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Although largely ceremonial post, Murmu's election as tribal woman was historic. [200] India celebrated 75 years of its independence from the British Empire on 15 August 2022. [201] In April 2023, India surpassed China to become the most populous country on the earth with a population of over 1.425 billion. [202]
Soon after he arrived, Mountbatten concluded that the situation was too volatile for even that short a wait. Although his advisers favoured a gradual transfer of independence, Mountbatten decided the only way forward was a quick and orderly transfer of independence before 1947 was out. In his view, any longer would mean civil war. [37]
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.
[citation needed] In 1972, Pakistan's core intelligence service, the ISI, secretly learned that India was close to developing an atomic bomb, under its (India) nuclear programme. [7] Partially in response, defence expenditure and funding of science under then-Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto increased by 200%. [7]
In writing the book, Guha consulted the private papers of several important Indian personalities, as well as newspaper records, housed at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. The private papers of Indian independence activist and politician C Rajagopalachari and P N Haksar , Indira Gandhi 's principal secretary 1967 and 1973, were ...
27 January: It is announced that at least 18 people have been killed in the past two weeks by toxic chemicals from factories in Karachi, Sindh. [309] 29 January: 2023 Lasbela bus crash: At least 41 people are killed and two others are injured when a bus plunges off a bridge and bursts into flames in Lasbela District, Balochistan. [310]
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 ...
(born 1946) 30 June 2004 23 August 2004 54 days — Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Second shortest-tenured Prime Minister. He was elected by the Parliament and served a 54-day period before Shaukat Aziz replaced him. [32] 15 Shaukat Aziz. شوکت عزیز (born 1949) 28 August 2004 15 November 2007 3 years, 79 days — Pakistan Muslim League (Q)