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When was SAARC established?

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8 December 1985
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8 December 1986
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8 December 1987
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None of these
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The correct option is A 8 December 1985

  • SAARC stands for South Asian Association for Regional Corporation. It was established in the year 1985 on 8th December in Dhaka.
  • It is an intergovernmental and geopolitical union of South Asian countries. Its member states include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
  • Afghanistan has recently been included in SAARC.
  • The SAARC Secretariat was established in Kathmandu on 16 January. Arjun Bahadur Thapa is the present secretary general of SAARC.


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