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Together with her husband, she was awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.

In 1911 she received a second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry.

Born: November 7, 1867, Warsaw, Poland

Died: July 4, 1934, Passy, France

Discovered: Radium, Polonium

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The youngest prime minister in the world is Gabriel Boric, who took office in Chile on March 11, 2022, at the age of 36.

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Know about NATO

NATO full form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Founded: 4 April, 1949 (Washington, USA)

Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium

Total members: 32 (30 European & 2 North American countries)

Latest Member: Sweden

Type: Military Alliance

Official Languages: English & French

Founding members: 12

Pakistan: Not a NATO member

Member Muslim country: Turkiye  

In April 2024, Sweden became 32nd member on 75th anniversary of NATO.

List of NATO member countries

1.       Albania

2.       Belgium

3.       Bulgaria

4.       Canada

5.       Croatia

6.       Czechia

7.       Denmark

8.       Estonia

9.       France

10.   Germany

11.   Greece

12.   Hungary

13.   Iceland

14.   Italy

15.   Latvia

16.   Lithuania

17.   Luxembourg

18.   Montenegro

19.   Netherlands

20.   North Macedonia

21.   Norway

22.   Poland

23.   Portugal

24.   Romania

25.   Slovakia

26.   Slovenia

27.   Spain

28.   Turkiye

29.   United Kingdom

30.   United States

31.   Finland

32. Sweden 

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Gautam Budha was born in 623 BC.

Language of discourse/lectures of Budhha was: Pali 

Gautam Budha was the founder of Buddhism.

Gautam Budha was born in Lumbini, Nepal.

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Movable type is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document usually on the medium of paper.

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• In the year 1873  Persian was recognized as the language of the civil court of the British government of India.
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• The British landed in India in Surat on August 24, 1608.
  
• As the British East India Company rose to power, Persian remained the official language of administration well into the nineteenth century.
• The Persian language was replaced by the English Language in India in 1832.
• The Ghaznavid conquests of the 11th century introduced Persian to the Indian subcontinent.
  

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Icelandic is a North Germanic language spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland where it is the national language. 

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The Maginot Line  is a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Germany and force them to move around the fortifications.

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Mustafa Kamal Ataturk was born in 1881 in Salonika, Greece.

He was died in 1938 in Istanbul, Turkey.

He served as the country's first president from 1923 to 1937.

Additional Information:

2nd President of Turkey: İsmet İnönü (1938-1950)

3rd President of Turkey: Celâl Bayar (1950-1960)

Current President of Turkey (as of 2024): Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (since 2014)

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About Donald Trump (US business tycoon & politician) 

First became US president in 2016 until 2020

Second time became US president in 2024

Party affiliation: Republican Party (Election Symbol = Elephant)

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