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8 unusual facts about Curepipe


Ameeksha Dilchand

Ameeksha Dilchand from Curepipe has been crowned as the new Miss Mauritius 2011 during the annual ceremony held on Saturday night, August 6, 2011 at the J & J Auditorium, Phoenix.

Arya Samaj in Mauritius

On their departure in 1902, they left a copy of Satyarth Prakash and Sanskar Vidhi which became an inspiration for the establishment of the first Arya Samaj at Curepipe Road in 1903 by Bekarilal Singh, Lala Khemlall and Goorooparsad Duljeet.

Claude de Baissac

Claude Denis Boucherville de Baissac, DSO and bar, CdeG, known as Claude de Baissac or by his codename David (born 28 February 1907, Curepipe, Mauritius - died 22 December 1974) was a Mauritian of French descent who became an agent in the Special Operations Executive (SOE).

Curepipe

Prominent projects include the segregation of waste, judicious use of water, parking problems, the encouraging of public transport, the promotion of the SSR Curepipe Botanic Gardens and working towards minimizing the town's carbon footprint.

Some of them include Curepipe College, Mauritius College, St. Joseph's College, Loreto College Curepipe and the Royal College Curepipe (see List of secondary schools).

France Antelme

France Antelme was born on 12 March 1900 in Curepipe, Mauritius, to an influential family of planters and politicians.

Mauritius Owl

In the 1830s, the species seems to have been not uncommonly found in the southeastern part of the island, between Souillac and the Montagnes Bambous due east of Curepipe, with the last testimony of observations referring to several encounters in 1837.

Midlands, Mauritius

Midlands is a small village (population approx 4,500 in 2006) in Mauritius situated approximately half way between Nouvelle France and Curepipe on the M2 motorway.



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