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Neville Foley was a prominent leader of the
Anglo-Indian Anglo-Indian people are a distinct minority group, minority community of mixed-race British and Indian ancestry. During the colonial period, their ancestry was defined as British paternal and Indian maternal heritage; post-independence, "Angl ...
community in
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. He was a Member of Parliament, representing
Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha Between 1952 and 2020, two seats were reserved in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, for members of the Anglo-Indian community. These two members were nominated by the President of India on the advice of the Government of In ...
the
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of
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as a member of the
Samata Party The Samata Party (SAP) is a political party in India, initially formed in 1994 by George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar, is now being led by Uday Mandal as its National President. Samata Party once launched Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of ...
(
Uday Mandal Uday or Odai is a masculine name in Arabic as well as several Indian languages. In numerous Indian languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil and others, it means 'dawn' or 'rise'. The Arabic name () means 'runner' or 'rising'. List of ...
is current President).ISIS Threat To J&K
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Foley, Neville Nominated members of the Lok Sabha Samata Party politicians 1936 births People from Ahmednagar Living people Anglo-Indian people