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Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai , 1896-1995, Indian political leader. He joined the government in 1956, becoming minister of finance (1958-63). He returned to government in 1967 as deputy prime minister and minister of finance, but in 1969 was maneuvered from office by Indira Gandhi and became leader of... Read more |
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Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi , 1944-91, prime minister of India (1984-89). Oldest son of Indira Gandhi , he flew for Indian Airlines until his brother died in 1981 and he was drafted into politics by his mother. He was elected to parliament and when his mother, Indira Gandhi , was assassinated in 1984 he... Read more |
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P V Narasimha Rao
P. V. Narasimha Rao (Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao) , 1921-2004, Indian politician, prime minister of India (1991-96), b. Hyderabad. A poet, he was active in the Indian National Congress during the struggle for independence and thereafter. He served as a minister (1962-71) and chief minister... Read more |
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Sonia Gandhi
Gandhi, Sonia December 9, 1947 • Orbassano, Italy Politician The story should have had a fairy-tale ending: a beautiful young girl meets her handsome Prince Charming, has two children, and lives happily every after. In 1968, however, when Sonia Maino married Rajiv ... Read more |
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H D Deve Gowda
H. D. Deve Gowda (Haradanahalli Dodde Gowda Deve Gowda) , 1933-, Indian political leader, prime minister of India (1996-97), b. Haradanahalli, Karnataka, S India. A member of a farming family of intermediate caste, he was trained as a civil engineer and won his first seat in the Karnataka state... Read more |
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Harijans
Harijans [children of God], in India, individuals who are at the bottom of or outside the Hindu caste system. They were traditionally sweepers, washers of clothes, leatherworkers, and those whose occupation it was to kill animals. The term is also sometimes applied to the hill tribes of India,... Read more |
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee , 1926-, Indian politician, prime minister of India (1996, 1998-2004). He began his career as a journalist, entering politics as an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate in 1950. He was (1951) a founding member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the Hindu nationalist precursor of the ... Read more |
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Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi , 1917-84, Indian political leader; daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru . She served as an aide to her father, who was prime minister (1947-64), and as minister of information in the government of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964-66). On Shastri's death in 1966, she succeeded as prime... Read more |
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Rajasthan
Rajasthan , state (2001 provisional pop. 56,473,122), 132,150 sq mi (342,269 sq km), NW India, bordered on the west by Pakistan. The capital is Jaipur ; other large cities are Ajmer , Jodhpur , Bikaner , Kota , and Udaipur . In the west of the state is the Thar (Indian) Desert, which is... Read more |
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Neocolonialism
NEOCOLONIALISM. Neocolonialism can be defined as the continuation of the economic model of colonialism after a colonized territory has achieved formal political independence. This concept was applied most commonly to Africa in the latter half of the twentieth century. European countries had... Read more |
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Triumph of will ; Was Indira Gandhi a transition figure, a bridge between the...
...between Nehru's socialistic and today's globalised...both what came before and after. Indira was, globally...sharply-drawn but frozen border...increased under later dispensations...Indira's ... |
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GANDHI QUITS AS INDIA PRIME MINISTER DESPITE MASSIVE LOSSES, HE IS RETURNED...
...claim to power "at this...complete, but the Congress...Venkataraman asked Gandhi to remain...since India's independence in 1947. His mother, Indira Gandhi, was turned...governments for all ... |
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Sonia emerges to take up the dynastic baton ; Sonia Gandhi is only the latest...
...Gandhi's assassination...Lutyens's Delhi, periodically...government for independence. Sonia Gandhi officially...in 1998. But her stiff...husband. She later became an...husband's ... |
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New Indian prime minister announces Cabinet posts delayed by political wrangling
...Cabinet jobs came as the first...born Sonia Gandhi, who was...government but declined...Abdul Kalam late Sunday...challenge came Sunday...nation's integrity...Patil, a Gandhi family loyalist...settle into ... |
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Way clear for Gandhi's widow as Congress leader Kesri steps down.
...by Sonia Gandhi," he said...to see Mrs Gandhi, who has...rallies - but refused to...Mr Kesri's resignation came after it...Narayanan later this week...promoting Mrs Gandhi, even though...years of ... |
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A POLITICAL DYNASTY COMES TO AN END.(Main)
...India for all but six of the 44 years of its independence has come...colony into independence and democracy...daughter Indira Gandhi, to her...family's dreams...and Rajiv. But they all...regional ... |
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Wife, widow, politician: Sonia Gandhi tries to return Congress party _ and...
...in-law, Indira Gandhi, choosing...servants. After Indira was assassinated...Rajiv took power, she did...become the latest in a line...resurgent Gandhi-led Congress...minister.It's ... |
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Rahul Gandhi, latest generation of India's political dynasty, enters politics
...of India's best known...Sonia Gandhi said. "I came here with...Rahul Gandhi is expected...Minister Indira Gandhi...mother's behalf over...procession.But few ... |
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Sonia Gandhi Seeks Congress Party Power
...dynasty to power in a dramatic...minister's wife, then...Now Sonia Gandhi will try...from India's five-stage...elections gave Gandhi's Congress...with some, but that in rural...Seven years ... |
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Sonia Gandhi Appears Likely to Take Office
...Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Seven years later, Congress...Congress to power. The daughter...Italy, Gandhi came to India...politics since independence from British...India's first prime...daughter, ... |
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