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	Hura (other) Hura is a Bedouin village in the Southern District of Israel. Hura may also refer to: * ''Hura'' (plant), a genus of trees * Hura, Purulia, a village in West Bengal, India Hura (community development block) Hura (Vidhan Sabha constituency) * Maata "Te Reo" Hura (1904–1991), president of the Ratana Church of New Zealand * Sohrab Hura (born 1981), Indian photographer See also * * Huraa (other) Hurra (other) Hurra may refer to: "Hurra" (song), a song by the punk band Die Ärzte * Alhurra (or al-Hurra), an American Arabic-language TV channel Al-hurra, an Arabic title for women with a position of power or high status Libya Alhurra TV, an internet ... {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hura Hura, or Houra ( he, חוּרָה, ar, حورة) is a Bedouin town in the Southern District of Israel. It is located near Beersheba and beside the town Meitar. The town was established in 1989 as a part of solution offered by the state for the consolidation of Negev Bedouin population, and was declared a local council in 1996. In it had a population of . Hura is one of seven Bedouin townships in the Negev desert with approved plans and developed infrastructure (other six are: Ar'arat an-Naqab (Ar'ara BaNegev), Lakiya, Shaqib al-Salam (Segev Shalom), Kuseife (Kseife), Tel as-Sabi (Tel-Sheva) and the city of Rahat, the largest among them). History Prior to the establishment of Israel, the Negev Bedouins were a semi-nomadic society that had been through a process of sedentariness since the Ottoman rule of the region. During the British Mandate period, the administration did not provide a legal framework to justify and preserve land ownership. In order to settle this issue, Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hura (plant) ''Hura'' is a genus of trees in the family Euphorbiaceae described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies. Species # '' Hura crepitans'' L. - from Nicaragua + Bahamas south to Bolivia; naturalized in parts of Africa (Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Benin, Central African Republic) # '' Hura polyandra'' Baill. - Mexico, Central America, Ecuador Names in homonymic genus In 1783, Johann Gerhard König used the name ''Hura'' to refer to a very different plant from the one Linnaeus had named. Thus was created an illegitimate homonym.in Retzius, Anders Jahan. 1783 Observationes Botanicae 3: 37 ("49"). Under the rules of nomenclature, Koenig's name had to be abandoned. The two names created using his genus are now in the genus '' Globba'', as follows: # ''Hura koenigii - Globba pendula ( Zingiberaceae)''http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=100848 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Hura'' J.Koenig in A.J.R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hura, Purulia Hura is a village, with a police station, in the Hura CD block in the Purulia Sadar subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Hura is located at . Area overview Purulia district forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills. Purulia Sadar subdivision covers the central portion of the district. 83.80% of the population of the subdivision lives in rural areas. The map alongside shows some urbanization around Purulia city. 18.58% of the population, the highest among the subdivisions of the district, lives in urban areas. There are 4 census towns in the subdivision. The Kangsabati (locally called Kansai) flows through the subdivision. The subdivision has old temples, some of them belonging to the 11th century or earlier. The focus is on education - the university, the sainik school, the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith at Bongabari, the upcoming medical college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hura (community Development Block) Hura is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Purulia Sadar subdivision of the Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Background The ''Jaina Bhagavati-Sutra'' of the 5th century AD mentions that Purulia was one of the sixteen mahajanapadas and was a part of the kingdom known as Vajra-bhumi in ancient times. In 1833, Manbhum district was carved out of the Jungle Mahals district, with headquarters at Manbazar. In 1838, the headquarters was transferred to Purulia. After independence, when Manbhum district was a part of Bihar, efforts were made to impose Hindi on the Bengali-speaking majority of the district and it led to the Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum). In 1956, the Manbhum district was partitioned between Bihar and West Bengal under the States Reorganization Act and the Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act 1956. Geography Hura is located at . The Hura CD block is located in the eastern p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hura (Vidhan Sabha Constituency) Hura Assembly constituency was an Vidhan Sabha, assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Overview As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission of India, Delimitation Commission, Hura Assembly constituency ceased to exist from 2011. It was part of Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency). For Members of Legislative Assembly from Hura Assembly constituency see Kashipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency Election results 1977-2006 In the 2006 elections to the state assembly, Subhas Chandra Mahata of Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI(M) won the Hura assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Baghambar Mahato of All India Trinamool Congress, Trinamool Congress. Abinas Mahata of CPI(M) defeated Bikash Chandra Mahato of Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Baghambar Mahato representing Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, JMM in 1996. Ambarish Mukhopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Madan Mohan Mahato of Indian National Congres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Maata "Te Reo" Hura Maata "Te Reo" Hura (also known as Maata Tawhirimatea) (16 January 1904 – 25 September 1991) was the fifth President of the Ratana Church of New Zealand. One of seven children of the founder of the church Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana and his wife Te Urumanao Ngapaki, she was born in the family homestead, later to become part of the church settlement, and was with her parents in 1918 when her father started having the visions that would later cause him to found the church. She accompanied her father on his missions around the country and overseas, and in 1925 was married whilst in Japan to Huia Whenuaroa, another member of the Ratana concert group. She later remarried twice, having two children from her second marriage, and six from her third. In 1966, following the death of her aunt Puhi o Aotea Ratahi, Hura succeeded her as head of the church. She succeeded in building a good relationship with Te Atairangikaahu, the then Maori Queen, and raising funds to repair many of the church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sohrab Hura Sohrab Hura (born 17 October 1981) is an Indian photographer based in New Delhi. He is a full member of Magnum Photos. Hura's self-published trilogy ''Sweet Life'' comprises the books ''Life is Elsewhere'' (2015), ''A Proposition for Departure'' (2017) and ''Look It's Getting Sunny Outside!!!'' (2018); the latter was shortlisted for Photobook of the Year in the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards. He has also self-published ''The Coast'' (2019) and ''The Levee'' (2020). His work has been shown in solo exhibitions in London and in Kolkata, India. Life and work Hura was born in Chinsurah, West Bengal. He attended The Doon School in Dehradun, Uttarakhand and has a masters in economics from the Delhi School of Economics. He began making photographs during college with a Nikon FM10 given to him by his father. He is now based in New Delhi, India. Hura's ''Sweet Life'' trilogy of books focuses on his relationship with his mother, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizoph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Huraa (other) Huraa may refer to: * Huraa (Haa Alif Atoll), Maldives * Huraa (Kaafu Atoll) Huraa ( Dhivehi: ހުރާ) is one of the inhabited islands of Kaafu Atoll. History Huraa is well known in the Maldivian history as the last royal dynasty to rule over the Maldives. They have their roots in Huraa island. It was founded in 1757 b ..., Maldives * Huraa dynasty, the former ruling dynasty of the Maldives See also * Hura (other) {{Disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]