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CountryReports

术语表

CountryReports 中使用的术语定义。

本术语表包含 CountryReports 中使用的 1,144 个术语——国家概况和文章中引用的政治、经济、文化、历史和地理术语。术语来自包括美国国会图书馆在内的权威来源。

Congress
参见印度国民大会党。
Indian National Congress
Founded in 1885; before and after 1947, popularly called Congress or the Congress. A major force in the independence movement, the Congress has been dominant in Parliament and formed governments from 1947 to 1977, 1980 to 1985, and 1991 to 1996. In 1969 the Congress split, and the ruling party under Indira Gandhi became known as Congress (R)--R for Requisition--while the faction opposed to her was called Congress (O)--O for Organisation. In 1978 she renamed her party Congress (I)--I for Indira. There also have been Congress (S)--S for Socialist or Secular--and Congress (U)--for Urs, named after its founder Devanaj Urs--splinter groups.