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  2. Political science - Wikipedia

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    Political science is a social study concerning the allocation and transfer of power in decision making, the roles and systems of governance including governments and international organizations, political behaviour, and public policies. It measures the success of governance and specific policies by examining many factors, including stability ...

  3. History of political science - Wikipedia

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    History of political science. While the term "political science" as a separate field is a rather late arrival in terms of social sciences, analyzing political power and the impact that it had on history has been occurring for centuries. However, the term "political science" was not always distinguished from political philosophy, and the modern ...

  4. Chanakya - Wikipedia

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    Chanak (father) Chanakya ( ISO: Cāṇakya, pronunciation ⓘ; 375–283 BCE) was an ancient Indian polymath who was active as a teacher, author, strategist, philosopher, economist, jurist, and politician. He was the first Prime Minister of the Maurya Empire. He is traditionally identified as Kauṭilya or Viṣṇugupta, who authored the ...

  5. Politics - Wikipedia

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    Politics (from Ancient Greek πολιτικά (politiká) 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status. or resources . The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to ...

  6. State (polity) - Wikipedia

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    Subseries. Politics portal. v. t. e. A state is a political entity that regulates society and the population within a territory. [1] Government is considered to form the fundamental apparatus of contemporary states. [2] [3] Most often, a country has a single state, with various administrative divisions.

  7. History of science - Wikipedia

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    The history of science is often seen as a linear story of progress [27] but historians have come to see the story as more complex. [28] [29] [30] Alfred Edward Taylor has characterised lean periods in the advance of scientific discovery as "periodical bankruptcies of science". [31] Science is a human activity, and scientific contributions have ...

  8. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Hindi is spoken as a first language by about 77,569 people in Nepal according to the 2011 Nepal census, and further by 1,225,950 people as a second language. [84] A Hindi proponent, Indian-born Paramananda Jha, was elected vice-president of Nepal. He took his oath of office in Hindi in July 2008.

  9. History - Wikipedia

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    History (derived from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía) 'inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation') [1] is the systematic study and documentation of the human past. [2] [3] The period of events before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. [4] ". History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the ...