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  2. Company rule in India - Wikipedia

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    Company rule in India (sometimes Company Raj, [6] from Hindi rāj, lit. ' rule ' [7]) was the rule of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent.This is variously taken to have commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Bengal Siraj ud-Daulah was defeated and replaced with Mir Jafar, who had the support of the East India Company; [8] or in 1765, when the ...

  3. Canada Post - Wikipedia

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    The Post Office Savings Bank system, an agency created by the April 1868 Post Office Act, was phased out in 1968–69. [ 13 ] The 1970s was a difficult decade for the Post Office, with major strikes combined with annual deficits that had hit $600 million by 1981.

  4. Computer security - Wikipedia

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    An example of a physical security measure: a metal lock on the back of a personal computer to prevent hardware tampering. Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is the protection of computer software, systems and networks from threats that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, theft of (or damage to) hardware, software, or ...

  5. Security-Widefield, Colorado - Wikipedia

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    The population of the Security-Widefield CDP was 38,639 at the United States Census 2020. [3] El Paso County governs the unincorporated communities. Both the Colorado Springs post office (Zip Codes 80911, 80913, and 80925) and the Fountain post office (Zip Code 80817) serve the area. [4]

  6. Manila Central Post Office - Wikipedia

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    The post office building (center) under attack by U.S. troops, 26 February 1945. The post office was severely damaged in World War II during the Battle of Manila, after it suffered heavy artillery bombardment and saw fierce room-to-room fighting between the Americans and Japanese, who converted the edifice into a fortress by heavily barricading the rooms with sandbags and barbed wires.

  7. Post Office Rifles - Wikipedia

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    Further reorganisations took place after World War I. Many saw these changes as a dilution of the battalion's Post Office identity. Included in these reorganisations was the amalgamation of the 8th Battalion with the non-Post Office 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment in 1921, forming the 7th London Regiment (Post Office Rifles).

  8. Social Security (United States) - Wikipedia

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    There is a Social Security government pension offset [62] that will reduce or eliminate any spousal (or ex-spouse) or widow(er)'s benefits if the spouse or widow(er) is also receiving a government (federal, state, or local) pension from work that did not require paying Social Security taxes. The basic rule is that Social Security benefits will ...

  9. Social Security number - Wikipedia

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    The Old Order Amish have fought to prevent universal Social Security by overturning rules such as a requirement to provide a Social Security number for a hunting license. [17] Social Security cards printed from January 1946 until January 1972 expressly stated that people should not use the number and card for identification. [18]