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Akongjamba

Akongjamba  () was a nobleman of a King in Ancient Moirang. He is a lover of Goddess Phouoibi. But fate doesn't permit the lovers to unite. So, Akongjamba and Phouoibi reincarnated in the legends. The lives of the two legendary lovers were believed to be enacted by Thangjing as a part of the Moirang Saiyon of the Moirang Kangleirol legends.

Legends 
Once Goddess Phouoibi (Fouoibi) set out for a journey along with Ngaleima and Thumleima. In Moirang, when she was trying to cross a river, Akongjamba came to the place for hunting. He fell in love with Phouoibi at first sight. They became great lovers.

Many days later, Phouoibi went to Akongjamba's house, disguising herself as a tribal woman (haonupi or haonubi). Akongjamba was not at home. Akongjamba's mother (Akongjamba's wife in another version) didn't give her good shelter. She was about to hit Phouoibi (disguised as a tribal woman) with a broom. A divine being could lose his or her powers at the touch of profane objects like broom. So, Phouoibi fled to the coop of the house. She transformed into a chicken. Akongjamba's mother chased her. She counted the number of chickens. She didn't find any new chicken. So, she was gone. Phouoibi spent the night inside the dirty henhouse. On the next day, she once again assumed her true divine maiden form in a glowing dress. She called Akongjamba's mother to come out. She gave her the payment for spending a night at her place. She shook an enormous heap of golden grain off her body. The grains fell in the middle of the courtyard of the house. Then, she was gone to the south east direction. Akongjamba's mother was surprised at this.
 
When Akongjamba returned home, he found the pile of golden grain as high as a hill in front of the courtyard. His mother narrated him the entire story. He realised that the strange lady was Phouoibi, his ladylove. He immediately followed her path. On the way, he found her. He pleaded her to return home together. But she told him that they are not destined to unite to accomplish their work at that birth. Saying that, she left him.

In popular culture 
 Phou-oibi, the rice goddess is a 2009 ballad opera performed by the Laihui Ensemble. It is based on the lovestory of Phouoibi and Akongjamba.
 Phouoibi Shayon is a 2017 Manipuri mythology movie based on the lovestory of Phouoibi and Akongjamba.

Related pages
 Khuman Khamba

References 

Meitei mythology
Meitei folklore
Meitei literature
Moirang Thoibi

Moirang Thoibi () or Ewanglon Thoibi () is one of the principal characters in the ancient Moirang Kangleirol legends. She is a princess of the Moirang kingdom, daughter of Chingkhuba and the niece of the king of Moirang. She is a lady love of Khuman Khamba, a poor orphan prince.

The term "Thoibi" means perfection or completion of beauty and accomplishments.

In popular culture

 The well celebrated folk dance, Khamba Thoibi Jagoi, was first performed by Khuman Khamba and his lady love Thoibi in the premise of the Ebudhou Thangjing Temple. It's now a popular form of folk dance in Manipur.
 "Moirang Thoibi", a literary work, composed by A. Dorendrajit, was one of the author's first three books.
 Moirang Thoibi is a protagonist in the celebrated epic poem Khamba Thoibi.

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Meitei folklore
Meitei literature
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Mexicanal

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Donna Britt

Donna Britt (July 10, 1958 – January 21, 2021) was a longtime television news anchor at WAFB in Baton Rouge. She co-anchored the station's top rated 6 PM and 10 PM news broadcasts.

As a student, she had been working for WYNK radio, and so in 1981 she decided to get a temporary job with WAFB, the local CBS affiliate. She quickly moved from weekend reporter to full-time reporter to host of morning news shows to prime time, where she anchored 9 News.

Britt was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 2017, and retired the following year. She died at her home on January 21, 2021, at age 62.

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Quagga mussel

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Safra Catz

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In April 2011, she was named co-president and chief financial officer (CFO).

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Onsi Sawiris

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Dina Powell

Dina Powell McCormick (Dina Habib , ; born June 12, 1973) is an American financial executive, philanthropist and political advisor. She is best known for having been the United States Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy to President Donald Trump.

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Jessica Jackley

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 "Poverty, money — and love" (TEDGlobal 2010)
 Clay Water Brick: Finding Inspiration from Entrepreneurs Who Do the Most with the Least

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Franklin Park, Pennsylvania

Franklin Park is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. 13,470 people lived here at the 2010 census.

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Neffes

Neffes is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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Moydans

Moydans is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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The Dark Mirror (1946 movie)

The Dark Mirror is a 1946 American crime thriller movie directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayers, Thomas Mitchell, Garry Owen, Lela Bliss, Lester Allen. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1947.

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Névache

Névache is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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La Motte-en-Champsaur

La Motte-en-Champsaur is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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The D23 and D123 roads pass through the commune.

