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Ranaut at the Signature International Fashion Weekend, 2013
Kangana Ranaut (born 1987) is an Indian film actress. She has established a career in Bollywood, and is the recipient of a National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards. She was born in Bhambla, a small town in Himachal Pradesh. Adamant to build her own career path, she relocated to Delhi at age sixteen, where she briefly became a model. After training under the theatre director Arvind Gaur, she made her film debut in the 2006 thriller Gangster. She received praise for portraying emotionally intense characters in the dramas Woh Lamhe (2006), Life in a... Metro (2007) and Fashion (2008). For the last of these, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Ranaut featured in the successful films Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009) and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), though she was criticised for being typecast in neurotic roles. A comic role opposite R. Madhavan in Tanu Weds Manu (2011) was well-received, though this was followed by brief roles in unsuccessful films. She then played a mutant in the science fiction film Krrish 3 (2013), one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films, and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the comedy-drama Queen (2014). (Full article...)
Recently featured: God of War (video game) – Tosa-class battleships – 2001-02 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
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Paul Tremo
... that the motto of a cookbook by Paul Tremo (pictured), a court chef to King Stanislaus Augustus of Poland, was, "Not everyone thinks, but everyone eats"?
... that the first clear use of the name "Palestine" was in the 5th century B.C. by Ancient Greek historian Herodotus?
... that Georges de Peyrebrune was "one of the most widely read women in France"?
... that the Joint Agency Coordination Centre was established by Australia to coordinate the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?
... that Angella D. Ferguson discovered that African-American infants learned to sit and stand at a younger age than European-American babies?
... that the comb jelly Beroe cucumis feeds on other comb jellies, particularly Bolinopsis infundibulum?
... that on days that the Edah HaChareidis rabbinical court in Jerusalem adjudicated a divorce, its chief rabbi, Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky, would fast?
... that Long Run is just half a mile (0.8 km) long?
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Partial solar eclipse
A solar eclipse (pictured) is visible across much of Europe, with totality over the Faroe Islands and Svalbard.
Suicide bombings at two mosques in Sana'a, Yemen, kill more than 130 people.
The ruling party Likud, led by incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wins a plurality in the Israeli Knesset.
Gunmen kill 21 people during an attack at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis.
Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed is convicted of terrorism charges and sentenced to thirteen years in prison.
In the South Pacific, Cyclone Pam causes at least 12 deaths, with dozens more reported but unconfirmed.
The first successful human penis transplant is announced by Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
Ongoing: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Recent deaths: Malcolm Fraser – Xu Caihou – Valentin Rasputin
 
On this day...
 

March 23: Republic Day in Pakistan (1956); Day of Hungarian–Polish Friendship in Hungary and Poland

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
1775 – American Revolution: Patrick Henry made his "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech to the House of Burgesses of Virginia, urging military action against the British Empire.
1889 – Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (pictured), founded the Ahmadiyya Islamic religious movement in British India.
1905 – About 1,500 Cretans, led by Eleftherios Venizelos, met at the village of Theriso to call for the island's unification with Greece, beginning the Theriso revolt.
1940 – Pakistan Movement: During its three-day general session, the Muslim League drafted the Lahore Resolution, calling for greater autonomy in British India.
2005 – A fire and explosion at the third-largest oil refinery in the United States killed 15 workers and kicked off process safety programs throughout the world.
More anniversaries: March 22 – March 23 – March 24
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It is now March 23, 2015 (UTC) – Reload this page

 


