misrule

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They badly underestimated her massive star power, and they underestimated how much their decades of misrule had alienated most of the population.

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In April 1930, Gandhi concluded his pivotal salt march, breaking the British monopoly on salt production - a charged symbol of colonial misrule.

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His party's years in power, however, became associated with misrule and corruption.

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As a new year starts, he and his supporters want this to be a turning point for the country, which is trying to recover from devastating economic crisis and years of misrule.

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He later resigned over accusations of corruption and misrule.

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