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Montrond, Hautes-Alpes

Montrond is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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The D94 and D1075 (E712) roads pass through the commune.

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The Buëch river passes through the commune.

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Kadeng Thangjahanba

"Kadeng Thangjahanba" () is one of the principal characters in the ancient Moirang Kangleirol legends. He is a blacksmith and a minster in the court of the king of Moirang kingdom. He is a lover of Tonu Laijinglembi.
According to legend, he has no match as a skilled blacksmith.
Many scholars opined Kadeng Thangjahanba to be a real historical figure who existed during the reign of Emperor Iwang Puriklai Laijing Punsiba in Ancient Moirang.

In popular culture
  "Tonu Laijing Lembi"  , a novel, written by Chaoba, is a masterpiece. It is based on the love story of Kadeng Thangjahanba and Tonu Laijinglembi.

 Tonu Laijing Lembi, a literary work, was written by Sarangthem Boramani Sinha in 1949. The saga narrates the love story of Kadeng Thangjahanba and Tonu Laijinglembi.

Further reading
 http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Moirang_Kangleirol.Love_Story_of_Tonu_Laijing_Lembi_A_Scientific_Perspective_By_Raghu_Ningthoujam

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Montmorin, Hautes-Alpes

Montmorin was a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department. On 1 July 2017, it merged with Bruis and Sainte-Marie and is now part of the Valdoule commune.

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The D26 road passes through the commune.

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Montmaur, Hautes-Alpes

Montmaur is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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The D512, D937, D937A and D994 roads pass through the commune.

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Montjay, Hautes-Alpes

Montjay is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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The D226 and D949 roads pass through the commune.

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The commune borders the Drôme department.

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LauncherOne

LauncherOne is a two-stage orbital launch vehicle (see launch vehicle) developed and flown by Virgin Orbit. It was in development from 2007 to 2020. It is an air-launched rocket. It carries a smallsat payloads of up to  into Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO).

The first successful flight was on 17 January 2021. LauncherOne was the first all liquid-fuelled air-launched orbital rocket.  A test flight was unsuccessful on 25 May 2020, when the rocket failed to reach space.

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Montbrand

Montbrand is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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The D28, D28L, D28T and D228 roads pass through the commune.

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The commune borders the Drôme department.

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Tonu Laijinglembi

"Tonu Laijinglembi" () is one of the principal characters in the ancient Moirang Kangleirol legends. She is a lady love of Kadeng Thangjahanba, with whom she united after her former marriage to the king of Moirang kingdom.
But some opined Tonu Laijinglembi to be a historical figure who appeared during the reign of Emperor Iwang Puriklai Laijing Punsiba in Ancient Moirang.

In popular culture
 Tonu Laijinglembi appears to be one of the popular figures in the modern popular culture.  "Tonu Laijing Lembi"  , a novel, written by Chaoba, is a masterpiece.
 Tonu Laijing Lembi, a literary work,was written by Sarangthem Boramani Sinha in 1949.

Related pages
 Khuyol Haoba

Bibliography
 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.310082

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 http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Moirang_Kangleirol.Love_Story_of_Tonu_Laijing_Lembi_A_Scientific_Perspective_By_Raghu_Ningthoujam

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Montclus, Hautes-Alpes

Montclus is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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The D450 and D994 roads pass through the commune.

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Lettret

Lettret is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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The D942 road passes through the commune.

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Mitchell Johnson

Mitchell Guy Johnson (born 2 November 1981) is an Australian former cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-handed fast bowler. He has been awarded the International Cricket Council's Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy twice (2009 and 2014). He famously took part in the Australian Test squad during the 2013–14 Ashes series. His country won the series 5–0. Johnson also won the player of the series award for taking 37 wickets in a dominant showing against the English batsmen. During his Test career, he played 73 matches and took 313 wickets from 16,001 balls bowled. He retired from all forms of cricket in 2018.

Johnson was born in Townsville, Queensland. Although he bats and bowls left-handed, Johnson writes with his right hand. In 2016, he published his autobiography Resilient.

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Gregory Sierra

Gregory Sierra (January 25, 1937 – January 4, 2021)  was an American actor. He was known for his roles as Detective Sergeant Chano Amenguale on Barney Miller and as Julio Fuentes on Sanford and Son.

Sierra died on January 4, 2021 from cancer at his home in Laguna Woods, California at the age of 83.

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Laguna Woods, California

Laguna Woods () is a city in Orange County, California, United States. 16,192 people lived here at the 2010 census.

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Jeannette Wood

Jeannette Wood (February 19, 1932 – January 9, 2021) was an American Republican politician. He was a member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 21st district from 1988 to 1994 and in the Washington State Senate from the 21st district from 1994 to 1999. Wood was born in Auburn, New York.