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A woman with black hair, Tatyana Mitkova, sitting at a table
The CPJ International Press Freedom Awards honor journalists or their publications around the world who show courage in defending press freedom despite facing attacks, threats, or imprisonment. Established in 1991, the awards are administered by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent, non-governmental organization based in New York City. In addition to recognizing individuals, the organization seeks to focus local and international media coverage on countries where violations of press freedom are particularly serious. Every November four to seven individuals or publications are honored at a banquet in New York City and given an award. The ceremony also honors the winner of the Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for "lifelong work to advance press freedom". The first awards were given in 1991 to American photojournalist Bill Foley and his wife, journalist Cary Vaughan; Cameroonian reporter Pius Njawé; Chinese dissidents Wang Juntao and Chen Ziming; Russian television news anchor Tatyana Mitkova (pictured); and Guatemalan reporter Byron Barrera. (Full list...)
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Silver Horn
Silver Horn (1860–1940) was a Kiowa ledger artist and chief from Oklahoma. The son of a calendar keeper and grand-nephew of the tribe's Principal Chief Dohasan, Silver Horn was chosen to succeed his father as calendar keeper. Working with a variety of mediums and materials, he completed thousands of illustrations and other artworks depicting Kiowa culture, including dances, myths, and warfare.
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Ranaut at the Signature International Fashion Weekend, 2013
Kangana Ranaut (born 1987) is an Indian film actress. She has established a career in Bollywood, and is the recipient of a National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards. She was born in Bhambla, a small town in Himachal Pradesh. Adamant to build her own career path, she relocated to Delhi at age sixteen, where she briefly became a model. After training under the theatre director Arvind Gaur, she made her film debut in the 2006 thriller Gangster. She received praise for portraying emotionally intense characters in the dramas Woh Lamhe (2006), Life in a... Metro (2007) and Fashion (2008). For the last of these, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Ranaut featured in the successful films Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009) and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), though she was criticised for being typecast in neurotic roles. A comic role opposite R. Madhavan in Tanu Weds Manu (2011) was well-received, though this was followed by brief roles in unsuccessful films. She then played a mutant in the science fiction film Krrish 3 (2013), one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films, and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the comedy-drama Queen (2014). (Full article...)
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From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Paul Tremo
... that the motto of a cookbook by Paul Tremo (pictured), a court chef to King Stanislaus Augustus of Poland, was, "Not everyone thinks, but everyone eats"?
... that the first clear use of the name "Palestine" was in the 5th century B.C. by Ancient Greek historian Herodotus?
... that Georges de Peyrebrune was "one of the most widely read women in France"?
... that the Joint Agency Coordination Centre was established by Australia to coordinate the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?
... that Angella D. Ferguson discovered that African-American infants learned to sit and stand at a younger age than European-American babies?
... that the comb jelly Beroe cucumis feeds on other comb jellies, particularly Bolinopsis infundibulum?
... that on days that the Edah HaChareidis rabbinical court in Jerusalem adjudicated a divorce, its chief rabbi, Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky, would fast?
... that Long Run is just half a mile (0.8 km) long?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news
 

Partial solar eclipse
A solar eclipse (pictured) is visible across much of Europe, with totality over the Faroe Islands and Svalbard.
Suicide bombings at two mosques in Sana'a, Yemen, kill more than 130 people.
The ruling party Likud, led by incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wins a plurality in the Israeli Knesset.
Gunmen kill 21 people during an attack at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis.
Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed is convicted of terrorism charges and sentenced to thirteen years in prison.
In the South Pacific, Cyclone Pam causes at least 12 deaths, with dozens more reported but unconfirmed.
The first successful human penis transplant is announced by Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
Ongoing: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Recent deaths: Malcolm Fraser – Xu Caihou – Valentin Rasputin
 
On this day...
 

March 23: Republic Day in Pakistan (1956); Day of Hungarian–Polish Friendship in Hungary and Poland

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
1775 – American Revolution: Patrick Henry made his "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech to the House of Burgesses of Virginia, urging military action against the British Empire.
1889 – Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (pictured), founded the Ahmadiyya Islamic religious movement in British India.
1905 – About 1,500 Cretans, led by Eleftherios Venizelos, met at the village of Theriso to call for the island's unification with Greece, beginning the Theriso revolt.
1940 – Pakistan Movement: During its three-day general session, the Muslim League drafted the Lahore Resolution, calling for greater autonomy in British India.
2005 – A fire and explosion at the third-largest oil refinery in the United States killed 15 workers and kicked off process safety programs throughout the world.
More anniversaries: March 22 – March 23 – March 24
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now March 23, 2015 (UTC) – Reload this page

 


From today's featured list
 

A woman with black hair, Tatyana Mitkova, sitting at a table
The CPJ International Press Freedom Awards honor journalists or their publications around the world who show courage in defending press freedom despite facing attacks, threats, or imprisonment. Established in 1991, the awards are administered by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent, non-governmental organization based in New York City. In addition to recognizing individuals, the organization seeks to focus local and international media coverage on countries where violations of press freedom are particularly serious. Every November four to seven individuals or publications are honored at a banquet in New York City and given an award. The ceremony also honors the winner of the Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for "lifelong work to advance press freedom". The first awards were given in 1991 to American photojournalist Bill Foley and his wife, journalist Cary Vaughan; Cameroonian reporter Pius Njawé; Chinese dissidents Wang Juntao and Chen Ziming; Russian television news anchor Tatyana Mitkova (pictured); and Guatemalan reporter Byron Barrera. (Full list...)
Recently featured: Hugo Award for Best Novel – Terry-Thomas on screen, radio, stage and record – 2011 IIHF World Championship rosters
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Silver Horn
Silver Horn (1860–1940) was a Kiowa ledger artist and chief from Oklahoma. The son of a calendar keeper and grand-nephew of the tribe's Principal Chief Dohasan, Silver Horn was chosen to succeed his father as calendar keeper. Working with a variety of mediums and materials, he completed thousands of illustrations and other artworks depicting Kiowa culture, including dances, myths, and warfare.
Painting: Elbridge Ayer Burbank
Recently featured: Sinusoidal projection – Red-capped plover – Red telephone box

