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Indian National Congress
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......sought dominion status for India, and a militant faction under...voted for neutrality. When India came under Japanese attack...from Great Britain toward a democratic government in return for cooperation...the largest party, governed India under Nehru's leadership......
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Sri Lanka
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......ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri...the Indian Ocean, just SE of India. The capital is Sri Jayewardenapura...end is almost linked to SE India by Adam's Bridge, a chain...imported. The United States, India, and Great Britain are the......
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Bowles, Chester Bliss
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......he was appointed (1951) ambassador to India, where he served until 1953. From 1959...Representatives. Chosen chairman of the Democratic platform committee for the 1960 national...Again appointed (1963) ambassador to India, he served until 1969. Among his writings......
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Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
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......of New York City, he became active in Democratic party politics in the 1950s. With...Nixon. He later served as ambassador to India (1973–75) and to the United Nations...neoconservatives, and a strong supporter of Democratic presidents Carter and Clinton. He chaired......
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São Tomé and Principe
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......tŏŏmĕ´, prēn´sēpə), officially Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Principe...on the shipping routes to Brazil and India.São Tomé and Principe became...candidate of the opposition Independent Democratic Action party (ADI), was elected president......
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Whitman, Walt
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......editorship of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, a Democratic party paper; he lost this job...invalid state. His prose collection Democratic Vistas had appeared in 1871, and his last long poem, "Passage to India," was published in the 1871 edition......
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Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of
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......and in 1796 went with his regiment to India. After his brother's appointment (1797) as governor-general of India, he received command of a division in...and the aristocrat's distrust of democratic institutions, lent his great prestige......
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Galbraith, John Kenneth
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......returning (1949) to Harvard. An adviser to Democratic presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt...1961–63) U.S. ambassador to India. He rejoined the Harvard faculty in 1963...69) as chairman of Americans for Democratic Action. A Keynesian economist and a......
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Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer
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......called Fourth Party, which advocated a new conservatism, more democratic and more receptive to the need for social and political reforms...new Tory government in 1885. He was secretary of state for India (1885–86) and chancellor of the exchequer and leader......
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Maldives
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......southernmost island of Gan in 1976, first the Soviet Union, then India and Sri Lanka courted Maldivian favor. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom...election of the president, multiparty elections, and other democratic reforms; two months later, Mohamed Nasheed was elected president......