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  2. German constitutional reforms of October 1918 - Wikipedia

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    The Social Democratic-led government called elections on 19 January 1919 for a National Assembly that would give Germany a new constitution. On 11 August 1919, the democratic Weimar Constitution was promulgated. It provided for a Reich president whose powers were similar to those of the former emperor as limited by the October constitutional ...

  3. Berlin Committee - Wikipedia

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    A number of Indians, notably Shyamji Krishna Varma, had formed the India House in England in 1905. This organisation, with the support of Indian luminaries like Dadabhai Naoroji, Lala Lajpat Rai, Madame Bhikaji Cama and others, offered scholarships to Indian students, promoted nationalistic work, and was a major platform for anti-colonial opinions and views.

  4. Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany - Wikipedia

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    The term "constitution" (Verfassung) was avoided as the drafters regarded the Grundgesetz as an interim arrangement for a provisional West German state, expecting that an eventual reunified Germany would adopt a proper constitution, enacted under the provisions of Article 146 of the Basic Law, which stipulates that such a constitution must be ...

  5. German revolution of 1918–1919 - Wikipedia

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    On 28 October, the Reichstag passed constitutional reforms that changed Germany into a parliamentary monarchy. The chancellor and his ministers were made dependent on the confidence of the parliamentary majority rather than the emperor, and peace treaties and declarations of war required the Reichstag's approval. [ 36 ]

  6. Proclamation of the republic in Germany - Wikipedia

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    The leadership of the MSPD had seen its long-standing demands for a democratization of the Reich addressed by the October 1918 constitutional reforms. [2] The amendment to Constitution of the German Empire turned the German Reich into a parliamentary monarchy in which the government was no longer answerable to the emperor but to the majority in the Reichstag.

  7. Germany plans to hold general elections on Sept. 28 next year

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    FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany plans to hold the next general elections for its lower house of parliament on Sept. 28 next year, the government said on Wednesday, in line with the nation's ...

  8. German Bundesrat - Wikipedia

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    A Staatenausschuss (committee of states) accompanied the reform of Germany but had no official role in installing the new constitution. Under that Weimar Constitution , ratified on 11 August 1919, it was replaced by the Reichsrat (1919–1934).

  9. Democracy heads into 2025 bloodied but unbowed - AOL

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    Far fewer elections are scheduled in 2025, though Germany will again test the far right's appeal in a country so traumatised by the Nazi era that it installed checks and balances to stop right ...