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Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It ...

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list of Mauritius-related topics This is a partial list of topics related to Mauritius. Geography * Le Morne Brabant * Trou aux Cerfs Landforms Banks * Hawkins Bank * Nazareth Bank * Saya de Malha Bank * Soudan Banks Bays * Baie du Tombeau * Blue bay Islands * ...

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114 (number) 114 (one hundred ndfourteen) is the natural number following 113 and preceding 115. In mathematics *114 is an abundant number, a sphenic number and a Harshad number. It is the sum of the first four hyperfactorial In mathematics, and more ...

115 (number) 115 (one hundred ndfifteen) is the natural number following 114 and preceding 116. In mathematics 115 has a square sum of divisors: :\sigma(115)=1+5+23+115=144=12^2. There are 115 different rooted trees with exactly eight nodes, 115 inequivale ...

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2009 Mauritian Cup final The 2009 Mauritian Cup final took place on 17 May 2009 at the Sir Gaëtan Duval Stadium in Mauritius. The match was contested by Etoile de l'Ouest and Pamplemousses SC. Pamplemousses SC won the final 6-1 with a hat-trick from Hubert Robson. Matc ...

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2010 Mauritian Cup final The 2010 MFA Cup final took place on 18 December 2010 at the Germain Comarmond stadiumhttp://lemauricien.com/mauricien/101220/sp.htm#1 in Mauritius. The match was contested by AS de Vacoas-Phoenix and Pointe aux Sables Mates. AS de Vacoas-Phoenix ...

2010 Mauritian League The 2010 Mauritian League season saw Pamplemousses SC become champions for the second time in their history and US Beau-Bassin/Rose Hill were relegated that season. League table References

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2010–11 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length&nb ...

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20th parallel south The 20th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 20 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America. Around the world Starting at ...

230 (number) 230 (two hundred ndthirty) is the natural number following 229 and preceding 231. In mathematics 230 is: *a composite number, with its divisors being 2, 5, 10, 23, 46, and 115. *a sphenic number because it is the product of 3 primes. It is al ...

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59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot The 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1755 in response to the threat of renewed war with France. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment ...

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999 (emergency telephone number) 999 is an official emergency telephone number in a number of countries which allows the caller to contact emergency services for urgent assistance. Countries and territories using the number include Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Eswatini, Gha ...

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A Voyage to Terra Australis ''A Voyage to Terra Australis: Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator'' was a sea voyage journal written by English mari ...

Aapravasi Ghat The Immigration Depot ( hi, आप्रवासी घाट, ISO: ''Āpravāsī Ghāta'') is a building complex located in Port Louis on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, the first British colony to receive indentured, or contracted, la ...

Abdool Razack Mohamed Sir Abdool Razack Mohamed ( ur, عبد الرزاق محمد; 1 August 1906 – 8 May 1978) was an Indian-born former senior Mauritian Minister in the pre and post-independence cabinet of Mauritius. Early life and family Abdool Razack Mohamed w ...

Abel Tasman Abel Janszoon Tasman (; 160310 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He was the first known European explorer to reach New ...

Aboobakar Augustin Aboobakar Augustin (born September 28, 1983) is a Mauritian footballer who currently plays for Cercle de Joachim in the Mauritian League as a goalkeeper. Career Senior career Augustin started off his professional career in 2008 with Savanne SC. ...

Abraham Momber van de Velde Abraham Momber, also known as Abraham Momber van de Velde, was the last commander (''opperhoofd'') of the Dutch East India Company ( nl, Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, commonly abbreviated to VOC) settlement on Mauritius. He followed Roelof Deo ...

Abricta ''Abricta'' is a genus of cicada found in Réunion, Mauritius, northeastern India, the Moluccas, New Caledonia and eastern Australia. They make a distinctive hissing sound when calling. Adult members of the genus usually face downwards on tr ...

Abu Kasenally Abu Twalib Kasenally MP (born أبو طالب كاسينالي on 10 August 1941) is a Mauritian physician and politician. He is more commonly known as "Abu Kasenally". Political career He practised surgery since 1974 and became Regional Health ...

Acacia floribunda ''Acacia floribunda'' is a perennial evergreen shrub or tree. It is a species of wattle native to New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, but is cultivated extensively, and has naturalised in South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia, an ...

