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Motilal Nehru was one of the prominent leaders of the Indian National Congress (INC) and father of India’s first premier, Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964). Descended from a Kashmir Brahmin family, Motilal was born on May 6, 1861, to Gangadhar and Jeorani in Agra. He studied at Muir Central College, …
In his acceptance speech at the 1932 Democratic National Convention, Franklin Delano Roosevelt pledged “a new deal for the American people.” The term was subsequently used to describe the spate of government programs and reform laws enacted during the first months of Roosevelt’s presidency in 1933; 15 major …
The New Economic Policy (NEP) was the transition from an inherent policy of “military communism” food surplus requisitioning to regular food taxation accompanied by liberalization of internal trade and a state monopoly on international trade and heavy industry. The introduction of the NEP was the result of the …
Historians widely credit the Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP) as the first political party in Nigeria. Herbert Macaulay formed the NNDP in 1922 by organizing a number of Yoruba interest groups into a cohesive single group with the intent of competing politically. In the 1922 elections for the …
In 1923 Sun Yat-sen made an agreement with the Soviet Union that helped him reorganize the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), and provided military aid to build an army. His price was to admit members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to the KMT, where many were given …
During the annual convention of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP) in Nuremberg on September 15, 1935, the “Nuremberg laws” were passed. This new legislation built the basis for the fascist policies of the Third Reich under Adolf Hitler that led to the extermination of Jews in …
The Nuremberg Trials generally refers to the trials against members of the German leadership for war crimes committed in the period leading up to and during World War II. The decision to try these individuals was made during the war. In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the …
Nysaland is the name for the former British protectorate that is the present-day country of Malawi. Modern Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) form the nation’s borders. A number of native ethnic groups inhabit the Nyasaland region, including the Chewa, the Yaos, the Lowmes, the Tonga, …
The president of Mexico from 1920 until 1924, General Álvaro Obregón Salido was born on February 19, 1880, at the Hacienda de Siquisiva in southern Sonora, in the far northwest of Mexico. The 17th son of Francisco Obregón, who died when Álvaro was young, and Cenobia Salido, it …
During the 20th century oil became a major revenue source for a number of Middle Eastern nations. The first petroleum concession was signed between the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) and the Qajar shah of Iran in 1901. An Australian, William Knox D’Arcy, negotiated the contract, whereby the shah …
The original Olympic Games were played in Olympia, Greece, from the eighth or ninth century b.c.e. to 393 c.e. The Renaissance’s renewed interest in things classical inspired occasional small-scale multievent sporting festivals in various European cities throughout the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, but the real revival of …
China’s catastrophic defeat in the Sino-Japanese War (1894–95) and its growing political and military weakness led to a scramble for concessions by Western powers that seemed to presage its eventual partition. The movement began in 1898 with Germany’s successful demand to the Qing (Ch’ing) government for a 99year …
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando was prime minister of Italy from 1917 to 1919 following the Italian army’s defeat at Caporetto. Orlando was also head of his country’s delegation to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Aside from his prominent political role, Orlando, who was himself a professor of law, …
Pascual Orozco served as an important military and political leader in Mexico from 1910 to 1915, ultimately becoming a leading figure of the Mexican Revolution. Born in the northern state of Chihuahua in 1882 to a politically active family, Orozco received a few years of primary education and …
At the end of World War I, Iran was in desperate straits. The authority of the central government had broken down, and the country faced national bankruptcy in addition to famine in some regions. In 1919 the majlis (parliament) declined a British offer of financial and military assistance, …
The Pakistan resolution (also known as the Lahore resolution) called for the creation of one or more separate Muslim states on the Indian subcontinent. The AllIndia Muslim League passed the resolution on March 23, 1940, during its meeting at Lahore, India. Muslims in British-ruled India had become concerned …
Pan-Africanism originated in the late 19th century in the West Indies. The spark for its enunciation was European colonialism’s impact on Africa and African descended people around the world. In the mid-20th century, Pan-Africanism became a rallying cry for the African independence movements. Some elements sought a unified …
Ever since the Spaniard Vasco Núñez de Balboa’s “discovery” of the Pacific Ocean in 1513, Europeans had dreamed of an oceanic shortcut linking the Atlantic to the Pacific. The Panama Canal, built by the U.S. government from 1903 to 1914, realized that vision at the cost of $352 …
A petition is a formal request to a political official or governing body. Petitions typically request that officials address complaints or grievances, take action on an issue, or confer a special dispensation. The right for citizens to petition the government has roots in the English Magna Carta (1215) …
Jacques Peuchet (1758–1830) was a French political philosopher who was highly influential in shaping public administration in his country. It is likely that he coined the term bureaucratic around 1798, approximately a decade after the word bureaucracy was first introduced. Born in Paris, Peuchet matriculated at the College …
