1916 - 2006
William John Harper Indian Politician
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| Birthday |
22nd July, 1916
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| Birthplace |
Calcutta, India
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| Died |
8th September, 2006
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Nationality |
Indian
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| Occupation |
Politician
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William John Harper (22 July 1916 – 8 September 2006) was a politician, general contractor and Royal Air Force fighter pilot who served as a Cabinet minister in Rhodesia (or Southern Rhodesia) from 1962 to 1968, and signed that country's Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) from Britain in 1965. Born into a prominent Anglo-Indian merchant family in Calcutta, Harper was educated in India and England and joined the RAF in 1937. He served as an officer throughout the Second World War and saw action as one of "The Few" in the Battle of Britain, during which he was wounded in action. Appalled by Britain's granting of independence to India in 1947, he emigrated to Rhodesia on retiring from the Air Force two years later.
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