Wood died of problems caused by dementia on January 9, 2021, in Woodway, Washington at age 88.

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Woodway, Washington

Woodway is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. 1,307 people lived here at the 2010 census.

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Charlotte Cornwell

Charlotte Cornwell (26 April 1949 – 16 January 2021) was an English actress. She was born in London. Cornwell was a leading member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for three years. She starred Rosalind in As You Like It and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. 

Cornwell was in many movies such as Stardust (1974), The Brute (1977), The Krays (1990), The Russia House (1990), White Hunter Black Heart (1990), The Saint (1997), Ghosts of Mars (2001) and Dead Space: Aftermath (2010).

Cornwell died on 16 January 2021, aged 71.

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Royal Shakespeare Company

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company. It is in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company has over 1,000 staff and makes around 20 productions a year. Most of the plays made by the company are by William Shakespeare.

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Maynard Wallace

Maynard Wallace (April 21, 1943 – January 17, 2021) was an American Republican politician. He was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 143rd district from 2003 to 2011. He was born in Ozark County, Missouri.

Wallace died on January 17, 2021 at her home near Gainesville, Missouri at age 77.

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Gainesville is a city in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. 773 people lived here at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Ozark County.

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Thorsten Johansson

Thorsten Johansson (9 October 1950 – 18 January 2021) was a Swedish sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Johansson died on 18 January 2021, aged 70.

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Jim Vickerman

James Murray Vickerman (May 1, 1931 – January 19, 2021) was an American politician. He was a member of the Minnesota Senate from 1987 to 2011. He was a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. He was born in Tracy, Minnesota.

Vickerman died on January 19, 2021 in Marshall, Minnesota at the age of 89.

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Tracy, Minnesota

Tracy is a city in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. 2,163 people lived here at the 2010 census.

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Bill Sheat

William Newton Sheat  (1 May 1930 – 20 January 2021) was a New Zealand lawyer and arts activist. He was a founding member of the New Zealand Film Commission, Creative New Zealand and Downstage Theatre. Sheat was born in Hāwera, New Zealand.

Sheat died on 20 January 2021 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand at the age of 90.

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Central American Integration System

The Central American Integration System (, or SICA) has been the economic and political organization of Central American states since February 1, 1993.

In 1991, SICA's first nations to join were Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Belize joined in 1998 as a full member, while the Dominican Republic became an associated state in 2004 and a full member in 2013. 

Mexico, Chile and Brazil became part of the organization as regional observers, and the Republic of China, Spain, Germany and Japan became extra-regional observers. 

SICA has been an observer of the United Nations General Assembly.

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Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa

Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa (1 August 1958 – 21 January 2021) was a Nicaraguan politician, lawyer and editor. He was born in León, Nicaragua. Herdocia Sacasa was a Nicaraguan representative for the International Court of Justice. He worked for the newspaper La Prensa. 

In 2000, for a short time, Herdocia Sacasa was General-Secretary of the Central American Integration System.

Herdocia Sacasa died of a heart attack on 21 January 2021 in Managua, Nicaragua at the age of 62.

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Amanda Gorman

Amanda S. C. Gorman (born March 7, 1998) is an American poet, writer, speaker, and political activist. She read one of her poems during the installment ceremony of the American President Joe Biden in January 2021, getting praise.

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León, Nicaragua

León () is the second largest city in Nicaragua, after Managua. It is the capital and largest city of León Department.

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Cecilia Mangini

Cecilia Mangini (31 July 1927 – 21 January 2021) was an Italian movie director and screenwriter. She was thought to be the first female documentary filmmaker in Italy. Mangini wrote the screenplay for the 1973 drama movie Black Holiday. She was born in Mola di Bari, Italy.

Mangini died on 21 January 2021 in Rome at the age of 93.

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Mola di Bari

Mola di Bari, commonly referred to simply as Mola (Barese: ), is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Bari, in the region of Apulia, in Southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.

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Tony Ferrer

Antonio Laxa (June 12, 1934 – January 23, 2021) better known by his stage name Tony Ferrer, was a Filipino actor, movie director and producer. He was called the James Bond of the Philippines for his movie role as Tony Falcon in the Agent X-44 spy movie series. Ferrer was born in Macabebe, Pampanga. He also played Inspector Ramos in The Vengeance of Fu Manchu and Ben Guevara in Blind Rage.

Ferrer died on January 23, 2021 in Quezon City from heart disease, aged 86.

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Pampanga

Pampanga (; ) is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines.

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Ricardo Durão

Ricardo Fernandes Durão (13 June 1928 – 22 January 2021) was a Portuguese modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Durão died on 22 January 2021, aged 92.

