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List of presidents of India


Giri resigned to take part in the presidential elections, he was succeeded by Mohammad Hidayatullah as acting president. The 12th president, Pratibha Patil, is the first woman to hold the office, elected in 2007. On 25 July 2017, Ram Nath Kovind took office as the 14th president of India. This list is numbered based on presidents elected after winning an Indian presidential election. The terms of Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Mohammad Hidayatullah, and Basappa Danappa Jatti, who served as acting president, are therefore not numbered or counted as
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List of colonial Governors and Presidents of Madras


1684 when Madras was made a Presidency once and for all. Streynsham Master is the best remembered and most renowned of the Agents of Madras. Madras was elevated to a Presidency in 1684 and remained so until 12 February 1785 when new rules and regulations brought by the Pitt's India Act reformed the administration of the East India Company with the exception of a three-year period of French rule from 1746 to 1749 when Madras was a governorship. Subsequently, Elihu Yale who took charge on 8 August 1684 was the First President of
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List of presidents of India


The president of India is the head of state of India and the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces. The president is referred to as the first citizen of India. Although vested with these powers by the Constitution of India, the position is largely a ceremonial one and executive powers are "de facto" exercised by the prime minister. The president is elected by the Electoral College composed of elected members of the parliament houses, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, and also members of the Vidhan Sabha
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List of Presidents of India by longevity


This is a list of Presidents of India by age. This table can be sorted to display the Presidents by name, order of office, date of birth, age at inauguration, length of retirement, or lifespan. Two measures of longevity are given; this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within the life of each President. The first figure is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; in parentheses the same period given in years and days
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Abhay Sharma


Abhay Sharma (born 30 April 1969) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Delhi, Railways and Rajasthan. As of January 2016, he works as the fielding coach of India A and India Under-19s. Sharma played as a right-handed wicket-keeper batsman, representing teams such as Delhi, Railways, Rajasthan, Central Zone, India under-19s and the Board President's XI. In a career that spanned 1987/88 to 2003/04, he appeared in 89 first-class and 40 List A matches. He
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List of governors of Bihar


The Governor of Bihar is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Bihar. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. Fagu Chauhan is the current governor of Bihar. Zakir Hussain and the 14th president of India Ram Nath Kovind were two such Governors of Bihar who went on to become the President of India. The Governor has: In his ex-officio capacity, the Governor of Bihar is Chancellor of the universities of Bihar (at present 12) as per
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List of presidents of India


the post was established when India was declared as a republic with the adoption of the Indian constitution in 1950. Apart from these fourteen, three acting presidents have also been in office for short periods of time. Varahagiri Venkata Giri became the acting president in 1969 after Zakir Husain, died in office. Giri was elected president a few months later. He remains the only person to have held office both as a president and acting president. Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India, is the only person to have held office
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List of governors of Goa


The Governor of Goa is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Goa. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. Mridula Sinha became the Governor on 26 August 2014. The Governor has: The first Portuguese Governor General was Francisco de Almeida in 1505 and the last Manuel Antonio Vassalo E Silva who left office in 1961. In total there have been 163 Governor Generals. For a complete list see https://web.archive.org/web/20050209202101/http://www.rajbhavangoa.org/html/09_body_portgov.htm . Goa, along with Daman and Diu was a Union
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List of Presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party


and party chiefs have resigned the position to assume posts in Cabinet. After the party's foundation in 1980, Atal Bihari Vajpayee became its first president. He later became the Prime Minister of India, the only BJP President to serve in that position to date. In 1986, Lal Krishna Advani was sworn in as the party president and has been the longest serving president over three different periods. A total of ten people have served as the president of the BJP, including Rajnath Singh who has also served two terms. Amit
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Vanka Pratap


Vanka Pratap (born 21 November 1973) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who represented Hyderabad and India A. He later worked as a selector for the Hyderabad Cricket Association. An all-rounder, Pratap batted right-handed and bowled right-arm medium pace. He made his first-class debut for Hyderabad at the age of 18 in December 1991. He went on to make 83 first-class and 49 List A appearances for Hyderabad, South Zone, Board President's XI, Wills XI and India A.
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List of people from Kerala


Padma Vibhushan is India's second highest civilian honour. The Padma Bhushan is India's third highest civilian honour. (This is not a complete list.) The Padma Shri is India's fourth highest civilian honour. (This is not a complete list.) The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics
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List of governors of Assam


This is a list of Governors of Assam, and other offices of similar scope, from the start of British occupation of the area in 1824 during the First Anglo-Burmese War. The Governor of Assam is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Assam. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. The current governor is Jagdish Mukhi The governor has: In 1824, British forces occupied Assam, which was politically never part of either India or Burma On 24
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List of Vice Presidents of India


of the Council of States. They also decide whether a bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha is a financial bill or not. There have been 13 vice presidents since the inception of the post in 1950. The first vice president of India, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, took oath at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 13 May 1952. He later served as the president. Following the death of Zakir Hussain in 1969, V. V. Giri resigned from the post of vice president to contest the presidential election and got elected. Out of 13 vice presidents,
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Kaderbad Narasinga Rao


again as India's first President. In 1952, Narasinga Rao invited the first Prime Minister of India, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, to Nandyal and arranged a grand meeting at Nandyal Railway Station. During this meeting, he brought the problems of the people in this region to the Prime Minister's attention. He also played host to Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (who was later to become President of India,1962–67) and V. V. Giri, (who was later to become President of India, 1969–74) when they visited Nandyal. He hosted several
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List of chief ministers of Punjab (India)


was Gopi Chand Bhargava of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn-in on 15 August 1947, when India gained independence from the British. He was succeeded by fellow Congressman Bhim Sen Sachar, who was then subsequently replaced after 188 days by former Chief Minister Gopi Chand Bhargava. After a brief term, President Rajendra Prasad placed the Punjab Legislative Assembly under suspension for ninth months to help the state government gets its act together. In 1952, the first state elections took place for the Legislative Assembly. The results of
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List of Presidents of India by longevity


