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TIL that the Chancellor is allowed an alcoholic drink while presenting the budget in the British House of Commons.

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kOkl7 TIL 1.3 Million Indians served in WW1, 1 in 6 of the British forces. In return, the British had insincerely promised to deliver progressive self-rule to India at the end of the war. Something Akin to Canada and South Africa. But the British broke their word.
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