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Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy who was the chief guest during the Republic Day Function 2008 was the President of France.

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Shivangi, the first woman pilot for the Indian Navy. Born in the city of Muzaffarpur in Bihar, Sub-lieutenant Shivangi became the first woman pilot for the Indian Navy on Monday.

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Paul G. Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft who helped usher in the personal computing revolution and then channeled his enormous fortune into transforming Seattle into a cultural destination, died in Seattle. He was 65. The cause was complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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New director general of the Sports Authority of India is Sandip Pradhan.

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Bachendri Pal is an Indian mountaineer who in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

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Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, who was awarded Nikkei Asia Prize, 2018 for Culture and Community, is the founder of Sulabh Sanitation and Social Reform Movement.

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Shovana Narayan is a famous and recognized Indian Kathak dancer. She had dual career, in parallel, as a Kathak artist and a career officer with Indian Audit and Accounts Service. She performs in India and around the world, and has been awarded the Padma Shri. Her guru is Birju Maharaj.