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Feliks Gromov

Fleet Admiral Feliks Nikolayevich Gromov (; August 29, 1937 – January 22, 2021) was a Russian admiral. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy from 1992 to 1997. Gromov was born in Vladivostok, Soviet Union.

Gromov died on January 22, 2021 at the age of 83.

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Juan Guzmán Tapia

Juan Salvador Guzmán Tapia (22 April 1939 – 22 January 2021) was a Salvadoran-born Chilean politician and lawyer. He was the first Chilean judge to prosecute Augusto Pinochet over human rights violations during his dictatorship. Guzmán Tapia was born in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Guzmán Tapia died on 22 January 2021 in Santiago de Chile, aged 81.

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Gianfranco Lombardi

Gianfranco "Franco" Lombardi (20 March 1941 – 22 January 2021) was an Italian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, his nickname was "Dado". He was born in Livorno, Italy. He played for the national team. He participated in the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.

In 2006, he was honored into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.

Lombardi died on 22 January 2021 in Cocquio-Trevisago, Varese, Italy at the age of 79.

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Cocquio-Trevisago (;  ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region of Lombardy. It is about  northwest of Milan and about  northwest of Varese.

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F. X. Sudjasmin

Fransiskus Xaverius Sudjasmin (26 August 194322 January 2021) was an Indonesian military officer. He was the deputy chief of staff of the Indonesian Army from 1995 until 1997. Sudjasmin was born in Salatiga, Japanese Dutch East Indies. 

Sudjasmin died on 22 January 2021 in Jakarta at the age of 77.

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Marius van Heerden

Marius van Heerden (8 September 1974 – 22 January 2021) was a South African middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He was born in Clanwilliam, South Africa.

Van Heerden died on 22 January 2021 in Cape Town from COVID-19, aged 46.

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Farah Pahlavi

Farah Pahlavi (, née Farah Diba ; born 14 October 1938) is an Iranian royal. She is the widow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Pahlavi was the Shahbanu (empress) of Iran from 1961 to 1979. Pahlavi was born in Tehran.

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Fawzia Fuad of Egypt

Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (; ; 5 November 1921 – 2 July 2013), also known as Muluk Fawzia of Iran and Fawzia Chirine, was an Egyptian princess who became Queen of Iran as the first wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran.

Fawzia died on 2 July 2013 at the age of 91.

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Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary

Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (; 22 June 1932 – 26 October 2001) was the queen consort of Iran as the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whom she married in 1951.

Soraya died on 26 October 2001 in her apartment in Paris, France; she was 69.

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Khuyol Haoba

Khuyol Haoba () or Khuyon Haoba () is one of the principal characters in the ancient Moirang Kangleirol legends. He is the son of Khuyol Khuntoulempa, and a lover of Yaithing Konu, the fair daughter of Huiningsumba. Right from childhood, he grew up as an orphan man.

In popular culture
 The Rupamahal Theatre produced a play "Yaithing Konu" in 1949, which was written by Meitram Bir. It highlights the saga of Khuyol Haoba and Yaithing Konu.

Related pages
 Moirang Shayon

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Shahnaz Pahlavi

Shahnaz Pahlavi (, born 27 October 1940) is the first child of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his first wife, Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt.

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Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran

Reza Pahlavi (; born 31 October 1960) is the oldest son of Iranian Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wife Farah Diba. Until the Iranian Revolution in 1979, he was the crown prince and the last heir apparent to the throne of the Imperial State of Iran.

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Farahnaz Pahlavi

Farahnaz Pahlavi (; born 12 March 1963) is the eldest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi by his third wife, Farah Diba.

In a 2004 article in Los Angeles Times, she tried to work at an international aid agencies such as UNICEF, but was rejected because of her name.

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Pilgrimage (Wishbone Ash album)

Pilgrimage is the second studio album by English rock band Wishbone Ash. The album is more like folk music than the last album, which was more like blues rock. The album sold many copies and reached number 14 on the UK Albums Chart. Their next album, Argus sold more than this album, and was their most popular.

Track listing
All songs written by Martin Turner, Steve Upton, Ted Turner and Andy Powell, except where noted.

Personnel
Andy Powell – guitar, vocals
Ted Turner – guitar, vocals
Martin Turner – bass, vocals
Steve Upton – drums

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Ali-Reza Pahlavi

Ali-Reza Pahlavi (; 28 April 1966 – 4 January 2011) was a member of the Pahlavi Imperial Family of the Imperial State of Iran. He was the younger son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the former Shah of Iran and his third wife Farah Diba. 

He was second in order of succession to the Iranian throne before the Iranian Revolution.

Pahlavi, who had depression, shot himself on 4 January 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 44.

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Leila Pahlavi

Leila Pahlavi (, 27 March 1970 – 10 June 2001) was a princess of Iran and the youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, and his third wife, Farah Pahlavi.