, with the years being the number of whole years the President lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his last birthday. Where the president in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to . All Presidents of independent India so far have been aged over 60 when they assumed office. The median age of accession is roughly 71 years and 8 months, which falls between Prathiba Patil and A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The youngest President to assume office was Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, who was inaugurated
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List of Speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly


presiding officer of the Council was known as the President. The first President, Sir P. Rajagopalachari was not elected but nominated and took office on December 17, 1920. With the introduction of provincial autonomy in 1937, the Council became the upper chamber of a bicameral legislature. The presiding officer of the Council was called as the "Chairman of the Council". This agreement continued in the Republic of India as well till the Council's abolition in 1986. The Government of India Act of 1935 abolished dyarchy and ensured provincial autonomy
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List of Vice Presidents of India


The Vice President of India is the second highest constitutional office in the Government of India after the President. In accordance with Article 65 of the Constitution of India, the vice president discharges the functions of the president when a contingency arises due to the resignation, removal, death, impeachment or the inability of the president to discharge their functions. They are also the "ex officio" chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. The vice president is elected by an electoral college consisting of all
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List of works by C. Rajagopalachari


Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist, politician, writer, politician and leader of the Indian National Congress who served as the last Governor-General of India. He served as the Chief Minister or Premier of the Madras Presidency, Governor of West Bengal, Minister for Home Affairs of the Indian Union and Chief Minister of Madras state. He was the founder of the Swatantra Party and the first recipient of India's highest civilian
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Fortune India 500


media companies. The first issue of Fortune India was published in September 2010 with Dibyendra Nath Mukerjea as the editor and Pavan Varshnei as the president. In October 2011, the publication celebrated its first anniversary with a double issue. The Fortune India 500 list ranks publicly traded companies by their annual audited total income for the financial year ending on or before June 30. The list has been published in its current form since 2010, and also includes financial corporations and service providers, leading by revenue. Indian Oil Corporation topped the 2017
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Central Information Commission


(CIC) and not more than 10 Information Commissioners (IC) who are appointed by the President of India. The first Chief Information Commissioner of India was Wajahat Habibullah. The present Chief Information Commissioner of India is Sudhir Bhargava CIC and members are appointed by the President of India on the recommendation of a committee consisting of—Prime Minister as Chairperson, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha; a Union Cabinet Minister to be nominated by the Prime Minister. There are two woman who became CIC till now first is Ms
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List of places named after C. Rajagopalachari


Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist, politician, writer, statesman and leader of the Indian National Congress who served as the last Governor-General of India. He served as the Chief Minister or Premier of the Madras Presidency, Governor of West Bengal, Minister for Home Affairs of the Indian Union and Chief Minister of Madras state. He was the founder of the Swatantra Party and the first recipient of India's highest civilian
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Hasubhai Zinzuwadia


of Emergency in India Constitution of India Constituent Assembly of India His esteemed wife was Sucheta Kriplani first Woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh India List of Presidents of the Indian National Congress President of India Hasubhai Zinzuwadia acquired Masters Degree in Civil Engineering from NYU New York University New York University . He did his schooling from Diwan Ballubhai School in Kankaria Lake Kankaria Lake in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Maninagar. He also attended Gujarat University Gujarat University. He never played Cricket again . He did his Bachelors Degree from University of Missouri at Rola. His fathers was
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Tamil Nadu cricket team


the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The team was known as Madras until the 1970-71 season before renaming of Madras state to Tamil Nadu. The team is based at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, named after [M. A. Chidambaram] a former president of the BCCI. Established in 1916, it has a capacity of 38,000 and had floodlights installed in 1996. Players from Tamil Nadu who have played for India. "For more details on this topic, see List of Tamil Nadu first-class cricket records, List of
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List of Presidents of Uruguay


Uruguay is a presidential republic in which the President () is both the head of state and head of government. The following is a list of all the people who have held the office of President of Uruguay since 6 November 1830 (when the first constitution was adopted), with the exception of those who held the office of "President" under the National Council of Government, which served as the country's executive directory from 1955 to 1967. The first president of this list is Fructuoso Rivera, who held the office
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List of zamindari estates in Madras Presidency


Zamindaris were established in the Madras Presidency by the government of the British East India Company starting from 1799 onwards. These settlements were established in order to delineate authority to landlords and thereby relieve the ryot from the control of middlemen who often exploited them. Often, these zamindars were Indian Native princes who lost their sovereignty due to British expansion. The zamindari settlement was based on a similar settlement established in Bengal. The Zamindari settlement of Madras was largely unsuccessful and was wrapped up in 1852. However, a few Zamindaris remained till India
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Apollo Hospitals