Acanthophoenix rubra ''Acanthophoenix rubra'', the barbel palm, is a critically endangered palm endemic to Mauritius, Rodrigues, and La Reunion that is prized for its edible palm hearts. Naming and description It is also known as the red- or yellow- Barbel palm, ...

Achaea umbrigera ''Achaea umbrigera'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Paul Mabille in 1897. It is found on Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of ...

Acrocercops macrochalca ''Acrocercops macrochalca'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in th ...

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Adriaan van der Stel Adriaan van der Stel (-Ceylon, 25 May 1646) was the ''opperhoofd'' of Mauritius from 1640 to 1645. He was succeeded by Jacob van der Meersch. Adriaan Van Der Stel succeeded Governor Cornelius Gooyer. He landed on the island with seventy men, ...

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AfrAsia Bank AfrAsia Bank Limited, commonly known as AfrAsia Bank, is authorized and regulated by the Bank of Mauritius and the Financial Services Commission. Headquartered in the Mauritius International Financial Centre with representative office in South A ...

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African Economic Community The African Economic Community (AEC) is an organization of African Union states establishing grounds for mutual economic development among the majority of African states. The stated goals of the organization include the creation of free trade ...

African French African French (french: français africain) is the generic name of the varieties of the French language spoken by an estimated 141 million people in Africa in 2018, spread across 34 countries and territories.29 full members of the Organisa ...

African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Pelindaba (named after South Africa's main Nuclear Research Centre, run by The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation and was the location where South Africa's atomic bombs ...

African Peer Review Mechanism The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is a mutually agreed instrument voluntarily acceded to by the member states of the African Union (AU) as a self-monitoring mechanism. It was founded in 2003. The mandate of the APRM is to encourage confor ...

African people The population of Africa has grown rapidly over the past century and consequently shows a large youth bulge, further reinforced by a low life expectancy of below 50 years in some African countries. Total population as of 2020 is estimated at ...

African Securities Exchanges Association ThAfrican Securities Exchanges Association(ASEA) was incorporated in 1993 in Nairobi (Republic of Kenya). ASEA's aim is to provide a formal framework for the mutual co-operation of securities exchanges in the African region. Its functions include th ...

African Tax Administration Forum The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) is an international organisation which provides a platform for cooperation among African tax authorities. First conceived during a meeting of 30 African tax commissioners with representatives of the Or ...

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African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is a group of countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that was created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. Formerly known as African, Caribbean and Pacific Group o ...

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AfriNIC AFRINIC (African Network Information Centre) is the regional Internet registry (RIR) for Africa. Its headquarters are in Ebene, Mauritius. Before AFRINIC was formed, IP addresses (IPv6 and IPv4) for Africa were distributed by the Asia-Pacific N ...

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Ages of consent in Africa The age of consent in Africa for sexual activity varies by jurisdiction across the continent. The specific activity engaged in or the gender of its participants can also affect this age and the legality of sexual activity. The highlighted age ref ...

Agonostomus telfairii ''Agonostomus telfairii'', the fairy mullet, is a species of fish in the family Mugilidae, the mullets. It is known by the common name fairy mullet.Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds''Agonostomus telfairii''.FishBase. 2015. It is native to the islands ...

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Air Mauritius Air Mauritius is the flag carrier airline of Mauritius. The airline is headquartered in Port Louis, Mauritius, with its hub based at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport. The company was placed in voluntary administration on 22 Apr ...

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Ajay Daby Ajay Chattradhari Daby (अजय छट्रधारी द॓बी) is a barrister and the former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Mauritius from 1983 to 1990. He did his secondary schooling at the Royal College of Curepipe. Called to ...

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Albin Roussin Albin Reine Roussin (21 April 1781 – 21 February 1854) was a French admiral and statesman. Republic and Empire His father was a lawyer who was arrested during the French Revolution when Roussin was aged twelve. He left home in Dijon and tra ...

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Alix D'Unienville Alix Marrier d'Unienville, MBE (8 May 1918 – 10 November 2015) was a French-British agent in the Free French (RF) Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), during World War II . Biography D'Unienville was born in Mauritius to a wea ...

Alliance of Small Island States Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is an intergovernmental organization of low-lying coastal and small island countries. AOSIS was established in 1990, ahead of the Second World Climate Conference. The main purpose of the alliance is to co ...

