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Mark Twain - The pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, a 19th Century writer known as "the father of American literature".
British Raj - A period of direct rule by Britain over the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947.
GDP - Short for Gross Domestic Product, the measure of all the goods and services produced inside a country.
Narendra Modi - The prime minister of India. He inspires passionate support from many in his country, but his critics regard him as populist, anti-Muslim and authoritarian.
Authoritarianism - A form of government in which individual freedoms are severely limited by government power. Examples include Nazi Germany, Khmer Rogue Cambodia and contemporary China.
BJP - The Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People's Party) is the ruling political party of India, led by Narendra Modi. It follows a right-wing Hindu nationalist ideology.
Delhi - The capital of India. By some estimates, Delhi is the second-largest city in the world.
Capital - The assets a person, organisation or group owns.