. The organisation signed a ‘memorandum of understanding’ with Health Education England in April 2016 to provide a large number of doctors to fill vacancies in the English National Health Service. The organisation is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange () and the National Stock Exchange (). It was founded by Dr Prathap C. Reddy in 1983 as the first corporate health care in India. The first branch at Chennai was inaugurated by President of India Zail Singh. Apollo Pharmacy, a unit of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise is India's first and
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Prime minister


, functions and duties of the Prime Minister of India. In India, prime ministerial candidates must be a member of parliament, i.e. of either the Lok Sabha (Lower House) or Rajya Sabha (Upper House). No parliamentary vote takes place on who forms a government. Ireland's constitution (1937), provides for the office of Taoiseach in detail, listing powers, functions and duties. Italy's constitution (1948) lists the powers, functions and duties of the President of the Council of Ministers. Japan's
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List of First Ladies of the United States


Alice Paul. This list included all persons who served as first ladies, regardless of whether they were married to the incumbent president or not, as well as persons who are considered to have acted as first lady and the White House Historical Association. Certain spouses of presidents of the United States are not considered first ladies of the United States. Four presidents were widowed prior to their presidencies: Two presidents were divorced prior to their presidencies: Two presidents remarried after their presidencies: One president was widowed and remarried prior to his presidency
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List of international presidential trips made by Rodrigo Duterte


Imperial Palace. The President had initially scheduled a meeting with the imperial couple during his first trip to Japan in October 2016, but was forced to cancel the meeting following the death of Takahito, Prince Mikasa. President Duterte attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Da Nang. During the sidelines, he met with Russian President Vladimir V. Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Duterte visited New Delhi, India for the 25th ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit and also to attend the 2018 Republic Day celebrations as one of the Chief Guests
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List of governors of Uttarakhand


The governor of Uttarakhand is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President's pleasure. The governor is "de jure" head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected Cabinet of Uttarakhand, headed by the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, who thus hold "de facto" executive authority at the state-level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor
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Clovelly-Kepplestone


wish them to have the benefit of the best modern education combined with healthy and home-life surroundings." There followed a list of dignitaries who had promised to act as referees: The Lord Archbishop of Dublin, Sir Edward Carson, Baron and Baroness de Liser of Bohemia, and the Viceroy and Vicereine of India, Lord and Lady Willingdon. Pupils included a member of the Jordanian Royal Family, the daughter of Muhammed Ali Jinnah, the first President of Pakistan, and HRH Princess Amrit Kaur of Kapurthala, who was later
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List of female Indian governors and lieutenant governors


In India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-nine states. The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President's pleasure. The governor is "de jure" head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers, headed by the chief minister, who thus hold "de facto" executive authority
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Basketball Federation of India


Young Cagers. First national level tournaments were organized in India in 1934. The India national basketball team became a member of FIBA in 1936. The governing body, BFI, was formed in 1950. Poonam Mahajan is the president (and also the first female president) of Basketball Federation of India. The current head of BFI is R.S. Gill. The Indian basketball players have also won several trophies for their country. There are 17 Indian basketball players who have been honored by the Government of India through the Arjuna Award. Two
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List of All India Forward Bloc candidates in the 2014 Indian general election


the cause of the oppressed and weaker sections, who are exploited and victimized". The party fielded G.R. Shivshankar, secretary of its Karnataka state unit, in the Bangalore South seat. He is the president of the labour wing of the party, the Trade Union Coordination Committee (TUCC). No candidates from Kerala were included in the first list released on 21 March 2014. On 11 March 2014 the party chairman K. Velappan Nair stated that the party would contest four seats in the state; Kollam, Idukki, Thrissur and
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List of presidents of India


, the state legislative assemblies. Presidents may remain in office for a tenure of five years, as stated by article 56, part V, of the Constitution of India. In the case where a president's term of office is terminated early or during the absence of the president, the vice president assumes office. By article 70 of part V, the parliament may decide how to discharge the functions of the president where this is not possible, or in any other unexpected contingency. There have been 14 presidents of India since
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Tiya: A Parrot's Journey Home


. And Hans, the Guru who guides unobtrusively but decisively. Tiya is available in 6 languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, Indonesian, Gujarati, Kannada. It is also available in audio form.The movie "Tiya" is under progress with Edgeworx Studios, LLC, New York. Tiya bagged comments from former President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam who wrote in 2009, " for the first time I have read a great book in the past five years ". Later he listed the book in
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Indian order of precedence


The order of precedence of the Republic of India is the protocol list (hierarchy of important positions) in which the functionaries, dignitaries and officials are listed according to their rank and office in the Government of India. The order is established by the President of India, through the President's Secretariat and is maintained by the Ministry of Home Affairs. It is only used to indicate ceremonial protocol and has no legal standing and does not reflect the Indian presidential line of succession or the co-equal status of the separation of powers
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List of diplomatic missions of the United States


