Ctesiphon
Ctesiphon , ruined ancient city, 20 mi (32 km) SE of Baghdad, Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris opposite Seleucia and at the mouth of the Diyala River. After 129 BC it was the winter residence of the Parthian kings. Ctesiphon grew rapidly and was of renowned splendor. The Romans captured it in warring against Parthia. It became the capital of the Sassanids in c.224 and a center of Nestorian Christianity. In 637 it was taken and plundered by the Arabs who renamed it, along with Seleucia, al Madain; it was abandoned by them when Baghdad became the capital of the Abbasids. It is now a suburban part of Baghdad. The ruined vault of the great audience hall contains the world's largest single span of brickwork.
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INDIAN GOVERNMENT: Atal Bihari Vajpayee -- a profile >T.
M2 Presswire; 10/11/1999; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-11 October 1999-INDIAN GOVERNMENT: Atal Bihari Vajpayee -- a profile (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:111099 Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has been invited, for the third time, by the President...
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ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE DELIVERS REMARKS TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 9/14/2000; 700+ words
; ...CONGRESS SEPTEMBER 14, 2000 SPEAKERS: ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE, PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA [*] VAJPAYEE: Mr. Speaker, Mr. President Clinton...from my country, America is now home. VAJPAYEE: In turn, their industry, enterprise...
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Analysis: India elections and the resignation of the incumbent Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 5/13/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...the incumbent Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Host: MELISSA BLOCK Time...India's prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has resigned. His departure...billion people. Prime Minister ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE (India): The voters have...
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Renaissance man ; The original reconciler, Atal Bihari Vajpayee has redeemed the ideology of his parivar with his political dharma. India's most beloved politician has redefined power and leadership by taking permanent residency in the popular conscience.
Newspaper article from: India Today; 4/21/2008; ; 700+ words
; A.B. VAJPAYEE FORMER PRIME MINISTER, 1924 Even in his autumnal stillness, Atal Bihari Vajpayee defies definition. With a mischievous...changed the syntax of leadership. Atal Bihari Vajpayee embodies the renaissance of the right...
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Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee`s speech on the 15th SPG Raising Day.
M2 Presswire; 4/7/2000; 700+ words
; ...2000-INDIAN GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee`s speech on the 15th SPG Raising Day (C)1994...07042000 Following is the text of Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee`s Speech on the occasion of 15th Special Protection...
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Statement by Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the joint press conference with President Abdurrahman Wahid at Jakarta.
M2 Presswire; 1/11/2001; 700+ words
; ...Indian Government: Statement by Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the joint press conference with President Abdurrahman...the text of the statement by Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Joint Press Conference with President Abdurrahman...
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Speech of Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee; Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Election Commission of India.
M2 Presswire; 1/17/2001; 700+ words
; ...Indian Government: Speech of Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee; Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Election Commission...text of the speech of the Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Election...
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INDIAN GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee's statement at the Lucknow press conference.
M2 Presswire; 2/3/1999; 700+ words
; ...February 1999-INDIAN GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee's statement at the press conference in Lucknow...of the statement made by the Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, at the Press Conference in Lucknow today: Inflation...
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INDIAN GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee's statement at departure for the G-15 Summit.
M2 Presswire; 2/8/1999; 700+ words
; ...February 1999-INDIAN GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee's statement at the time of departure for the G...of the statement made by the Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the time of departure for the G-15 Summit...
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All Over But the Voting? : Vajpayee rides a post-Kashmir wave toward victory.(Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Newsweek International; 8/30/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Back in April, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his Bharatiya Janata Party...drove the attackers out--and Vajpayee's approval ratings took off...leave her much time to go after Vajpayee, even if he had any obvious weak...
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Vajpayee, Atal Bihari
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Vajpayee, Atal Bihari 1924 – Former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is renowned for his political...conferences. In December 2005, Atal Bihari Vajpayee expressed a decision to entrust...
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Atal Bihari Vajpayee , 1926-, Indian politician, prime...Janata party (BJP). An able orator, Vajpayee won election to parliament in 1957...that defeated Gandhi and her party, Vajpayee served as foreign minister and became...
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Vajpayee, Shri Atal Bihari
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Vajpayee, Shri Atal Bihari (b. 24 Dec. 1924). Prime Minister of India, 1996, 1998...through which many Indians came to express their national identity. Vajpayee was Foreign Minister 1977–9, and after the 1996 elections...
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Bharatiya Janata party
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the BJP formed a government, with its leader, Atal Bihari Vajpayee , as prime minister, but it fell prior to a confidence...elections and successfully formed governments, again with Vajpayee as prime minister. In power, the BJP tended to avoid...
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India
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...withdrawal of Congress (I) support led to fresh elections and the formation of a coalition government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) . In 1999 the BJP government fell, but was returned to power in elections...
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