On 10 June 2001, Pahlavi was found dead in her room in Leonard Hotel in London by her doctor. She was found to have more than five times the lethal dose of barbiturate and cocaine. She was found in bed and she suffered from anorexia and bulimia.

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Hyman G. Rickover

Hyman G. Rickover (January 27, 1900 – July 8, 1986) was an Admiral in the U.S. Navy. He helped create nuclear powered submarines. He was director of the U.S. Naval Reactors office. Rickover is also one of four people who have been awarded two Congressional Gold Medals.

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Moirang Shayon

The "Moirang Shayon" () or "Moirang Saiyon" ()(lit. Moirang incarnations) is a genre of the seven incarnations of a God and a Goddess, induced by Lord Thangjing, in the ancient Moirang kingdom, a southern province in Ancient Manipur (Antique Kangleipak).
The list of the seven pairs of incarnations are:

Incarnations

Akongjamba and Phouoibi
Akongjamba is a mortal man and Phouoibi is a goddess, who became the first pair of lovers in the epic.

Henjunaha and Lairoulembi
Henjunaha, an orphan lad and Thongnang Lairoulembi, daughter of a rich man, are the second pair of lovers in the epic.

Khuyol Haoba and Yaithing Konu
Khuyol Haoba, son of a late minister, and Yaithing Konu, daughter of a royal court man, are the third pair of lovers in the epic.

Thangjahanba and Tonu Laijinglembi
Kadeng Thangjahanba, a blacksmith, and Tonu Laijinglembi, the queen of the Moirang king, are the fourth pair of lovers in the epic.

Khubomba and Pidonu
Khubomba, the son of Tonu Laijinglembi, and Pidonu, a lady from Moirang, are the fifth pair of lovers in the epic.

Pungdingheiba and Silheibi
Pungdingheiba, a drum maker, and Silheibi, a handloom working lady, are the sixth pair of lovers in the epic.

Khamba and Thoibi
Khuman Khamba, an orphan prince of Khuman dynasty and Moirang Thoibi, princess of Moirang kingdom, are the last and the seventh pair of lovers in the epic.

Related pages
 Moirang Sai
 Panthoibi Khongul
 Khongjomnubi Nongarol

Bibliography

References

Meitei culture
Meitei folklore
Meitei literature
Meitei mythology
Manipur
Veynes

Veynes is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

Population

Transport

Road 
The D20, D48, D320, D348, D648, D937E, D994 and D994B roads pass through the commune.

Rail 
Veynes has a train station called Gare de Veynes.

References 

Communes in Hautes-Alpes
Vitrolles, Hautes-Alpes

Vitrolles is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

Population

Transport

Road 
The D20, D120, D220, D420 and D1085 roads pass through the commune.

The A51 autoroute also passes through Vitrolles.

Location 
The commune borders the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department.

References 

Communes in Hautes-Alpes
Ventavon

Ventavon is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

Population

Transport

Road 
The D21, D21A, D942 and D1085 roads pass through the commune.

The A51 autoroute also passes through Ventavon.

Location 
The commune borders the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department.

References 

Communes in Hautes-Alpes
Sylvirana cubitalis

The Siam frog, Siamese frog yellow stream frog, darkeared frog, or black-eared frog (Sylvirana cubitalis) is a frog from China, Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos.

References

Animals of Asia
Frogs
Jean Assaad Haddad

Jean Assaad Haddad (17 December 1926 – 22 January 2021) was a Lebanese Melkite hierarch. He was an Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre in Lebanon from 1988 to 2005. He was born in Beit Chabab, Lebanon. 

Haddad died on 22 January 2021 in Beirut at the age of 94.

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1926 births
2021 deaths
Lebanese people
Sumiko Sakamoto

was a Japanese actress and singer. She was known for her roles in The Pornographers, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, and The Ballad of Narayama. She was born in Osaka, Japan.

Sakamoto died on January 23, 2021 from a cerebral infarction in Kumamoto, Japan at the age of 84.

References

1936 births
2021 deaths
Japanese movie actors
Japanese stage actors
Japanese singers
Deaths from cerebral infarction
Roy Torrens

Robert "Roy" Torrens OBE (17 May 1948 – January 2021) was an Irish cricketer and manager. He managed and played for the Ireland cricket team. He represented Ireland six times in first-class cricket between 1966 and 1982.

Torrens was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.

Torrens died in January 2021, aged 72.

References

1948 births
2021 deaths
Irish sportspeople
Irish cricketers
Tony Jones (offensive tackle)

Anthony Edward Jones (May 24, 1966 – January 22, 2021) was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League. His career lasted from 1988 to 2000. He was a two-time Super Bowl champion winning in 1998 and 1999. He was born in Royston, Georgia. Jones played for the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens and Denver Broncos.