. The first overseas consulate of the fledgling United States was founded in 1790 at Liverpool, Great Britain, by James Maury Jr., who was appointed by Washington. Maury held the post from 1790 to 1829. Liverpool was at the time Britain's leading port for transatlantic commerce and therefore of great economic importance to the United States. President George Washington, on November 19, 1792, nominated Benjamin Joy of Newbury Port as the first U.S. Consul to Kolkata (then Calcutta), India. Joy was not recognized as consul by
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Dave Hayer


annually given to people of Indian heritage that no longer live in India, who have achieved excellence in their chosen fields of endeavour. The award was presented by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the President of India, at a ceremony in New Delhi, India for Hayer's "active leadership in the community, his contributions to public service and for his achievements in government." Hayer was the second Canadian to be presented with this honour. In 2008, Hayer was included by the Vancouver Sun in its list of the 100
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List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen


In the Republic of India, the various central and state legislatures are presided by either a Speaker or a Chairman. A speaker is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha and of the legislative assembly of each of twenty-nine states and two union territories (Delhi and Puducherry). Similarly a chairman heads the Rajya Sabha and the legislative council of each of seven states. This is the list of current Speakers and Chairmen of both houses of the Parliament of India (respectively): This is the list of current Speakers and
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List of presidents of India


for two terms. Seven presidents have been members of a political party before being elected. Six of these were active party members of the Indian National Congress. The Janata Party has had one member, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, who later became president. Two presidents, Zakir Husain and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, have died in office. Their vice presidents served as acting presidents until a new president was elected. Following Zakir Husain's death, two acting presidents held office until the new president, V. V. Giri, was elected. When
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Seema Rao


featured both Seema & Komal Rao, the mother-daughter wonder women duo via the Times News Network. Dr. Seema Rao was rated No. 6 in the 2019 Forbes India W-Power Trailblazer list. Dr. Seema received India's highest civilian honour for women Nari Shakti Puraskar from His Excellency the President of India in 2019. Rao has co-authored the first "Encyclopedia of Close Combat Ops" training in the world, produced solely for Indian forces as well as the first Indian book on world terrorism — "A Comprehensive
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List of HNK Hajduk Split presidents


HNK Hajduk Split is a professional football club based in Split, Croatia, which plays in the Prva HNL. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of president of Hajduk Split from 1911, when the first president was appointed, to the present day. The first president of Hajduk Split was Kruno Kolombatović, who was in charge from 1911 to 1912. Longest serving president in Hajduk's history was Tito Kirigin who spent ten years at the position. He was also the most successful president, with Hajduk winning
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South Asian foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration


energy of the international community to resolve security issues in the (South Asia) region." The first official state dinner of Barack Obama's administration was held in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who visited the United States on November 24, 2009. This official state visit followed a visit to India by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in July. President Obama became the first US president to be the chief guest of India's Republic Day celebrations of India held on 26 January 2015. India and the US held their
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List of Prime Ministers of India


The Prime Minister of India is the chief executive of the Government of India. In India's parliamentary system, the Constitution names the President as head of state "de jure", but his or her "de facto" executive powers are vested in the prime minister and their Council of Ministers. Appointed and sworn-in by the President, the prime minister is usually the leader of the party or alliance that has a majority in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India. Since 1947, India has
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1951 Asian Games


the reader. On 4 March 1951, the First Asian Games were officially opened. The list of the guests included— India's first President Rajendra Prasad, first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, cabinet members of Indian Government, diplomatic corps and representatives of participating Asian NOCs. The National Stadium was filled with an estimated 40,000 spectators. A 31-gun salute was fired from the ramparts of the Purana Quila, adjacent to the National Stadium, in the honour of guests and participants of first Asian Games. After a speech by the
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Goans in football


This page is about Goan achievers in the world of sports. Goa is a tiny region along the west coast of India, and is known for its many sportsmen. This page lists out the names of Goan soccer players who have represented India in international matches, along with the year of their first international cap. The first Goan to have played for India, representing Goa, is Menino Figuereido who represented India on a goodwill tour of Russia in 1963. This tour is not considered an official tour and some say the first
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List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu


The complete list of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu consists of the heads of government in the history of the state of Tamil Nadu in India since 1920. The area under the present-day state of Tamil Nadu has been part of different territorial configurations under Madras Presidency and Madras State in its history. The Madras Presidency, headquartered in Fort St. George, India, was a province of British India that comprised present day Tamil Nadu, the Malabar region of North Kerala, the coastal and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh, and the
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List of governors of Tamil Nadu


The Governor of Tamil Nadu is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Like all states, the governor is a nominal head and representative of the President of India. The governor is appointed by the president for a five-year term. This list includes both nominated and acting heads of state in the history of the state of Tamil Nadu in India since 1946. The area under the present-day state of Tamil Nadu has been part of different territorial configurations under Madras Presidency and Madras State in its history
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Flag of India


