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Jaya Prakash Narayan

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jaya Prakash Narayan 1902-79. Indian political leader. He was a founder (1934) of the Congress Socialist party and later (1952) the Indian Socialist party. He was an opponent of Indira Gandhi and formed the coalition Janata party which successfully opposed her Congress party's bid to retain power (1977), although he did not accept political office. Author not available, NARAYAN, JAYA PRAKASH. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Indian literature
...Urdu and in Persian. Later writers include R. K. Narayan , Raja Rao , Bhabhani Bhattacharya , Ahmed Ali, Khushwant...Mohandas Gandhi , M. N. Roy, Jawaharlal Nehru , and Jaya Prakash Narayan in the field of politics. See also Sanskrit literature... Read more

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Special event to help disaster appeal
; ...hearts of organisers Ann McLarnon and Dr Jaya Prakash, both of whom have lost children in tragic...money raised will also go to the Swami-Narayan Temple charity in London. Volunteers...sub-continent to provide aid to those affected.Dr Prakash has family in Bangalore in southern India... Read more
Fed: Whyalla Airlines chief held in India: newspaper
; ...Sydney Morning Herald says CHRIS BROUGHAM and his brother KYM failed to obtain the necessary clearances to land at Jaya Prakash Narayan International Airport, in the eastern state of Bihar. The newspaper says their Cessna aircraft landed there for... Read more
Forget the revolution, we must find a new goddess Nepal's leaders are fighting Maoist rebels, but the people have a different priority
; ...bound up with national continuity. In the 1750s, King Jaya Prakash Malla made a mistake. One version is that he was playing...in 1768 the Kathmandu Valley was conquered by Prithvi Narayan Shah from the tiny Gorka kingdom, the ancestor of Birendra... Read more

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