Jones died on January 22, 2021, at the age of 54.

References

Other websites
NFL.com player page

1966 births
2021 deaths
American football offensive tackles
Cleveland Browns players
Baltimore Ravens players
Denver Broncos players
Sportspeople from Georgia (U.S. state)
Tholpuram Valakkamparai Muthumariamman Temple

Tholpuram Valakkamparai Muthumariamman Temple is a Hindu temple in Valakkamparai, Tholpuram, Sri Lanka.

History 

People at one time thought that Tholpuram Valakkamparai Muthumariamman came on her own to this spot because she thought it would be a good place to live, as there was a large amount of vegatation in the area.

The book Jaffna, which was written by Muthuthambipillai on July 22nd, 1912, says that Saravanamuthu Muthaliyar was Panchayathu's judge and the place where he had his court was known as Sathiyakadu which was in Tholpuram. During the time when the Masoorika disease attacked the people violently. People got permission from the Dutch Governor and built the Amman temple and started the prayer so that the Masoorika disease could come down.

Architecture 

According to the available documents just before or after the year 1650, this temple was built using burnt bricks by Alakakone Muthaliyar. The descendants of the above person, one of them, Ramalingam Kailayapillai reconstructed this temple with strong stones but at the expense of the general public in the land called Valakkamparai situated at Tholpuram.

Special events 

The main religious festivals (which includes the Chariot Festival) at the temple are celebrated during June or July.

Wedding hall 

There is a large fully air-conditioned wedding hall for the Hindu people. The wedding hall could also be used for other activities as well. A maximum of 500 people could be accommodated for a wedding or other functions. This hall started functioning from 2015 to present.

References 

Temples in Asia
Hindu temples
Akkrum

Akkrum is a village that lies in the municipality of Heerenveen, which is in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It is in the northern part of the municipality, and had about 3,400 people in 2017.

Akkrum belonged to the former municipality of Boarnsterhim until 2014, and to the municipality of Utingeradeel until 1984.

It has a railway station that connects Akkrum with Leeuwarden in the north and Heerenveen in the south. Motorway A32 is to the right of the village.

The village of Nes is just right of Akkrum.

The lake Sneekermeer (Snitser Mar) lies in the neighbourhood, to the southwest.

Other websites 
 Akkrum.net

Settlements in Friesland
Heerenveen
Soman

Soman is the name of a nerve agent, which was developed in Germany, in 1944. NATO use the abbreviation GD for Soman. During the 1930s, and 1940s, three nerve agents were developed. The two others were Tabun (1936) and Sarin (1942). Soman is the most stable of the three. Sunlight does not affect it. In the air, it will slowly decompose. It cannot be dissolved in water. Under standard conditions is a colorless liquid. 

Soman is a chemical weapon. Producing, stockpiling or owning it is heavily regulated, and monitored by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Nerve agents
Talaba SC

Al-Talaba Sports Club is an Iraqi football club which plays in Baghdad.

References 

20th-century establishments in Iraq
1969 establishments in Asia
Football clubs
Sport in Iraq
Baghdad
La Rochette, Hautes-Alpes

La Rochette is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

Population

Transport

Road 
The D14, D292, D314 and N94 roads pass through the commune.

References 

Communes in Hautes-Alpes
Devotion (1946 movie)

Devotion is a 1946 American biographical drama movie directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Olivia de Havilland, Sydney Greenstreet, Nancy Coleman, Arthur Kennedy, May Whitty, Doris Lloyd, Montagu Love, Edmund Breon. It was distributed by Warner Bros..

Other websites
 
 
 

1946 drama movies
1940s biographical movies
American biographical movies
American drama movies
Movies directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Warner Bros. movies
Movies about sisters
Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.

Esteghlal Ahvaz Football Club is an Iranian football club which plays in Ahvaz, Khuzestan.

Other websites 
 (in Persian) Official club website
 (in Persian) Khuzestan Football Association

1940s establishments in Iran
1948 establishments in Asia
Iranian football clubs
Nejmeh SC

Nejmeh Sporting Club is a Lebanese football club which plays in Beirut.

References 

20th-century establishments in Lebanon
1945 establishments in Asia
Lebanese football clubs
Beirut
Rosoy, Yonne

Rosoy is a commune in the Yonne department.

Transport

Road 
The D171 and D606 roads pass through the commune.

Rail 
There is a train station in Étigny, which is another commune across the Yonne river.

References 

Communes in Yonne
The House of the Seven Gables (movie)

The House of the Seven Gables is a 1940 American drama movie directed by Joe May and is the second adaption of the 1851 novel of the same name by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It stars George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price, Dick Foran, Nan Grey, Cecil Kellaway, Alan Napier, Gilbert Emery and was distributed by Universal Pictures. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1941.