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This Wikipedia is written in English. Started in 2001, it currently contains 4,748,634 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.
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 español ·
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Welcome to Wikipedia,
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Geography
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From today's featured article


Ranaut at the Signature International Fashion Weekend, 2013
Kangana Ranaut (born 1987) is an Indian film actress. She has established a career in Bollywood, and is the recipient of a National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards. She was born in Bhambla, a small town in Himachal Pradesh. Adamant to build her own career path, she relocated to Delhi at age sixteen, where she briefly became a model. After training under the theatre director Arvind Gaur, she made her film debut in the 2006 thriller Gangster. She received praise for portraying emotionally intense characters in the dramas Woh Lamhe (2006), Life in a... Metro (2007) and Fashion (2008). For the last of these, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Ranaut featured in the successful films Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009) and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), though she was criticised for being typecast in neurotic roles. A comic role opposite R. Madhavan in Tanu Weds Manu (2011) was well-received, though this was followed by brief roles in unsuccessful films. She then played a mutant in the science fiction film Krrish 3 (2013), one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films, and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the comedy-drama Queen (2014). (Full article...)
Recently featured: God of War (video game) – Tosa-class battleships – 2001-02 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
Archive – By email – More featured articles...

Did you know...


From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Paul Tremo
... that the motto of a cookbook by Paul Tremo (pictured), a court chef to King Stanislaus Augustus of Poland, was, "Not everyone thinks, but everyone eats"?
... that the first clear use of the name "Palestine" was in the 5th century B.C. by Ancient Greek historian Herodotus?
... that Georges de Peyrebrune was "one of the most widely read women in France"?
... that the Joint Agency Coordination Centre was established by Australia to coordinate the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?
... that Angella D. Ferguson discovered that African-American infants learned to sit and stand at a younger age than European-American babies?
... that the comb jelly Beroe cucumis feeds on other comb jellies, particularly Bolinopsis infundibulum?
... that on days that the Edah HaChareidis rabbinical court in Jerusalem adjudicated a divorce, its chief rabbi, Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky, would fast?
... that Long Run is just half a mile (0.8 km) long?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news


Partial solar eclipse
A solar eclipse (pictured) is visible across much of Europe, with totality over the Faroe Islands and Svalbard.
Suicide bombings at two mosques in Sana'a, Yemen, kill more than 130 people.
The ruling party Likud, led by incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wins a plurality in the Israeli Knesset.
Gunmen kill 21 people during an attack at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis.
Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed is convicted of terrorism charges and sentenced to thirteen years in prison.
In the South Pacific, Cyclone Pam causes at least 12 deaths, with dozens more reported but unconfirmed.
The first successful human penis transplant is announced by Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
Ongoing: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Recent deaths: Malcolm Fraser – Xu Caihou – Valentin Rasputin

On this day...


March 23: Republic Day in Pakistan (1956); Day of Hungarian–Polish Friendship in Hungary and Poland

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
1775 – American Revolution: Patrick Henry made his "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech to the House of Burgesses of Virginia, urging military action against the British Empire.
1889 – Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (pictured), founded the Ahmadiyya Islamic religious movement in British India.
1905 – About 1,500 Cretans, led by Eleftherios Venizelos, met at the village of Theriso to call for the island's unification with Greece, beginning the Theriso revolt.
1940 – Pakistan Movement: During its three-day general session, the Muslim League drafted the Lahore Resolution, calling for greater autonomy in British India.
2005 – A fire and explosion at the third-largest oil refinery in the United States killed 15 workers and kicked off process safety programs throughout the world.
More anniversaries: March 22 – March 23 – March 24
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now March 23, 2015 (UTC) – Reload this page




From today's featured list


A woman with black hair, Tatyana Mitkova, sitting at a table
The CPJ International Press Freedom Awards honor journalists or their publications around the world who show courage in defending press freedom despite facing attacks, threats, or imprisonment. Established in 1991, the awards are administered by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent, non-governmental organization based in New York City. In addition to recognizing individuals, the organization seeks to focus local and international media coverage on countries where violations of press freedom are particularly serious. Every November four to seven individuals or publications are honored at a banquet in New York City and given an award. The ceremony also honors the winner of the Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for "lifelong work to advance press freedom". The first awards were given in 1991 to American photojournalist Bill Foley and his wife, journalist Cary Vaughan; Cameroonian reporter Pius Njawé; Chinese dissidents Wang Juntao and Chen Ziming; Russian television news anchor Tatyana Mitkova (pictured); and Guatemalan reporter Byron Barrera. (Full list...)
Recently featured: Hugo Award for Best Novel – Terry-Thomas on screen, radio, stage and record – 2011 IIHF World Championship rosters
Archive – More featured lists...