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Alliance Sociale Alliance Sociale was a left-wing political coalition in Mauritius. It consisted of the Mauritian Labour Party, Mauritian Party of Xavier-Luc Duval, The Greens, Republican Movement and the Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement. The Alliance wo ...

- Alloblennius anuchalis - Allyson Jolicoeur - Almondo Fricain - Amateur radio call signs of Africa -

Ambroise Louis Garneray Ambroise Louis Garneray (19 February 1783 – 11 September 1857) was a French corsair, painter and writer. He served under Robert Surcouf and Jean-Marie Dutertre, and was held as prisoner-of-war by the British for eight years after being ca ...

Amédée Maingard Sir Louis Pierre Rene "Amédée" Maingard de la Ville-ès-Offrans, CBE (21 October 1918 - 1981) was born in Mauritius, then a British colony. During the Second World War, he served with distinction with the British clandestine organization, the S ...

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Anchor coinage The anchor coinage was a series of four denominations of silver coins issued for use in some British colonies in 1820 and 1822. The name comes from the crowned anchor that appears on the obverse of the coins. The denominations were sixteenth, eigh ...

- Ancylosis - Andy Sophie -

Anerood Jugnauth Sir Anerood Jugnauth, GCSK, PV, (29 March 1930 – 3 June 2021) was a Mauritian politician and barrister who served both as President and Prime Minister of Mauritius. He was Member of Parliament for Piton & Riviere Du Rempart. A central fi ...

Angidi Chettiar Angidi Verriah Chettiar CBE (அங்கிடி செட்டியார்) (29 April 1928 – 15 September 2010) was a Mauritian politician who served twice as the second vice president of Mauritius until his death in September 2010. E ...

Anglican Diocese of Saldanha Bay The Diocese of Saldanha Bay is a diocese in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The diocese was founded on 10 December 2005 and is based in the territory of the Diocese of Cape Town. Previously the area was served by a Regional Bishop of Sald ...

Anglo-Dutch Java War The Invasion of Java in 1811 was a successful British amphibious operation against the Dutch East Indian island of Java that took place between August and September 1811 during the Napoleonic Wars. Originally established as a colony of the Dutch R ...

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Anil Bachoo Anil Kumar Bachoo (born आनिल कुमार बचू on 6 September 1953) is a former Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Public Infrastructure, National Development Unit, Land Transport and Shipping of Mauritius. He has been in office s ...

Anil Gayan Anil Kumarsingh Gayan (born 22 October 1948 in Triolet, Mauritius) is a Mauritian politician and lawyer. Early life, education and marriage Anil Gayan's ancestors migrated from India when the island was a British colony. He is the son of Socile ...

Anisomeles malabarica ''Anisomeles malabarica'', more commonly known as the Malabar catmint, is a species of herbaceous shrub in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of India, and Sri Lanka, but can also be found in Malaysia, Ban ...

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Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, Comte de Malartic Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in th ...

Annuaires Afrique Annuaires Afrique (French), or AfricaPhonebooks (English), is a group of African online telephone directories owned by The Global Super Pages. It currently serves the following areas: *Benin *Burkina Faso *Burundi *Cameroon *Chad *Central Africa ...

Anomaly (Primeval) Primeval may refer to: * Primeval forest, an area of forest that has attained great age * Primeval number, a positive integer satisfying certain conditions * Primeval history The primeval history is the name given by biblical scholars to the ...

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Anthony Delpech Anthony Delpech (born 10 February 1969 in the Seychelles) is a thoroughbred horse racing jockey who competes internationally. Delpech's family moved to Durban, South Africa when he was thirteen years old and it was there that he embarked on a ...

Anthony van Diemen Anthony van Diemen (also ''Antonie'', ''Antonio'', ''Anton'', ''Antonius'') (1593 – 19 April 1645) was a Dutch colonial governor. Early life He was born in Culemborg in the Netherlands, the son of Meeus Anthonisz van Diemen and Christina Ho ...

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Apollo 11 goodwill messages The Apollo 11 goodwill messages are statements from leaders of 73 countries around the world on a disc about the size of a 50-cent piece made of silicon that was left on the Moon in 1969 by the Apollo 11 astronauts. The disc also carried name ...

Apollo Hospitals Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited is an Indian multinational healthcare group headquartered in Chennai. Along with the eponymous hospital chain, the company also operates pharmacies, primary care and diagnostic centres, telehealth clinics, ...

