The Commonwealth men, Commonwealth's men, or Commonwealth Party is a term used by A. F. Pollard[1] and other historians to refer to highly outspoken English Protestant religious, political, and economic reformers during the early 18th century. They promoted republicanism and had a great influence on Republicanism in the United States, but little impact in Britain.
There have been several Commonwealths in history that no longer exist. The one most usually referred to as simply 'the Commonwealth' was the government of England following the execution of Charles I and belfore the restoration of Charles II.
John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon were the most famous Commonwealth men.
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India is part of the commonwealth
The British Commonwealth is an obsolete name for what is now called the Commonwealth of Nations. It is an association of some 54 independent, sovereign nations, most (but not all) of whom were once part of the British Empire
The act of forming the commonwealth of Australia, or the merging of the independent states, was called "Federation".
John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon were the most famous Commonwealth men.
Ben Jipcho of Kenya
Asafa Powell
Pakistan won two Gold Medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games:Azhar Hussain (Wrestling, Men's 55kg)Muhammad Inam (Wrestling, Men's 84kg)
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Sri Lanka won two medals: Chinthana Vidanage (Weightlifting, Silver, Men's 69kg) and Anton Peiris Kurukulasooriyage (Weightlifting, Silver, Men's 62kg).
Iwan Thomas - Wales
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Sri Lanka won two medals: Chinthana Vidanage (Weightlifting, Silver, Men's 69kg) and Anton Peiris Kurukulasooriyage (Weightlifting, Silver, Men's 62kg).
Pakistan won 2 gold medals in the Commonwealth Games of 2010 : Azhar Hussein (Wrestling, Men's 55kg) and Muhammed Inam (Wrestling, Men's 84kg). 2
The 100m sprint started at the 1970 Commonwealth Games. The first champions were Don Quarrie (men) and Raelene Boyle (women).
Felix Sandy (Sierra Leone) was in two events at the 1990 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m, he didn't start in the heatsand Men's 400m, where he finished eighth in the first semi-final with a time of 47.21.
Samaresh Jung, an Indian shooter won the 2006 edition of the David Dixon Award.He won seven medals at the Games: five gold (Men's 50m pistol, Men's 10m air pistol, Men's 25m Center fire pistol pairs (with Jasper Rana), Men's 10m air pistol pairs (with Vivek Singh) and Men's 25m standard pistol pairs (with Ronak Pandit), one silver (Men's 50m pistol pairs with Vivek Singh) and one bronze (Men's 25m center fire pistol).The Dixon Award is named after the honorary secretary of the Commonwealth Games Federation for 17 years.It is given to the outstanding athlete of each of the Commonwealth Games based on their performance at the Commonwealth Games, fair play, and overall contribution to their team's participation at the Commonwealth Games. The award was introduced in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and awarded to Natalie Du Toit a South African swimmer.
Dylan Armstrong (Men's) and Valerie Adams (Women's) won the Shot Put Gold Medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.