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The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.
The Taft family is an American political family of English descent, with origins in Massachusetts. [1] Its members have served in the states of Massachusetts, Ohio, Rhode Island, Utah, and Vermont, and the United States federal government, in various positions such as representative (two), governor of Ohio, governor of Rhode Island, senator (three), secretary of agriculture, attorney general ...
Evolving as a feudal kingdom in the ninth century, Armenia experienced a brief cultural, political and economic renewal under the Bagratuni dynasty. 21 September 1991: Independence recognized by the Soviet Union Bahrain: 14 February 2002 2002 Constitution of Bahrain: 15 August 1971: End of treaties with the United Kingdom: 1 July 1521
Our position after nearly a century of successful constitutional government, maintenance of good faith in all our engagements, the avoidance of complications with other nations, and our consistent and amicable attitude toward the strong and weak alike furnish proof of a political disposition which renders professions of good will unnecessary.
The Sailors' Union of the Pacific (SUP), founded on March 6, 1885 in San Francisco, California, [1] is an American labor union of mariners, fishermen and boatmen working aboard US flag vessels. At its fourth meeting in 1885, the fledgling organization adopted the name Coast Sailor's Union and elected George Thompson its first president.
The Frelinghuysen family (/ ˈ f r eɪ l ɪ ŋ ˌ h aɪ s ən /; [2] / ˈ f r iː l ɪ ŋ ˌ h aɪ z ən /; [3] / ˌ f r iː l ɪ ŋ ˈ h aɪ s ən / [4]) is an American political dynasty, primarily based in New Jersey, that first emigrated from The Netherlands in 1720.
The act fundamentally changed the life of the American sailor. Among other things, it: abolished the practice of imprisonment for seamen who deserted their ship; reduced the penalties for disobedience; regulated a seaman's working hours both at sea and in port; established a minimum quality for ship's food; regulated the payment of seamen's wages
The South Sea Company (officially: The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America and for the encouragement of the Fishery) [3] was a British joint-stock company founded in January 1711, created as a public-private partnership to consolidate and reduce the cost of the national debt.