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Ariranga Pillay Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay ( Tamil: ''அரி ரங்க கோவிந்தசாமி பிள்ளை''; born 14 June 1945) was the chief justice of Mauritius from 1996 until 2007, when he was succeeded by Y. K. J. Yeung Sik Yuen. ...

Ark on the Move (TV series) ''Ark on the Move'' was a documentary television miniseries hosted by zoologist Gerald Durrell on location in Madagascar and Mauritius. The series was produced by Canadian company Nielsen-Ferns and aired from January to March 1982 on CBC Telev ...

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Arnhem (ship) The ''Arnhem'' or ''Aernem''Jack, Robert 1921 () was a Dutch East Indiaman sailing vessel that was shipwrecked 12 February 1662 off Mauritius on the Saint Brandon Rocks. Description The ''Arnhem'' was built by the Dutch East India Company (Du ...

Arsenal Wanderers Arsenal Wanderers is a Mauritian football club founded in 1885 based in Arsenal village. They play in the Pamplemousses regional league in Mauritian football. Their home stadium is Stade Anjalay The Anjalay Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Be ...

Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore (26 November 1829 – 30 January 1912) was a British Liberal Party politician and colonial administrator. He had extensive contact with Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. Career Gordon was ...

Arthur Havelock Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock, (7 May 1844 – 25 June 1908) was a career British colonial governor, serving as Governor of Sierra Leone from 1880, of KwaZulu-Natal Province, Natal, of Madras, of Ceylon from 1890 to 1895, and of Tasmania from 19 ...

Arthur Purves Phayre Sir Arthur Purves Phayre (7 May 1812 – 14 December 1885) was a career British Indian Army officer who was the first Commissioner of British Burma, 1862–1867, Governor of Mauritius, 1874–1878, and author. His brother, Sir Robert Phayre (18 ...

Arvin Boolell Arvin Boolell (born आर्विन बूलेल्ल; May 26, 1953) is a Mauritian politician who served as the Leader of the Opposition. Early life Boolell who was born in an Arya Samajist Indo Mauritian family in Port Louis, is the s ...

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AS de Vacoas-Phoenix AS de Vacoas-Phoenix is a Mauritian football club based in Vacoas-Phoenix. They play in the Mauritian League, the top division in Mauritian football. Ground Their home stadium is Stade George V (cap. 6,200), located in Curepipe, Plaines Wilhems ...

AS Port-Louis 2000 Association Sportive Port-Louis 2000 is a Mauritian football club based in Port Louis. AS Port-Louis 2000 plays in the Mauritian Premier League. Their last title was won in 2016. The club was formed following the regionalisation of football in M ...

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AS Rivière du Rempart AS Rivière du Rempart is a Mauritian football club based in Mapou, Rivière du Rempart District. They play in the Mauritian Premier League, the top division in Mauritian football. They have never won the league or any domestic cups. Ground T ...

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Ashok Jugnauth Ashock Kumar Jugnauth, also known as Ashok Jugnauth (born आशोक कुमार जग्नोथ on 3 January 1951) is a Mauritian politician and former Member of Parliament. Early life and career Jugnauth was born at Palma, Quatre ...

Asplenium daucifolium ''Asplenium daucifolium'' (common name Mauritius spleenwort) is a species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae, endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, ...

Association of International Accountants The Association of International Accountants (AIA) is a professional accountancy body. It was founded in the UK in 1928 and since that date has promoted the concept of ‘international accounting’ to create a global network of accountants in ov ...

Astelia ''Astelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the recently named family Asteliaceae. They are rhizomatous tufted perennials native to various islands in the Pacific, Indian, and South Atlantic Oceans, as well as to Australia and to the sout ...

Auguste Toussaint Auguste Toussaint (1911–1987) was the Archivist in Chief of Mauritius B4U (network) B4U is a television network focused on Bollywood based entertainment. The network operates the six channels B4U Music, B4U Movies, B4U Kadak, B4U Bhojpuri, B4U Aflam and B4U Plus which are at present available on more than 8 different satelli ...

B4U Movies B4U Movies is a Free to Air Indian movie digital TV channel based in Mumbai available on more than 8 different satellites, in more than 100 countries including the US, UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Mauritius, Canada, and India. The channel ...

B4U Music B4U Music is an Indian Hindi music channel owned by the B4U Network Limited. The channel broadcasts a mixture of contemporary Bollywood, Indipop, Bhangra and international music. Programs include celebrity interviews, artist profiles, concerts ...