Other websites
 
 
 

1940 movies
1940s drama movies
American drama movies
Movies based on books
Movies directed by Joe May
Ellen's Game of Games

Ellen's Game of Games is American Television Game Show presented by Ellen DeGeneres. The show premiered in 2017 on NBC and the first season  started on 2018. Stephen "tWitch" Boss serves as co-host.

Television game shows
NBC network shows
Thousand Dollar Bee

Thousand Dollar Bee (or Thou$and Dollar Bee) was a game show where children are quizzed on spelling words in a variety of ways, from a traditional spelling bee format to unscrambling letters.

References
Henjunaha

Henjunaha Lairoulembi (), or simply known as Henjunaha, is a folk tale in the ancient Moirang Kangleirol legends of Meitei Manipuri mythology and folklore. It is the love story of Henjunaha and his lady love Lairoulembi, who are the ideal lovers in the second line of reincarnation in the epic of Moirang kingdom.
The legend was first reproduced in the written form during the reign of Maharaja Bhagyachandra, the King of Medieval Manipur.

In later versions
 In 2010, Henjunaha, a drama, was written by K. B. Sharma, based on the story of the hero. 
 In 2012, a book Henjunaha Lairoulembi, was published in the Manipur Hindi Parishad, Imphal. It's based on the saga of the hero Henjunaha and his lady love Lairoulembi.
 In 2017, a folk play named "Henjunaha" premiered, based on the saga of the legendary hero.

References

Other websites 
 Henjunaha hosted at E-Pao

Meitei folklore
Meitei literature
Meitei mythology
Moirang Kangleirol

The Moirang Kangleirol (), also spelt as Moilang Kangleilol, is a body of history, literature, folklore, mythology, legends and other accounts originally associated with the ancient kingdom of Kege Moirang ().
In general sense, the terms Keke, Moirang and Ngangoi are used synonymously since ancient times to refer to the ancient kingdom.

History

Keke Kangla was the capital city of the ancient Moirang kingdom. It's a place of political administration as well as religious practices. People of the kingdom used to perform annual sacred ceremonies in the city.
The Moirang Ningthourol (genealogy of the rulers of Moirang) was calculated with reference to many ancient manuscripts, including the Cheitharol Kumpapa.

Mythology
The mythology associated with Moirang Kangleirol has diverse range of accounts. 
There are Phamlons of deities. The nine gods and the nine goddesses participated in the divine harvesting festival of Thangjing Loutaba. They are collectively called the Laibungthous and the Laibenthous respectively.

Legends

The Moirang Shayon legends from the backbone of the Moirang Kangleirol.
"Moirang Shayon" (lit. Moirang incarnations) is a genre of the seven incarnations of a God and a Goddess, induced under the direction of Lord Thangjing, in the ancient Moirang kingdom.
The list of the seven pairs of incarnations are:

References

History of Manipur
Meitei culture
Meitei literature
Meitei folklore
Meitei mythology
Legends
Habutae

Habutae is a type of silk. There are different kinds of habutae silk such as plain or striped habutae. Habutae is traditionally used for kimono and undershirts. Recently, it is also used for general goods, works of art, and clothing. Habutae is smooth to touch, glossy, and soft. It has been said "The quality of silk fabric begins with habutae and ends with it." Fukui is a suitable region to produce habutae as the dryness and wetness of the air are well-balanced throughout the whole year.

History 
In 1871, Kimimasa Yuri, who was a lord of Fukui Domain (region), brought some silk goods from Europe to Fukui when he joined a study tour in Europe. He showed the goods to people who studied silks in Fukui and they started doing technical research on weaving habutae. In 1887, basic technology for weaving habutae silk was completed in Fukui city. The economic boom of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 and World War I boosted progress and production of habutae in Fukui. In the early 1900s, production of habutae in Fukui earned 1.7 million dollars, up to 60% of the total exports of habutae in Japan. The demand for habutae made in Fukui has kept increasing in Japan, and it is still used in many kinds of daily goods such as clothing.

Weaving Process 
Most of the process of making Fukui habutae silk is the same as the process of making habutae in other areas, but the weaving process of Fukui habutae silk is different from the weaving process of habutae in other areas. Also, the weaving process is the most important part of making Fukui habutae silk. Fukui habutae silk is made in a process called nureyoko(濡れ横). Nureyoko is a weaving method of weaving warps and wefts which is the two basic components of weaving thread  into fabric after wetting wefts with water. Threads are made from raw silks that are imported from other countries such as China and Brazil. This process makes the cloth tight, elastic, and strong. It takes one day to weave 20 meters of habutae.

