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February Revolution, in Russian history

(Encyclopedia)February Revolution, 1917, in Russian history: see The February Revolution under Russian Revolution. ...

Natural History, American Museum of

(Encyclopedia)Natural History, American Museum of: see American Museum of Natural History. ...

Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali

(Encyclopedia)Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali zo͝olˈfĭkär älēˈ bo͞otˈtō [key], 1928–79, Pakistani political leader. Member of a wealthy landowning family, he entered politics as the protégé of General Ayub Khan....

Mujibur Rahman

(Encyclopedia)Mujibur Rahman mo͞ojēbo͝orˈ rämänˈ [key], 1921–75, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) political leader, prime minister of Bangladesh (1972–75), popularly known as Sheikh Mujib. Concerned that E...

Awami League

(Encyclopedia)Awami League, political organization in Pakistan and Bangladesh. It was founded in 1949 as an opposition party in Pakistan and had a moderately socialist ideology. The Awami [people's] League, with co...

Khan, Imran

(Encyclopedia)Khan, Imran (Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi), 1952–, Pakistani cricketer and political leader, b. Lahore, grad. Oxford. He began playing cricket as a teenager, was on the Oxford cricket team (1973–75), th...

Lyallpur

(Encyclopedia)Lyallpur, Pakistan: see Faisalabad. ...

Balochistan

(Encyclopedia)Balochistan, Pakistan: see Baluchistan. ...

Panjnad

(Encyclopedia)Panjnad, river, Pakistan: see Sutlej. ...

Sindh

(Encyclopedia)Sindh, province, Pakistan: see Sind. ...