User:Hemanshu/edmainpage

Welcome to Wikipedia, a free-content encyclopedia in many languages. In this English edition, started in January 2001, we are working on 6,883,740 articles. Learn how to edit pages, experiment in the sandbox, and visit our Community Portal to find out how you can edit any article right now.

Today's featured article Sir Frederick "Boy" Browning (1896–1965) was a British Army general who has been called the "father of the British airborne forces". He was also an Olympic bobsleigh competitor, and the husband of author Daphne du Maurier. Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1915 and served on the Western Front in the First World War. During the Second World War, Browning commanded the I Airborne Corps in Operation Market Garden in September 1944. During the planning for this operation, he was alleged to have said: "I think we might be going a bridge too far." In December 1944 he became chief of staff of Admiral Lord Mountbatten's South East Asia Command. After the war Browning was comptroller and treasurer to Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh. After she ascended to the throne as Queen Elizabeth II in 1952, Browning became treasurer in the Office of the Duke of Edinburgh. (Full article...) Recently featured: Jeremy Thorpe al-Musta'li Charles William Fremantle Selected anniversaries September 17: Mid-Autumn Festival in China (2024); Constitution Day in the United States Emperor Norton 1176 – Byzantine–Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Myriokephalon in Phrygia, the Seljuq Turks prevented Byzantine forces from taking the interior of Anatolia. 1382 – Following Louis I's death without a male heir, his daughter Mary was crowned with the title of King of Hungary. 1859 – Disgruntled with the legal and political structures of the United States, Joshua Norton (pictured) distributed letters to various newspapers in San Francisco proclaiming himself to be Emperor Norton. 1894 – John Hyrum Koyle, a controversial Mormon bishop, began excavating the Dream Mine, which he believed would provide financial support to members of the LDS Church. 1914 – Andrew Fisher, who in his previous term as premier oversaw a period of reform unmatched in the Commonwealth until the 1940s, became Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. Li Jingsui (d. 958) Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (d. 1721) Periyar (b. 1879) Hank Williams (b. 1923) More anniversaries: September 16 September 17 September 18	In the news Alberto Fujimori in 1991 Former president of Peru Alberto Fujimori (pictured) dies at the age of 86. Flooding following a dam collapse in Borno State, Nigeria, leaves at least 30 people dead. Typhoon Yagi leaves more than 900 people dead across six Asian countries. Abdelmadjid Tebboune is declared the winner of the Algerian presidential election amid a dispute over the election's turnout. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Pravin Gordhan Sitaram Yechury Michaela DePrince Stephen Peat Didier Roustan Friedrich Schorlemmer Did you know... State Publishing House of Ukraine symbol ... that 1920s belles-lettres books published by the State Publishing House of Ukraine (symbol pictured) sold out more rapidly than similar books published elsewhere in the Soviet Union, despite the higher average price? ... that Juan de Casas, the Spanish military governor of Venezuela, cried after the French demanded that he accept a Frenchman as king? ... that the Empire of Japan created a girl group as propaganda? ... that a bust of former Peruvian president Justiniano Borgoño was stolen from its pedestal by thieves? ... that the Republic Drug Store was formed from the consolidation of an estate and its competition? ... that a coconut tree meme drove sales of piña coladas in the Washington, D.C., area? ... that Nicole Chang-Leng has been described as a "daughter" of the Seychelles? ... that a former teacher in the Philippines became a Robin Hood–like outlaw? ... that the author of Sugar Dog Life ended up buying and raising a cactus after drawing one in the manga?
Wikipedia in other languages This Wikipedia is written in English. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below. 1,000,000+ articles العربية مصرى Deutsch Español فارسی‎ Français Italiano Nederlands 日本語 Polski Português Русский Svenska Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 250,000+ articles Bahasa Indonesia Bahasa Melayu 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú Български Català Čeština Dansk Esperanto Euskara עברית Հայերեն 한국어 Magyar Norsk bokmål Română Simple English Srpski Srpskohrvatski Suomi Türkçe Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча 50,000+ articles Asturianu Azərbaycanca বাংলা Bosanski کوردی Eesti Ελληνικά Frysk Gaeilge Galego Hrvatski ქართული Kurdî Latviešu Lietuvių മലയാളം Македонски မြန်မာဘာသာ Norsk nynorsk ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Shqip Slovenčina Slovenščina ไทย తెలుగు اردو
Wikipedia's sister projects Wikipedia is written by volunteer editors and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other volunteer projects: Commons Free media repository MediaWiki Wiki software development Meta-Wiki Wikimedia project coordination Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals Wikidata Free knowledge base Wikinews Free-content news Wikiquote Collection of quotations Wikisource Free-content library Wikispecies Directory of species Wikiversity Free learning tools Wikivoyage Free travel guide Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus
If you find this encyclopedia or its sister projects useful, please consider making a donation.
All New: 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Orphaned: 500 1001 1501