"charkha" was replaced by the Ashoka Chakra representing the eternal wheel of law. The philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who later became India's first Vice President and second President, clarified the adopted flag and described its significance as follows: A number of flags with varying designs were used in the period preceding the Indian Independence Movement by the rulers of different princely states; the idea of a single Indian flag was first raised by the British rulers of India after the rebellion of 1857, which resulted in the establishment of direct imperial rule
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Influence and legacy of Swami Vivekananda


to serve mankind considering them manifestations of God "daridranarayan" (meaning: "poverty stricken god"). According to Indian independence activist and social worker C. Rajagopalachari who became the first Indian Governor General of India, Vivekananda saved Hinduism and India. He stated that we owe everything to Vivekananda. The first Vice-President and the second President of independent India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan said that Vivekananda's was born in a "critical period" when the nation and her people were collapsing in "despair, frustration and hopelessness" and in
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List of governors of Bombay


based attacks. Over the next two centuries, the British dominated the region, first securing the archipelago from the Portuguese, and later defeating the Marathas to secure the hinterland. Bombay Presidency was one of the three Presidencies of British India; the other two being Madras Presidency, and Bengal Presidency. It was in the centre-west of the Indian subcontinent on the Arabian Sea. It was bordered to the north-west, north, and north-east by Baluchistan, the British province of Punjab, and the Princely state
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Hockey India


Pain and Dreams’ which captures the glorious journey of one of India’s most celebrated sports. Shri Arun Jaitley, who was the Hon'ble Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs at that point, released the book alongside FIH & IOA President Dr. Narinder Dhruv Batra, Hockey India President Mohd. Mushtaque Ahmad, Hockey India Secretary General Mr. Rajinder Singh and Hockey India CEO Ms. Elena Norman, the book publishers and editors as well as prominent and legendary Indian Hockey players. The first-of-its-kind book is enriched with a
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Épuration légale


senators, but presided over by the first President of the Court of Cassation, assisted by the President of the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation and by the first President of the Appeal Court of Paris. It was also composed of 24 juries, randomly chosen on two lists of a dozen each. The first list included 40 senators or deputies in function on 1 September 1939, who had not voted the full powers to Pétain on 10 July 1940 (the Vichy 80). The second list was composed of 50 persons
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List of governors of Bombay


state of Gujarat, northwestern part of Karnataka state, the British territory of Aden in Yemen, and the western two-thirds of modern-day Maharashtra. During British rule, a Governor was the chief administrative and political officer of Bombay. The executive Government of the Presidency was administered by the Governor. He had the same power and right in the Presidency as the Governor-General of India, and observed the same order and course in their proceedings. Governors of Bombay and Madras Presidencies, who were appointed by the British
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan


Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (5 September 1888 – 17 April 1975) was an Indian philosopher and statesman who served as the first Vice President of India (1952–1962) and the second President of India (1962–1967). One of India's most distinguished twentieth-century scholars of comparative religion and philosophy, after completing his education at Madras Christian College in 1911, he became Assistant Professor and later Professor of Philosophy at Madras Presidency College then subsequently Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mysore (1918-1921); the King George V Chair
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List of Presidents of the Methodist Conference


site has collated the list for the Primitive Methodist presidents from their first conference up to union of 1932. The gap in the Wesleyan records is filled from entries in the "Methodist Who's Who" of 1912 and the Wesleyan Historical Society "Dictionary of Methodism" The Methodist Church of Great Britain website has a list of Presidents (and lay Vice-Presidents) since 2000. Additional information on twentieth century Presidents is provided by the Manchester University's "Methodist Archives and Research Centre". In 1932 each denomination held a conference
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India at the 1920 Summer Olympics


India sent its first Olympic team to the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, some twenty years after a single athlete (Norman Pritchard) competed for India in 1900 (see India at the 1900 Summer Olympics). In his opening remarks during a 1919 sports meet at the Deccan Gymkhana, Poona, the Gymkhana President Sir Dorabji Tata expressed a desire for India to take part in the forthcoming 1920 Olympics. He requested Governor of Bombay Lloyd George, who presided over and distributed prizes at this sports meet, to secure representation
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Saffron (color)


the color of India saffron. India saffron, white and what is now called India green were chosen for the three bands, representing courage and sacrifice, peace and truth, and faith and chivalry respectively. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who later became India's first Vice President and second President, described the significance of the Indian National Flag as follows: Homer's "Iliad" : "Now when Dawn in robe of saffron was hastening from the streams of Okeanos, to bring light to mortals and immortals, Thetis reached the ships with
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List of presidents of Ethiopia


first immediate President (Meles Zenawi) has to be considered an "Interim President". Since the formal establishment of the office of President in 1987, there have been 6 official presidents. The President is the head of state of Ethiopia. The current president is Sahle-Work Zewde, who is also the first female president of Ethiopia, elected on 25 October 2018 by members of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly. In the list, the "Chairmen of the Derg" are considered to be "heads of state" – but
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List of Tamil people


This is a list of notable Tamils. The Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian honour. The Padma Vibhushan is India's second highest civilian honour. The Padma Bhushan is India's third highest civilian honour. The Padma Shri is India's fourth highest civilian honour. The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in 1957 in memory of Ramon Magsaysay, the late president of the Philippines. It is often considered to be Asia's Nobel Prize. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema, given annually by the Government
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William Stevenson Meyer


military upon request. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) in the 1915 Birthday Honours list. Appointed President of the Central Recruiting Board in 1917, he succeeded in attracting large numbers of recruits. He retired the following year. For his long service in India, he was appointed a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) on 27 September 1918. Sir William was appointed the first High Commissioner for India on 19 September 1920, with J. W.
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K. S. Chithra


. She is considered as the one among the "First ladies" of India who was honoured by the President of India Chithra is a recipient of six National Film Awards (most by any female singer in India), eight Filmfare Awards South and 36 different state film awards. She has won all the four south Indian state film awards. She was honored with India's civilian honor Padma Shri in 2005. She is the first Indian woman who was honored by House of Commons, British Parliament, United Kingdom in 1997.
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History of Madras Presidency