Babla & Kanchan Laxmichand "Babla" Virji Shah and Kumari Kanchan Dinkarrao Mali-Shah were an Indian husband-wife musical group best known for work in the chutney music and Desi Folk music genres. They performed together for forty years until Kanchan died in 200 ...

Badula crassa ''Badula crassa'' is a species of plant in the family Primulaceae. It is found in Mauritius and Réunion. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat ...

Badula platyphylla ''Badula platyphylla'' is a species of plant in the family Primulaceae The Primulaceae , commonly known as the primrose family (but not related to the evening primrose family), are a family of herbaceous and woody flowering plants including ...

Badula reticulata ''Badula reticulata'' is a species of plant in the family Primulaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation i ...

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Baie-du-Tombeau Baie-du-Tombeau is a village in Mauritius located in the Pamplemousses District, situated near the Rivière du Tombeau. The village is administered by the Baie-du-Tombeau Village Council under the aegis of the Pamplemousses District Council. Acco ...

Bambous, Mauritius Bambous is a small town in Mauritius located in the Rivière Noire District. The village is administered by the Bambous Village Council under the aegis of the Rivière Noire District Council. According to the census made by Statistics Mauritius in ...

Banaras (2006 film) ''Banaras: A Mystic Love Story'' is the name of an Indian Bollywood film directed by Pankaj Parashar released in 2006. The film takes place in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi (the city, once known as Banaras, serves as a destination for the pi ...

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Bank of Baroda Bank of Baroda (BOB or BoB) is an Indian public sector bank headquartered in Vadodara, Gujarat. It is the second largest public sector bank in India after State Bank of India, with 132 million customers, a total business of US$218 billion, ...

Bank of Mauritius The Bank of Mauritius (french: Banque de Maurice) is the central bank of the Republic of Mauritius. It was established in September 1967 as the central bank of Mauritius. It was modelled on the Bank of England and was, in effect, set up with the ...

Bank of Mauritius Tower The Bank of Mauritius Tower (also known as Bank of Mauritius Building or Bank of Mauritius Headquarters) is a skyscraper in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius, and a home to Bank of Mauritius. It is the tallest building of the country. When m ...

Banque Française Commerciale Océan Indien Banque Française Commerciale Océan Indien (BFCOI) is a French bank that since 2003 has been jointly owned by Mauritius Commercial Bank and Société Générale. It has its headquarters in Saint Denis, Réunion. It has more than 360 employees and ...

Barclays Bank Mauritius ABSA Bank (Mauritius) Limited is a Commercial bank in Mauritius, it is part of Absa Group Limited. Mr Ravin Rao Dajee is currently the Managing Director. History In 1925, National Bank of South Africa was merged with the ''Anglo-Egyptian Bank'' a ...

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Battle of Grand Port The Battle of Grand Port was a naval battle between squadrons of frigates from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy. The battle was fought during 20–27 August 1810 over possession of the harbour of Grand Port on Isle de France (now Ma ...

Battle of Porto Praya The Battle of Porto Praya was a naval battle that took place during the American Revolutionary War on 16 April 1781 between a British squadron under Commodore George Johnstone and a French squadron under the Bailli de Suffren. Both squadrons w ...

Battle of Tamatave The Battle of Tamatave (sometimes called the Battle of Madagascar or the Action of 20 May 1811) was fought off Tamatave in Madagascar between British and French frigate squadrons during the Napoleonic Wars. The action was the final engagement ...

Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill Beau Bassin-Rose Hill (or Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill; french: Villes sœurs; ) is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District. It is administered by the Municipal Council of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill and has a population of 147,066 habi ...

Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford Captain Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford (3 July 1890 – 6 October 1969) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator, born in New Zealand, where his parents had moved in an unsuccessful attempt at sheep-farming. His parents were William Hug ...

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Bel Air Rivière Sèche Bel Air Rivière Sèche, more often referred to simply as Bel Air, is a village in the Flacq district of Mauritius. The village is administered by the Bel Air Rivière Sèche Village Council under the aegis of the Flacq District Council. According ...

Bel Ombre, Mauritius Bel-Ombre is a village in Mauritius located in Savanne District. The village is administered by the Bel-Ombre Village Council under the aegis of the Savanne District Council. According to the census made by Statistics Mauritius in 2011, the popula ...

