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Minoo Masani

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Minocher Rustom "Minoo" Masani (20 November 1905 – 27 May 1998) was an Indian politician, a leading figure of the erstwhile Swatantra Party. [1]

36 relations: Bachelor of Laws, Bombay High Court, Bombay Presidency, Breach Candy, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, C. Rajagopalachari, Central Legislative Assembly, Chandanwadi, Mumbai, Classical liberalism, Congress Socialist Party, Constituent Assembly of India, Constitution of India, Economic liberalism, Free market, Great Purge, Indian independence movement, Indian Liberal Group, Indian National Congress, Indira Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Jayaprakash Narayan, Lincoln's Inn, London, London School of Economics, Mumbai, N. G. Ranga, Parsi, Presidencies and provinces of British India, Rajkot (Lok Sabha constituency), Swatantra Party, The Indian Express, The Times Group, Uniform civil code, 2nd Lok Sabha, 3rd Lok Sabha, 4th Lok Sabha.

Bachelor of Laws

The Bachelor of Laws (Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B. or B.L.) is an undergraduate degree in law (or a first professional degree in law, depending on jurisdiction) originating in England and offered in Japan and most common law jurisdictionsexcept the United States and Canadaas the degree which allows a person to become a lawyer.

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Bombay High Court

Bombay High Court (IAST) is one of the oldest High Courts of India.

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Bombay Presidency

The Bombay Presidency, also known as Bombay and Sind from 1843 to 1936 and the Bombay Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India.

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Breach Candy

Bhulabhai Desai Road, also well known by the old name Warden Road (and the part at and near the swimming pool as Breach Candy), is a niche up-market residential and semi-commercial locality of South Mumbai.

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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, also known as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), is the governing civic body of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra.

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C. Rajagopalachari

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972) informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian politician, independence activist, lawyer, writer and statesman.

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Central Legislative Assembly

The Central Legislative Assembly was the lower house of the Imperial Legislative Council, the legislature of British India.

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Chandanwadi, Mumbai

Chandanwadi is a neighbourhood in Mumbai.

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Classical liberalism

Classical liberalism is a political ideology and a branch of liberalism which advocates civil liberties under the rule of law with an emphasis on economic freedom.

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Congress Socialist Party

The Congress Socialist Party (CSP) was founded in 1934 as a socialist caucus within the Indian National Congress.

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Constituent Assembly of India

An idea for a Constituent Assembly of India was proposed in 1934 by M. N. Roy, a pioneer of the Communist movement in India and an advocate of radical democracy.

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Constitution of India

The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India.

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Economic liberalism

Economic liberalism is an economic system organized on individual lines, which means the greatest possible number of economic decisions are made by individuals or households rather than by collective institutions or organizations.

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Free market

In economics, a free market is an idealized system in which the prices for goods and services are determined by the open market and consumers, in which the laws and forces of supply and demand are free from any intervention by a government, price-setting monopoly, or other authority.

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Great Purge

The Great Purge or the Great Terror (Большо́й терро́р) was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union which occurred from 1936 to 1938.

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Indian independence movement

The Indian independence movement encompassed activities and ideas aiming to end the East India Company rule (1757–1857) and the British Indian Empire (1857–1947) in the Indian subcontinent.

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Indian Liberal Group

The Indian Liberal Group is a think tank founded in 1965 by Minoo Masani, author and parliamentarian, to promote the liberal point of view and educate the public on the concept of libertarianism.

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Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress (INC, often called Congress Party) is a broadly based political party in India.

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Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (née Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician, stateswoman and a central figure of the Indian National Congress.

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Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence.

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Jayaprakash Narayan

Jayaprakash Narayan (11 October 1902 – 8 October 1979), popularly referred to as JP or Lok Nayak (Hindi for The People's Leader), was an Indian independence activist, theorist and political leader, remembered especially for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, for whose overthrow he called a "total revolution".

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Lincoln's Inn

The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London School of Economics

The London School of Economics (officially The London School of Economics and Political Science, often referred to as LSE) is a public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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N. G. Ranga

Gogineni Ranga Nayukulu, also known as N. G. Ranga (7 November 1900 – 9 June 1995), was an Indian freedom fighter, parliamentarian and kisan (farmer) leader.

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Parsi

A Parsi (or Parsee) means "Persian" in the "Persian Language", which today mainly refers to a member of a Zoroastrian community, one of two (the other being Iranis) mainly located in India, with a few in Pakistan.

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

The Provinces of India, earlier Presidencies of British India and still earlier, Presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in the subcontinent.

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Rajkot (Lok Sabha constituency)

Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency (રાજકોટ લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India.

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Swatantra Party

The Swatantra Party was an Indian liberal-conservative political party that existed from 1959 to 1974.

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The Indian Express

The Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper.

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The Times Group

The Times Group is India’s largest media conglomerate, according to Financial Times as of March 2015.

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Uniform civil code

Uniform civil code is the ongoing point of debate within Indian mandate to replace personal laws based on the scriptures and customs of each major religious community in India with a common set of rules governing every citizen.

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2nd Lok Sabha

The Second Lok Sabha (5 April 1957 – 31 March 1962) was elected after the Indian general election, 1957.

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3rd Lok Sabha

List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, (2 April 1962 – 3 March 1967) elected February–March 1962.

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4th Lok Sabha

List of Members of the 4th Lok Sabha,(4 March 1967 – 27-12-1970) elected February–March 1967.

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M.R. Masani, Meenu Masani, Minocher Rustom Masani, Rustom Masani.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoo_Masani

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