Madras Presidency from the French, who had held it until that point, by the Mughal Emperor. It was in the 1760s that war first broke out between the Madras Presidency and the Kingdom of Mysore under Hyder Ali, but was amicably resolved by a mutual restitution of conquered territories. In September 1774, by the terms of the Pitt's India Act, which was passed by the British Parliament to regulate the administration of territories owned by the British East India Company and to create an unified authority, the President of Madras was
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Ministry of Law and Justice (India)


appointed by the President of India on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of India. The first Law and Justice minister of independent India was B. R. Ambedkar, who served in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet during 1947–52. Ravi Shankar Prasad is the current minister for law and justice in India. Ministry of law and justice is the oldest limb of the government of India dating back to 1833 when the Charter Act 1833 was enacted by the British Parliament when India was under British control. The said Act vested for the first time
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List of Pakistan Movement activists


larger group which also includes all those who, whether as politicians, jurists, statesperson, soldiers, diplomats, academicians, or ordinary citizens, took part in winning the independence of four provinces in the north-west region of British India from the control of the United Kingdom and also from the influence of the Indian Congress; this creating Pakistan. The following is a list of people who played a prominent role in making of Pakistan as independence activists, leaders, freedom fighters and revolutionaries. In 1905, the Bengal presidency's
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List of presidents of Egypt


This article lists the Presidents of Egypt since the establishment of that office in 1953. The president is the head of state of Egypt and the Supreme Commander of the Egyptian Armed Forces. The current president is Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who became president in 2014 after a coup d'etat by the military to take Mohammed Morsi out of the president's palace. The first president of Egypt was Mohamed Naguib, one of the leaders of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, who took office on 18 June 1953, the day on which
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President of India


The President of India is the ceremonial head of state of India and the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces. The president is indirectly elected by an electoral college comprising the Parliament of India (both houses) and the legislative assemblies of each of India's states and territories, who themselves are all directly elected. Although the of the Constitution of India states that the president can exercise his powers directly or by subordinate authority, with few exceptions, all of the executive powers vested in the president are, in
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Gazetted Officer (India)


officials. An officer or public servant, who is appointed under the seal of the Governor at State level or by the President of India at the national level (and in the Union Territories), requires being listed in the Indian Gazette or State Government Gazette and is considered to be a Gazetted Officer. Many are honourary Justices of the Peace and have the same standing as some of the Magistrates. Such officers, among other functions, have the power to verify the documents for academic, immigration and other purposes. The Central
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Presidency armies


lies in the origins of the Presidency Armies which preceded them. The first purely Indian troops employed by the British were watchmen employed in each of the Presidencies of the British East India Company to protect their trading stations. These were all placed in 1748 under one Commander-in-Chief, Major-General Stringer Lawrence who is regarded as the "Father of the Indian Army". From the mid-eighteenth century, the East India Company began to maintain armies at each of its three main stations, or Presidencies of British
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Salman Khan


ahead of US President Barack Obama in the list of The Most Admired Personalities of India. In September 2015, the International Business Times declared him "The Most Attractive Personality" in India. He also became the only actor to collect over domestic net in a single year in India. Khan was ranked the second "Most Googled Indian of 2015" and first among Bollywood actors. On 24 April 2016 the Indian Olympic Association appointed the actor as the Indian Olympic contingent's goodwill ambassador for the 2016 Summer Olympics. In August 2017
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India Evangelical Lutheran Church


Lutheran World Federation Council of Churches in India. It is a member church in the United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India (UELCI) - a communion of Lutheran Churches. The current president of the IELC is Rev. Suviseshamuthu, who was elected as president of the IELC in May 2017, succeeding President Gambeeram, who presided at the election; President Suviseshamuthu's election was also observed by two representative of the Office of International Mission of the LCMS. LCMS representatives likewise witnessed the rightful election of Rev. Gambeeram on 27 May 2014, who
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List of fictional presidents of the United States (N–R)


The following is a list of fictional United States presidents, N through R. President Elaine Nakamura President Gary Nance President Napper President Julian Navarro President Jack Neil President Nelson President D. Wire Newman President Newton President Nguyen A woman President, first name unknown. Involved in the Immortality War (often known simply as "The War"), fought worldwide between the rich who could afford the Becker-Cendrek pills which made then immune to dying of old age, and the others who could not afford them and violently resented it. As the
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Index of India-related articles


– Lingsugur – Lipu-Lekh pass – List of cities in India – List of firsts in India – List of Gujarati-language television channels – List of Hindus – List of Indian Americans – List of Indian cities on rivers – List of Indian companies – List of Indian composers – List of Indian districts – List of Indian movie actresses – List of Indian television stations – List of Indians – List of Indians by state – List of islands of India – List of Mughal emperors – List of people by India state – List
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Saint Thomas Christians


