[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 102 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 102

 Designating August 15, 1997 as ``Indian Independence Day: A National 
         Day of Celebration of Indian and American Democracy''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 18 (legislative day, June 17), 1997

 Mr. Specter submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Designating August 15, 1997 as ``Indian Independence Day: A National 
         Day of Celebration of Indian and American Democracy''.

Whereas India is the world's largest democracy and shares with the United States 
        the system in which the supreme power to govern is invested in the 
        people;
Whereas the people of India drew upon the values of the rule of law in creating 
        a representative democracy;
Whereas India and the United States share a common bond of being former British 
        colonies;
Whereas India's independence was achieved pledged to the principles of fairness, 
        dignity, peace, and democracy;
Whereas these and other ideals have forged a close bond between our two nations 
        and their peoples;
Whereas August 15, 1997 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the struggle 
        which freed the Indian people from British colonial rule; and
Whereas it is proper and desirable to celebrate with the Indian people, and to 
        reaffirm the democratic principles on which our two great nations were 
        born: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That August 15, 1997 is designated as ``Indian 
Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Indian and American 
Democracy''. The President is requested to issue a proclamation calling 
upon the people of the United States to observe the day with 
appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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