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  2. 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment - Wikipedia

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    A Parachute Commando of a GCP Team from the 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment commencing airborne drop. The 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment ( French: 1 er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes, 1 er RHP) is an airborne cavalry unit in the French Army, founded in 1720 by Hungarian noble Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny. It is stationed in Tarbes and is a ...

  3. Nadar (caste) - Wikipedia

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    Ethnic group Nadar Regions with significant populations Chennai, Kanyakumari, Kollam, Madurai, Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thoothukudi, Tiruchendur, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar Languages Tamil, Malayalam Religion Hinduism, Christianity, Ayyavazhi Related ethnic groups Tamil people Nadar (also referred to as Nadan, Shanar and Shanan) is a Tamil caste of India. Nadars are predominant in the ...

  4. Compagnons du Devoir - Wikipedia

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    The Compagnons du Devoir, full name Compagnons du Devoir et du Tour de France, is a French organization of craftsmen and artisans dating from the Middle Ages. Their traditional, technical education includes taking a tour, the Tour de France, around France and doing apprenticeships with masters. For a young man or young woman today, the ...

  5. File:Nadar - Ernestine Nadar âgée, en buste, de face, tenant ...

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    Français : Portrait par Nadar d'Ernestine Nadar âgée, en buste, de face, tenant une fleur devant sa bouche, conservé à la Bibliothèque nationale de France, mis à disposition sur Gallica Date 20 e siècle

  6. Hermaphrodite (Nadar) - Wikipedia

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    Hermaphrodite. (Nadar) Hermaphrodite is a series of photographs of a young intersex person, who had a male build and stature and may have been assigned female or self-identified as female, taken by the French photographer Nadar (real name Gaspard-Félix Tournachon) in 1860. Possibly commissioned by Armand Trousseau, the nine photographs have ...

  7. Nadar - Wikipedia

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    Nadar. / 48.860; 2.396. Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910 [1] ), known by the pseudonym Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, balloonist, and proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person to take aerial photographs. [2]

  8. File:The Desire of the Aspirant WDL9677.pdf - Wikipedia

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    In Munyat al-murīd (The desire of the aspirant), Baba ibn Ahmad al-Alawi al-Maliki al-Maghribi al-Shingiti presents an explanation of the lives and activities of the Sufi Tijānī order. The Tijāniyyah originated in North Africa in the 1780s and was soon established in West Africa.

  9. File:Édouard Manet, en buste, de face - Nadar.jpg - Wikipedia

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    File:Édouard Manet, en buste, de face - Nadar - Original.jpg - Original (JPEG) Assessment This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons ( Featured pictures ) and is considered one of the finest images.