20 March 1948 with President A. J. John, Anaparambil, a Saint Thomas Christian leader in the chair. In the three-member Cabinet of Travancore formed after the first general elections in 1948, Varghese was a Cabinet Minister. However the first Saint Thomas Christian to become a minister in the central government of India was Padma Vibhushan John Mathai, who served as India's first Railway Minister and subsequently as India's Finance Minister, taking office shortly after the presentation of India's first Budget, in 1948. On 1 November 1956
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List of national founders


of India include Jawaharlal Nehru who served as the 1st Prime Minister of India (1947–64), Vallabhbhai Patel who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister of India and Home Minister of India and was pivotal in helping merge erstwhile Princely States with the Indian Union, C. Rajagopalachari who served as the last Governor-General of India, Subhas Chandra Bose, J. B. Kripalani and Abul Kalam Azad with Bose also founding the revolutionary Indian National Army during World War II. Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta are the founders of Indonesia. They both signed
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Board of Control for Cricket in India


The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. The board was formed in December 1928 as a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act. It is a consortium of state cricket associations and the state associations select their representatives who in turn elect the BCCI Chief. Its headquarters are in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Grant Govan was its first president and Anthony De Mello its first secretary In 1912, an all-India cricket team visited England for the first
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Sport in India


the 2015 Presidents Cup. Other Indians who have won the Asian Tour Order of Merit are Jyoti Randhawa in 2002 (the first Indian to do so), and Arjun Atwal, who went on in 2010 to become the first India-born player to become a member of the US-based PGA Tour and win the 2010 Wyndham Championship. In golf at the Asian Games, India's men's golf team won gold at the 1982 Asian Games, and silver at the 2006 Asian Games. Lakshman Singh won the individual gold
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Golf in India


Tour wins. He qualified for the 2015 Presidents Cup. Other Indians who have won the Asian Tour Order of Merit are Jyoti Randhawa in 2002 (the first Indian to achieve this) and Arjun Atwal, who went on in 2010 to become the first India-born player to become a member of the US-based PGA Tour and win the 2010 Wyndham Championship. In golf at the Asian Games, India's men's golf team won gold at the 1982 Asian Games and silver at the 2006 Asian Games. Lakshman Singh
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List of Chennai Corporation zones


The city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India, is managed by the Corporation of Chennai. Established as Madras Corporation in 1688, it is the oldest municipal body in India. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 200 councillors each of whom represents a ward. the mayor of Chennai is Saidai Sa. Duraisamy. Prior to its expansion in late 2011, the city occupied an area of ; its merger with 42 local bodies at that time more than doubled its extent, resulting in a combined area of .
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University of Pennsylvania


Fourteen heads of state or government have attended or graduated from Penn, including current president Donald Trump, former president William Henry Harrison, who attended the medical school for less than a semester; former Prime Minister of the Philippines Cesar Virata; the first president of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe; the first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah; and the current president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara. Other notable politicians who hold a degree from Penn include India's Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha, current ambassador to Russia, former
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Femina Miss India


Miss United Continent and Miss Universal Peace and Humanity. The following is the list of Indian winners in the Big Four international beauty pageants: The following is the list of Indian winners in various minor international pageants: The following is the list of India's multiple victories in major international pageants: In 2008, president of Gladrags, Maureen Wadia, served a legal notice to the newly crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India Earth 2008, Harshita Saxena for violation of a two-year exclusive contract with Gladrags which had been signed by Harshita in
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Thaika Shuaib


has had 6 prints of 37,000 copies since 2006. On 7 May 1994, the 9th President of India, Shankar Dayal Sharma, presented Shuaib with the "National Award for Outstanding Arabic Scholar" — a first for a Tamil Muslim Islamic scholar. In 2013, Shuaib was listed for the first time in "The 500 Most Influential Muslims" by Georgetown University’s Prince Alwaleed Bin-Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan. On 27 April 2016, the 7th President of Sri
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Aaron Baker


Aaron Eli Baker (1610–1683) of Bowhay in the parish of Exminster, near Exeter, Devon, was an English colonial agent of the Honourable East India Company, who served as the first President of the Madras Presidency (1652-1655). He was for the duration of twenty years President of Bantam in the East Indies. He made a fortune in the East India trade. Baker was born in the parish of Alphington, near Exeter, Devon, as is recorded on his mural monument in Dunchideock Church. Baker was
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Supreme Court of India


in a Memorandum of Procedure being followed, for the appointments. Judges used to be appointed by the president on the advice of the union cabinet. After 1993 (the Second Judges' Case), no minister, or even the executive collectively, can suggest any names to the president, who ultimately decides on appointing them from a list of names recommended only by the "collegium" of the judiciary. Simultaneously, as held in that judgment, the executive was given the power to reject a recommended name. However, according
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List of presidents of the United States by age


This is a list of presidents of the United States by age. The first table charts the age of each United States president at the time of presidential inauguration (first inauguration if elected to multiple and consecutive terms), upon leaving office, and at the time of death. Where the president is still living, their lifespan is calculated up to . The second table includes those presidents who had the distinction among their peers of being the oldest living president, and charts both when they became and ceased to be "oldest living
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List of East Bengal F.C. records and statistics