References 

Woven fabrics
National Diet Building

The National Diet Building (国会議事堂, Kokkai-gijidō) is the building where both houses of the Japan's government, the Diet, meet. It is located at Nagatachō 1-chome 7–1, Chiyoda, Tokyo.

Sessions of the House of Representatives take place in the left wing and sessions of the House of Councillors in the right wing.

The Diet Building was completed in 1936 and is made of only Japanese materials, except for the stained glass, door locks, and pneumatic tube system.

History 

Plans for a Diet building began in 1881.  The planners hoped to finish it by 1890, when the Diet would meet for the first time.  They realized they could not build a very impressive building in time, so they decided to make temporary buildings at first.  The first Diet building was a Western-style building made of wood.  It burned down in 1891.  Another wooden building was made and finished in 1891.  It burned down in 1925.  A third building was made.  The Diet used it until 1936, when the current Diet building was finished.

Current Diet building 
In 1910, the Finance Ministry started a planning group to take control over the new Diet Building design from the Home Ministry. Prime Minister Katsura Tarō chaired the commission, which recommended that the new building should be made in the Italian Renaissance architectural style. Many other people did not like this idea.

The ministry had a public design competition in 1918. 118 architect teams sent designs. The first prize winner, Watanabe Fukuzo, produced a design similar to Ende and Böckmann's.

The Diet Building was built between 1920 and 1936 with a floor plan based on Fukuzo's entry. The roof and tower of the building might have been inspired by another entrant, third prize winner Takeuchi Shinshichi, and are believed to have been chosen because they mixed European and East Asian architecture. The actual source for the "Pyramid" roof remains unclear, but Japanese historian Jonathan Reynolds suggests it might have come from from Shinshichi. Historian of Africa studies Zoe Strother says Shinshichi's design resembles the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, which was a model for some prominent Western designs in the early 1900s, such as John Russell Pope's 1911 award-winning House of the Temple in Washington, D.C. and the downtown Los Angeles City Hall, completed in 1928.

Further reading 
National Diet Building at House of Councillors website

References

Buildings and structures in Tokyo
Buildings and structures completed in the 20th century
Government buildings
Panthoibi Khongul

Panthoibi Khongul ()(literally, "in quest of Panthoibi" or "Panthoibi's footprint"), also spelt as Panthoipi Khongkul, is an ancient Meitei literary work (puya), narrating about the quest of goddess Panthoibi. The text highlights the love saga of Panthoibi and her ultimate lover Nongpok Ningthou, after leaving her husband's house. Many scholars believe the work to be written during the 12th century AD.

The text also talks about how the festival Lai Haraoba was begun after the union of the two lovers.

Editions
 In 1963, the scripture "Panthoibi Khongkul" was published by M. Chandra Singh.
 In 1968, the scripture was again published by N. Ibobi Singh.

Bibliography
 Ariba Manipuri Sahityagee Saklon

References

Puya
Meitei culture
Khongjomnubi Nongarol

The Khongjomnubi Nongarol, also spelt as the "Khongchomnupi Nongkalol", is an ancient Meitei literary narrative work (puya) about the six girls turning into the Pleiades in the sky.

"Khongjomnubi" or "Khongchomnupi" means the Pleiades and "Nongarol" or "Nongkalol" means the ascend to the Heaven. The work is believed to be composed during the 14th century AD.

Related pages
 List of Meitei folktales
 Konthoujam Nongarol

Reference

Puya
Meitei literature
Harry Perry (boxer)

Harry Perry (2 December 1934 – 23 January 2021) was an Irish boxer. He participated in the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. He was part of the national boxing teams.  He also competed in the European Amateur Boxing Championships in 1955 and 1959 winning the bronze medal then. He was born in Dublin.

Perry died in Dublin on 23 January 2021, aged 86.

References

1934 births
2021 deaths
Irish Olympians
Boxers
Sportspeople from Dublin
Simon Crosse

Simon C. Crosse (21 May 1930 – 14 January 2021) was a British rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. He was born in Christchurch, Hampshire.

Crosse died on 14 January 2021, aged 90.

References

1930 births
2021 deaths
British Olympic bronze medalists
Rowers
Sportspeople from Hampshire
Ron Samford

Ronald Edward Samford (February 28, 1930 – January 14, 2021) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played from 1954 to 1959 with the New York Giants, Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators. Samford was born in Dallas, Texas.

Samford died on January 14, 2021 in Dallas at the age of 90.

References

1930 births
2021 deaths
New York Giants (NL) players
Detroit Tigers players
Minnesota Twins players
Sportspeople from Dallas, Texas
Bergens Tidende

Bergens Tidende is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo.

Bergens Tidende is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA.

References

Newspapers
Norway
19th-century establishments in Norway
1868 establishments in Europe