International Organizations, Defence, Books & Authors, World History

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The 18th century French society was divided into three groups. These groups were referred to as estates. The three types of groups were – First estate, Second estate and Third estate.

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Liberty, Freedom and Equality is a French legacy. At the time of the French Revolution, “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” was one of the many mottos in use and Maximilien Robespierre also advocated that the words “The French People” and “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” be written on uniforms and flags, but his proposal was rejected.

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William I or Wilhelm I of the House of Hohenzollern or Kaiser William I of Prussia was King of Prussia from 2 January 1861. He became the first German Emperor from 18 January 1871 to his death.

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The first king of United Italy was King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia who was proclaimed King of Italy in 1861. He remained the King until 1946 when civil discontent led an institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy.

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The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. These principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918, by President Woodrow Wilson.

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The founder members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) apart from Pandit Nehru of India were Jossip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, Gamal Abdul Nasser of Egypt and Sukarno of Indonesia.

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The first SAARC summit was held at Dhaka. It was attended by the Government representatives and President of Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the Kings of Bhutan and Nepal, and the Prime Minister of India.

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The International Whaling Commission also called as IWC is an international body set up by the terms of the ICRW also known as International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. It was founded on 2 December 1946 that is 73 years ago.

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Provisional Military Government Of Socialist Ethiopia also known as “Derg”, was the government led by a committee of military leaders or military junta from 1974 to 1987. This government was against the monarchy and supported communism as their ideology to rule Ethiopia. The infamous Qey Shibir Massacre of 1977, which was widely known as the Ethiopian Red Terror, was sanctioned by this government to eliminate political opponents.

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The Evian Accords was a treaty signed on 18 March 1962 in France, by France and the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic, which sought Algeria’s independence from France. This Accords ended the 1954-1962 Algerian War and formalized the idea of a cooperative exchange between the two countries, as well as the full independence of Algeria from France.