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    The Republic of India perpetuates an apprehension of threats on a daily basis. Neighboring or nearby countries, such as: China, Russia, Pakistan, and Iran, all pose deliberate peril to the economy, political stability, and military focal point of this rising world power. Amid constant global struggles for many nations to remain buoyant, India’s economy and infrastructure have shown a consistent, yet dramatic increase of substantial margins annually. India occupies a great dynamism that…

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    “I don’t like to catalogue our achievements….There is nothing tangible about such things. I would say our greatest achievement is to have survived as a free and democratic nation” (Indira Gandhi1). This statement was made by Indira Gandhi, a former prime minister of India. During her time as prime minister, she made a lot of strides toward political and economic independence. Gandhi had an exciting childhood, personal life, and four term political career. On November 19, 1917, Indira…

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    in 1910 where the white minority 's still are superior. The whites seen blacks as a threat because there was a greater population of them which made the whites feel overruled. White believed in social darwinism. Blacks made up to 75%. In 1948 the National Party came to power and pass Apartheid Laws. One example of apartheid laws were blacks and whites couldn 't be together, if white and black were having sexual relations they would take photos for breaking the law and arrested, you would have to…

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    Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela a revolutionary and philanthropic, South-African, who contributed to the end of apartheid. He was one of greats who impacted the world. He did many things, but the biggest impact was ending apartheid for South-Africans. He started as a young poor boy, then grow up to be the President of South Africa. Nelson did many things to change how blacks was treated in South Africa while he was growing up. He went to groups and did many things to represent blacks, and…

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    One major advocate for Indian independence was Mohandas Gandhi. He quickly became the leader the Indian National Congress due to his persistence, strong will, and his continuous acts of civil disobedience. In a complaint he makes about imperialism, Gandhi states, “You English committed one supreme crime against my people. For a hundred years you have done everything…

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    In this time period of the Apartheid there was one group called the ANC or African National Congress; this was the group that opposed this law. Our main character Eleanor was a part of this ANC group who opposed the movement. Her actions of being in the ANC as a white female was costly as one day a government official (Grobler) started searching…

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    An Analysis of the Historical Development of Successful Democratic Institutions in India The problem of “third world status” has been a major barrier to the development of India as a democratic government throughout the 20th century. British colonialism provided the foundation for a parliamentary system in India, which soon become a means in which Indian nationalism arose and overthrew the occupiers through democratization and popular support. However, over the course of Indian independence in…

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    Rubin “Hurricane” Carter and Nelson Mandela were both two powerful black leaders who were both sentenced to prison for innocent reasons. Carter and Mandela both fought for the inequality around the world, but yet were from different sides of the world. Carter was from the United States of America, and Mandela was from South Africa. Although these two men were both in prison, it does not mean they were terrible men, however, they actually made the world a better place with their prestige and…

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    under the African National Parliament. Within the National Parliament there are two houses of delegates, which are called the National Assembly of Provinces and the National Council of Provinces. These houses are further broken down into 13 different political parties to make up the African National Parliament. Shared between the two houses of Parliament are 400-delegate seats. The majority stake holder in reference to the number of seats taken is held by the African National Congress within the…

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    Segregation was in South Africa even before apartheid became a law. Racial segregation was always a problem in South Africa after their colonization. South Africa was colonized by the English and the Dutch in the 1800s. Racial segregation was used by the justice system to suppress Black South Africans to maintain white dominance. Black South Africans were given harsh punishment for petite crimes that they committed. The justice system was in place to protect white South African at all means.…

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