|
Acronym or Abbreviation |
Organization or Term |
|
ABSU |
All Bodo Students' Union |
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AGP |
Asom Gana Parishad (Assam People's Assembly) |
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AIADMK |
All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (All-India Anna Dravidian Progressive Federation) |
|
AIDS |
acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
|
ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (see Glossary) |
|
ASLV |
Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle |
|
Arabsat |
Arab Satellite Communication Organization |
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BAMCEF |
All-India Backward, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Other Backward Classes, and Minority Communities Employees Federation |
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BJP |
Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People's Party) |
|
BKD |
Bharatiya Kranti Dal |
|
BLD |
Bharatiya Lok Dal (Indian People Party) |
|
BPAC |
Bodo People's Action Committee |
|
BSP |
Bahujan Samaj Party (Party of Society's Majority) |
|
ca. |
circa |
|
CCN |
Cable News Network |
|
CFD |
Congress for Democracy |
|
Congress |
Indian National Congress |
|
Congress (I) |
Congress (Indira) |
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Congress (O) |
Congress (Organisation) |
|
Congreess (R) |
Congress (Requisition) |
|
Congress (S) |
Congress (Socialist and Secular) |
|
Congress (U) |
Congress (Urs) |
|
CPI |
Communist Party of India |
|
CPI (M) |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
|
CPI (M-L) |
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) |
|
CSIR |
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |
|
DK |
Dravida Kazhagam (Dravidian Federation) |
|
DMK |
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Dravidian Progressive Federation) |
|
DMKP |
Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Party (Oppressed Workers' and Peasants' Party) |
|
DNA |
deoxyribonucleic acid |
|
DRDO |
Defence Research and Development Organisation |
|
ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific of the UN (q.v.
) |
|
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization (see Glossary) of the UN (q.v.
) |
|
FY |
fiscal year (see Glossary) |
|
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
|
GDP |
gross domestic product (see Glossary) |
|
GNP |
gross national product (see Glossary) |
|
GSLV |
Geostationary Launch Vehicle |
|
HIV |
human immunodeficiency virus |
|
IIT |
Indian Institute of Technology |
|
IMF |
International Monetary Fund (see Glossary) |
|
INA |
Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) |
|
INS |
Indian Naval Ship |
|
Insat |
Indian National Satellite System |
|
Intelsat |
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization |
|
IPF |
Indian People's Front |
|
IPKF |
Indian Peace Keeping Force |
|
ISRO |
Indian Space Research Organisation |
|
Jana Sangh |
People's Union |
|
Janata |
Janata Party |
|
Janata Dal |
People's Party |
|
Lok Dal |
People Party |
|
LTTE |
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
|
NISTADS |
National Institute of Science, Technology, and Development Studies |
|
OPEC |
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (see Glossary) |
|
PSLV |
polar satellite launch vehicle |
|
PSP |
Praja Socialist Party |
|
r. |
reigned |
|
RSS |
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (National Volunteer Organisation) |
|
SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (see Glossary) |
|
Samajwadi |
Samajwadi Party (Socialist Party) |
|
Samajwadi Janata |
Socialist People's Party |
|
SSP |
Samyukta Socialist Party |
|
Swatantra |
Swatantra Party |
|
Telugu Desam |
Telugu National Party |
|
ULFA |
United Liberation Front of Assam |
|
UN |
United Nations |
|
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
|
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
|
VHP |
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) |
|
VSTOL |
vertical and short takeoff and landing |
|
WHO |
World Health Organization |
