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In pre-independence India, the main parties were the Congress and the Muslim league. There were also many other parties such as the Hindu mahasabha, Justice party, the Akali dal, the Communist party etc. during this period with limited or regional appeal. With the eclipse of the Muslim league due to partition, the Congress party was able to ...
When the Philippines gained independence from the United States on July 4, 1946, Roxas became the first president of the new republic. On March 14, 1947, a military bases agreement between the Philippines and the US entered into force, granting the right to retain the use of certain military bases for a period of 99 years, with some ...
Jawaharlal Nehru, as prime minister 1947-1964, usually with the assistance of Krishna Menon, shaped the new nation's foreign policy.Nehru served concurrently as Minister of External Affairs; he made all major foreign policy decisions himself after consulting with his advisers and then entrusted the conduct of international affairs to senior members of the Indian Foreign Service.
Post and Air Abdur Rab Nishtar: All-India Muslim League: Works, Mines and Power C. H. Bhabha: Indian National Congress: The above is the reconstituted cabinet of 15 October 1946, when Muslim League called off its boycott of participation in the interim government. [7] [8] [9]
He was a strong supporter of the cause to spread Buddhism in the West then gaining increasing public support in Sri Lanka in the immediate post - independence period. At a Public Meeting held at Ananda College, Colombo on 30 May 1953 which was presided by Hon. C.W.W.Kannangara, then Minister of Local Government, to make public the findings of ...
1946–1954: Republic of the Philippines Supported by: United States. 1942–1945: Empire of Japan Second Philippine Republic; 1946–1954: Communist Party. Hukbalahap; Alleged support: Soviet Union. First phase: Huk victory. End of the Occupation in 1945; Tension rises between the U.S Backed government and the Huks; Rebellion resume in 1946
The period is sometimes erroneously described as a golden age for the country's economy. [34] [35] However, by the period's end, the country was experiencing a debt crisis, extreme poverty, and severe underemployment. [34] [36] On the island of Negros, one-fifth of the children under six were seriously malnourished.
The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 is known as the American colonial period, and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on ...