Sunday, August 3, 2008

The Facts of Politics

  • Whats the latest?
The youngest system of governance is communism which was introduced in 1848 by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx.
  • 14 out of 45 vice presidents of US have become Presidents!
  • US Presidents,anyone?
The shortest term as president was served by William Henry Harrison.He served for 32 days,from 4 March to 4 April 1841.
  • The United Nations Organisation (UN) first came into being after the World War II, in 1945.
  • The first democracy was introduced 2,500 years ago in Greece.Today,the world's largest democracy is India,with over 600 million voters.
  • The world's oldest existing governing body operates in Althing in Iceland.It was established in 930 A.D.

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