Today's featured picture


Silver Horn
Silver Horn (1860–1940) was a Kiowa ledger artist and chief from Oklahoma. The son of a calendar keeper and grand-nephew of the tribe's Principal Chief Dohasan, Silver Horn was chosen to succeed his father as calendar keeper. Working with a variety of mediums and materials, he completed thousands of illustrations and other artworks depicting Kiowa culture, including dances, myths, and warfare.
Painting: Elbridge Ayer Burbank
Recently featured: Sinusoidal projection – Red-capped plover – Red telephone box

Archive – More featured pictures...




Other areas of Wikipedia
Community portal – Bulletin board, projects, resources and activities covering a wide range of Wikipedia areas.
Help desk – Ask questions about using Wikipedia.
Local embassy – For Wikipedia-related communication in languages other than English.
Reference desk – Serving as virtual librarians, Wikipedia volunteers tackle your questions on a wide range of subjects.
Site news – Announcements, updates, articles and press releases on Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation.
Village pump – For discussions about Wikipedia itself, including areas for technical issues and policies.

Wikipedia's sister projects
Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects:
Commons Commons
 Free media repository MediaWiki MediaWiki
 Wiki software development Meta-Wiki Meta-Wiki
 Wikimedia project coordination
Wikibooks Wikibooks
 Free textbooks and manuals Wikidata Wikidata
 Free knowledge base Wikinews Wikinews
 Free-content news
Wikiquote Wikiquote
 Collection of quotations Wikisource Wikisource
 Free-content library Wikispecies Wikispecies
 Directory of species
Wikiversity Wikiversity
 Free learning materials and activities Wikivoyage Wikivoyage
 Free travel guide Wiktionary Wiktionary
 Dictionary and thesaurus

Wikipedia languages

This Wikipedia is written in English. Started in 2001, it currently contains 4,748,634 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.
More than 1,000,000 articles: Deutsch ·
 español ·
 français ·
 italiano ·
 Nederlands ·
 polski ·
 русский ·
 svenska
  
More than 400,000 articles: català ·
 فارسی ·
 日本語 ·
 norsk bokmål ·
 português ·
 Tiếng Việt ·
 українська ·
 中文
  
More than 200,000 articles: العربية ·
 Bahasa Indonesia ·
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 한국어 ·
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Kangana Ranaut (born 1987) is an Indian film actress. She has established a career in Bollywood, and is the recipient of a National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards. She was born in Bhambla, a small town in Himachal Pradesh. Adamant to build her own career path, she relocated to Delhi at age sixteen, where she briefly became a model. After training under the theatre director Arvind Gaur, she made her film debut in the 2006 thriller Gangster. She received praise for portraying emotionally intense characters in the dramas Woh Lamhe (2006), Life in a... Metro (2007) and Fashion (2008). For the last of these, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Ranaut featured in the successful films Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009) and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), though she was criticised for being typecast in neurotic roles. A comic role opposite R. Madhavan in Tanu Weds Manu (2011) was well-received, though this was followed by brief roles in unsuccessful films. She then played a mutant in the science fiction film Krrish 3 (2013), one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films, and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the comedy-drama Queen (2014). (Full article...)
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The CPJ International Press Freedom Awards honor journalists or their publications around the world who show courage in defending press freedom despite facing attacks, threats, or imprisonment. Established in 1991, the awards are administered by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent, non-governmental organization based in New York City. In addition to recognizing individuals, the organization seeks to focus local and international media coverage on countries where violations of press freedom are particularly serious. Every November four to seven individuals or publications are honored at a banquet in New York City and given an award. The ceremony also honors the winner of the Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for "lifelong work to advance press freedom". The first awards were given in 1991 to American photojournalist Bill Foley and his wife, journalist Cary Vaughan; Cameroonian reporter Pius Njawé; Chinese dissidents Wang Juntao and Chen Ziming; Russian television news anchor Tatyana Mitkova (pictured); and Guatemalan reporter Byron Barrera. (Full list...)
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Silver Horn (1860–1940) was a Kiowa ledger artist and chief from Oklahoma. The son of a calendar keeper and grand-nephew of the tribe's Principal Chief Dohasan, Silver Horn was chosen to succeed his father as calendar keeper. Working with a variety of mediums and materials, he completed thousands of illustrations and other artworks depicting Kiowa culture, including dances, myths, and warfare.
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