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France Wikiportal
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The Taj Mahal in Agra was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his Persian wife Mumtaz Mahal. It took 23 years to complete (1630 - 1653).
Current events in France
Current sports events
France national rugby union team 30-30 South Africa national rugby union team
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind."
Mahatma Gandhi
Did you know...
- ...that French Army soldiers killed between 15,000 and 45,000 Algerian civilians in the Setif massacre of May 8, 1945, the same day as VE day in Europe?
- ...that despite having no inhabitants, the département of Bezonvaux is administered by 3 municipal councillors
Flora and Fauna
The Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus, is a species of bird in the peafowl genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae.
It is a forest bird which nests on the ground laying 4-8 eggs. It eats mainly seeds, but also some insects and fruit. The Indian Peacock has beautiful iridescent blue-green plumage. His tail feathers have a series of eyes that are best seen when it is fanned. The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen.
Video of peacock's mating call | Read more...
Indian Music
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (popularly known as M.S. or M.S.S.) (September 16, 1916 - December 11, 2004) was a renowned carnatic vocalist. She was born to a musical family, in the temple town of Madurai, situated in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. M.S. started learning carnatic music from a very early age and cut her first disc at the age of 10. She then began her Carnatic classical music training under Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and then Hindustani classical training under Pandit Narayan Rao Vyas.
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Categories
Subcategories of France:
Category:Regions of France - Category:Paris - Category:French culture - Category:Islands of France - Category:French history - Category:Transportation in France - Category:Geography of France - Category:French media - Category:French law - Category:French sport -
People
Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू, Javāharlāl Nehrū) (November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964), also called Pandit ('Scholar') Nehru, was the first Prime Minister of India at independence on August 15, 1947, holding the office until his death.
Nehru served as the prime minister of India for these 18 years consecutively. Nehru died in 1964, having achieved much, yet still - according to a quote from Robert Frost which he had always kept on his office desk - feeling he had so much more left to do. Read more...
