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Who defined ‘democracy’ as a “government of the people, by the people and for the people.”?

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Mahatma Gandhi
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Nelson Mandela
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Abraham Lincoln
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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The correct option is C Abraham Lincoln
On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered remarks, which later became known as the Gettysburg Address. In this address, he quoted the now famous line-‘democracy’ as a “government of the people, by the people and for the people.”

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