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  • 222008 Gurjar unrest in Rajasthan — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=2008 caste riots in Rajasthan partof=the Caste related violence in India caption= date=23 May 2008 June 17, 2008 place=Rajasthan result=37 people dead, several hundred injured, destruction of state propertycite… …

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  • 23National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations — The National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (NCHRO) is a common platform of various groups and individuals committed to the cause of human rights in India. Contents 1 Encounter killings 2 Resolutions 3 NCHRO’s call for vigilant… …

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  • 24May Fourth Movement — Chinese intellectual revolution and sociopolitical reform movement (1917–21). In 1915 young intellectuals inspired by Chen Duxiu began agitating for the reform and strengthening of Chinese society through acceptance of Western science, democracy …

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  • 25Dion, Stephane — ▪ 2008 born Sept. 28, 1955, Quebec City, Que.  In 2007, his first year as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Stéphane Dion worked to revitalize and rebuild his party, which was badly damaged by a sponsorship scandal in his home province. When …

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  • 26Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière — Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, 1st Marquis de Lotbinière (1723–1798), Seigneur of Vaudreuil, Lotbinière and Rigaud, Quebec etc. On his advice, the Marquis de Montcalm successfully attacked Fort William Henry in 1757. In 1758, Lotbinière again… …

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  • 27agitate — a|gi|tate [ˈædʒıteıt] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of agitare, from agere; AGENT] 1.) to argue strongly in public for something you want, especially a political or social change agitate for/against ▪ unions agitating for …

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  • 28agitate — UK [ˈædʒɪteɪt] / US [ˈædʒɪˌteɪt] verb Word forms agitate : present tense I/you/we/they agitate he/she/it agitates present participle agitating past tense agitated past participle agitated 1) [intransitive] mainly journalism to try to cause social …

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  • 29Affliction — Af*flic tion, n. [F. affliction, L. afflictio, fr. affligere.] 1. The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief. [1913 Webster] To repay that money will be a biting… …

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  • 30Agitate — Ag i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Agitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Agitating}.] [L. agitatus, p. p. of agitare to put in motion, fr. agere to move: cf. F. agiter. See {Act}, {Agent}.] 1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates… …

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