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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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President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi declares Aden to be the temporary capital of Yemen.
Lee Kuan Yew (pictured), the first Prime Minister of Singapore, dies at the age of 91.
A solar eclipse is visible across much of Europe, with totality over the Faroe Islands and Svalbard.
Suicide bombings at two mosques in Sana'a, Yemen, kill 142 people, including 13 children.
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.

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On this day...

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

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.

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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.

Painting: Elbridge Ayer Burbank

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