981, with Keoladeo). Pulicat is the second largest; Kolleru is a freshwater lake.

Explanation: Shailesh Kumar won gold and set a new Games record in the men's high jump T42/T63 at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, and the Prime Minister congratulated him on 22 October.

Explanation: Bhadohi (Sant Ravidas Nagar) is the hub of India's hand-knotted carpet industry and is called the 'Carpet City'; Bhadohi carpets have a GI tag. Moradabad is the Brass City, Kannauj the Perfume City and Firozabad the Glass City.

Explanation: On 22 October India won 26 medals (7 gold, 4 silver, 15 bronze), taking its tally to 88 (21 gold, 26 silver, 41 bronze) and 4th place. Dharmaraj Solairaj won long jump gold with an Asian record of 7.15 m. Anjanaben Bumbadiya's gold was in the women's 400 m T47, not T12; in T12, Tejalben Damor won silver.

Explanation: The List of Outcomes named four announcements: doubling bilateral trade by 2030, Poland joining the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), a Defence Industry Dialogue and a dialogue on counter-terrorism. Joining the International Solar Alliance was not among them.

Explanation: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said the Parliament of India will host the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum on 26-27 October 2026 in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan, on the theme 'Strengthening Parliaments for People-Centric Development', with sessions on resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability.

Explanation: KTS 5.0 runs from 28 November to 12 December 2026 on the theme 'Thirukkural Payilvom – Thirukkural Abhyas Karen'. It is organised by the Ministry of Education with IIT Madras and BHU. The first Kashi Tamil Sangamam was held in 2022, not 2023.

Explanation: Under Article 263 the President can establish an Inter-State Council. It was first set up in 1990 on the Sarkaria Commission’s recommendation and is chaired by the Prime Minister, with Chief Ministers and certain Union Ministers as members. It is a recommendatory body; its advice is not binding.