Bill Text: IL SR1158 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the 77th anniversary of India's Independence on August 15, 2024.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-10-11 - Referred to Assignments [SR1158 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR1158-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, India is the world's largest democracy and, along | ||||||
| 3 | with the United States, upholds a system in which the supreme | ||||||
| 4 | power to govern is invested in the people; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, India's independence was achieved with the | ||||||
| 6 | principles of fairness, dignity, peace, and democracy in mind; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Our nations, both former British colonies, and | ||||||
| 9 | peoples have forged a close relationship due to our shared | ||||||
| 10 | beliefs in these and other ideals; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The strong relationship between the United States | ||||||
| 12 | and India, based on mutual trust and respect, enables close | ||||||
| 13 | collaboration across a broad spectrum of strategic interests, | ||||||
| 14 | including counterterrorism, regional economic development, | ||||||
| 15 | human rights, and scientific research; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The United States and India have balanced, | ||||||
| 17 | growing, and mutually beneficial trade and investment ties | ||||||
| 18 | that create jobs in both countries; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Americans of Indian descent have made lasting | ||||||
| 20 | contributions to the social and economic fabric of the United | ||||||
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| 1 | States and in Illinois, with Chicago and its surrounding | ||||||
| 2 | suburbs home to the second-largest Indian American population | ||||||
| 3 | of any metropolitan area in the country; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, August 15, 2024 marks the 77th anniversary of | ||||||
| 5 | India's independence from British rule by the signing of the | ||||||
| 6 | Indian Independence Act in 1947, which partitioned what was | ||||||
| 7 | then British India into the two separate states of India and | ||||||
| 8 | Pakistan and established a free and independent Indian nation | ||||||
| 9 | following the long struggle of the Indian Independence | ||||||
| 10 | Movement; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, It is fitting and proper to celebrate with the | ||||||
| 12 | Indian people and to reaffirm the democratic principles on | ||||||
| 13 | which our two great nations were born; therefore, be it
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