Parbati Barua is the first female mahout in recent recorded history, and a citizen of India. A mahout is a person who drives an Elephant. The word mahout comes from the Hindi words mahaut and mahavat, derivatives of the Sanskrit [1] She came to the limelight after the BBC created the documentary "Queen of the Elephants" based on her life, along with the companion book by Mark Shand. Queen of the Elephants is a book authored by the Conservationist and travel writer Mark Shand and the corresponding BBC documentary Queen Mark Shand, born 28 June 1951, is a travel writer and conservationist She works and resides in Kaziranga National Park in the state of Assam in India. Kaziranga National Park (কাজিৰঙা ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় উদ্যান, pronounced) is a national park in the Golaghat and Assam) ( Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a suburb of the city India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country [2]
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- ^ Anupam Bordoloi. Wild at heart. The Telegraph (Calcutta, India edition) website. Retrieved on 2007-06-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire.
- ^ Mark Shand, Queen of the Elephants, Vintage Books, London (ISBN 978-0099592013)
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