League over the previous season. The award was started in 2008-09 season. List of East Bengal FC players to have won the prestigious award: East Bengal FC recruited Majid Bishkar who became the first player to have played in India who have represented his country at the FIFA World Cup. There were a few whom followed: As Technical Director AIFF Coach/Manager of the Year is presented to the best Coach/Manager in India over the previous calendar year. List of East Bengal FC managers/coaches to have won
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Sunil Sahu


family—his father, a grandfather and two uncles were involved in India's independence movement. Sahu attended L.S. College in Muzaffarpur, where he was influenced by the faculty who carried on the legacy of nationalist leaders who had taught at that college a generation earlier, such as Dr. Rajendra Prasad, India's first President (1950–62), Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, a Hindi nationalist poet, and J.B. Kripalani, President of Indian National Congress at the time of the country's independence in 1947. Sahu received his Bachelor's degree in
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List of addresses to the Oireachtas


addressed Dáil Éireann sitting alone; those are also listed below. The standing orders of Seanad Éireann more readily allow addresses by non-members: see the list of addresses to Seanad Éireann. On 28 April 1949, Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India, was received on the floor of the Dáil; he did not make a speech. On 21 January 2019, a programme of events in the Mansion House, to mark the centenary of the First Dáil, included an address by President Michael D. Higgins and a joint
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Ethiopia–India relations


year. In 1950 the countries formalised their diplomatic ties and Sardar Sant Singh was appointed India's first Ambassador to Ethiopia. The two countries have since exchanged several visits at the level of Heads of State with Emperor Haile Selassie, Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam and former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi paying state visits to India. Presidents S. Radhakrishnan and V V Giri, Vice President Zakir Hussain and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have led Indian state visits to Ethiopia. Ethiopia's ties with India were especially strong under Prime Minister Meles Zenawi who
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List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium


M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, formerly known as the Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, is a sports ground in Bangalore, India that has hosted international cricket matches along with provincial games. Named after M. Chinnaswamy, former President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it is the home ground of the Karnataka cricket team and the Indian Premier League team Royal Challengers Bangalore. The ground has a capacity of 36,000 spectators for international matches. It has hosted international cricket matches since its first Test match in 1974, between India
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List of Prime Ministers of Guyana


This is a list of the Prime Ministers of Guyana, from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister of British Guiana in 1953 to the present day. The prime minister, who also holds the office of First Vice President, is not the head of government in Guyana. Rather, they are an elected member of the National Assembly who is the principal assistant and advisor to the president as well as the leader of government business in the Assembly. The prime minister assumes the office of president if the presidency becomes vacant.
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Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan)


and commanded a Brigade in mountainous South Waziristan. When the United Kingdom announced the partition British India into India and Pakistan, he was one of the most senior serving officers in the British Indian Army who decided to opt for Pakistan in 1947. At the time of his joining, the Indian Army sent the military seniority list to Pakistan's Ministry of Defence (MoD) where he was the 10th ranking officer in terms of seniority with Service No. PA-010. In the early part of 1948, he was given the command of
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Muhammad Ismail


provincial assemblies elected members to serve in the Indian Constituent Assembly which also doubled as the first Parliament of independent India, Ismail was elected to the Constituent Assembly from Madras Presidency. When India was partitioned and Pakistan was born in August 1947, the Muslim League also split into Indian and Pakistani sections. The Indian members of the League who did not migrate to Pakistan, formed the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). Ismail became its first president. In 1952, he was elected to the Upper house of the Indian Parliament -
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List of films considered the worst


zero out of five. "Times of India" stated that "Aag" "destroyed Bollywood's greatest film" and acknowledged that some "consider it the world's worst film". "Hindustan Times" awarded it the "Lifetime's Worst Ever Movie Award". It came in first in a "FHM India" list of the 57 worst movies ever made. "Total Film" included it in their list of the 66 worst films of all time. Amitabh Bachchan, who appeared in the original film and returned
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First Ladies and Gentlemen of India


The First Lady or First Gentleman of India is the unofficial title and position traditionally held by the wife or husband of the President of India during that person's term of office. There are no official roles or duties assigned to the spouse but he or she generally attends the official ceremonies and functions held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan along with the President. The position of First Lady of India is currently held by Savita Kovind, wife of President Ram Nath Kovind. She assumed the position after her husband took the oath of office to
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List of SAARC summits


Sri Lanka and the prime ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal. The twelfth summit was held in Islamabad, on 4–6 January 2004, and was attended by the presidents of the Maldives and Sri Lanka and the prime ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan. The thirteenth summit was held in Dhaka, on 12–13 November 2005, and was attended by the prime ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Pakistan, the presidents of the Maldives and Sri Lanka, and the king of Nepal and attended
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Central Legislative Assembly


General Election (1934) for the Central Legislative Assembly was 1,415,892." The presiding officer (or speaker) of the Assembly was called the President. While the Government of India Act 1919 provided for the President to be elected, it made an exception in the case of the first President, who was to be appointed by the Government. The Governor-General appointed Frederick Whyte, a former Liberal member of the British House of Commons who had been a parliamentary private secretary to Winston Churchill. Sachchidananda Sinha was the Deputy President
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President's Bodyguard


also divided in 2:1 ratio between India and Pakistan. GGBG was no exception, so Muslim elements of the unit went to Pakistan & Sikhs, Jats and Rajput elements stayed with India. The title of the Body Guard remained GGBG till 26 January 1950 when India became a republic & GGBG became President's Body Guard. The title remained GGBG in Pakistan until it became a republic 1956. The first commandant of the regiment was Lt. Col. Thakur Govind Singh and his adjutant was Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, who decided to join Pakistan
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