Bénarès Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. * * * * The city has a syncretic tr ...

Benoit Bouchet Serge Benoit de Robillard Bouchet (born September 7, 1973, in Curepipe, Mauritius) was the first Mauritian athlete to gain international recognition in the sport of windsurfing for sailing between Mauritius and Réunion Island unassisted. Care ...

Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais Bertrand-François Mahé, comte de La Bourdonnais (11 February 169910 November 1753) was a French naval officer and colonial administrator, in the service of the French East India Company. Biography La Bourdonnais entered the service of the Fren ...

Bhojpuri language Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
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Bihari cuisine Bihari cuisine is eaten mainly in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, as well as in the places where people originating from the state of Bihar have settled: Jharkhand, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bangladesh, Nepal, Mauritius, South Africa, Fiji ...

Bihari Mauritian Bihari Mauritians are the descendants of mainly Bhojpuri and some Awadhi speaking migrants to Mauritius. A majority of Indo-Mauritians are of Bihari descent, and the majority of Mauritians are Indo-Mauritian (the Hindus: Bhumihar, Vaishya, Brahmi ...

Bihari people The Biharis () is a demonym given to the inhabitants of the Indian state of Bihar. Bihari people can be separated into three main Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic groups, Bhojpuris, Maithils and Magadhis. They are also further divided into a var ...

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Bindi (decoration) A bindi (Hindi: बिंदी, from Sanskrit बिन्दु '' bindú'' meaning "point, drop, dot or small particle") or pottu ( ta, பொட்டு) is a coloured dot or, in modern times, a sticker worn on the center of the forehea ...

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (BIT Mesra) is a public deemed institute in Jharkhand, India. It was established in 1955 at Mesra, Ranchi, by the industrialist B. M. Birla. The institute was later headed by G. P. Birla, and the present ...

Bishop of Mauritius The Bishop of Mauritius () has been the Ordinary of the Anglican Church in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean since its inception in 1854. The current bishop is Ian Ernest, who was also the Archbishop of the Indian Ocean until 2017. Bishops *1854 ...

Black River District Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white ha ...

Black River Gorges National Park Black River Gorges National Park is a national park in the hilly south-western part of Mauritius. It was proclaimed on June 15, 1994 and is managed by the National Parks and Conservation Service. It covers an area of 67.54 km² including hum ...

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Blue-tailed day gecko The blue-tailed day gecko (''Phelsuma cepediana'') is a diurnal species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the island Mauritius. It typically inhabits warm and humid places and dwells on different trees and ...

- Bobre - Bojer's skink -

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" ...

- Bolyeriidae - Borbo borbonica - Bornetella nitida -

Le Morne Brabant Le Morne Brabant is a peninsula at the extreme southwestern tip of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius on the western side of the island. It is highlighted by an eponymous basaltic monolith with a summit above sea level. The summit covers an are ...

- Brenthia leptocosma -

British Colonial Auxiliary Forces The British Colonial Auxiliary Forces referred to the various military units of Britain's colonial empire which were not considered part of the British military proper. Though the first colonial units established in the British Empire were milit ...

British Empire The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts e ...

British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1, ...

British undergraduate degree classification The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading structure for undergraduate degrees or bachelor's degrees and integrated master's degrees in the United Kingdom. The system has been applied (sometimes with significant variat ...

Broad-billed parrot The broad-billed parrot or raven parrot (''Lophopsittacus mauritianus'') is a large extinct parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It was endemic to the Mascarene island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. It is unclear wha ...

Broadsheet A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long vertical pages, typically of . Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner and tabloid–compact formats. Description Many broadsheets measure roughly ...

- Brownea coccinea - Brown-marbled grouper -

Bruno Julie Louis Richard Bruno Julie (born July 11, 1978), known as Bruno Julie, is a Mauritian bantamweight boxer who won a number of medals in international tournaments and competed in the 2008 Olympics when he won the first-ever Olympic medal for the isl ...

- Bruno Ravina -

BS 7671 British Standard BS 7671 "Requirements for Electrical Installations. IET Wiring Regulations", informally called in the UK electrical community "The Regs", is the national standard in the United Kingdom for electrical installation and the safet ...

Bulinus cernicus ''Bulinus cernicus'' is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies. This species is found in Mauritius and Reunion Island Reunion ...

- Bullia mauritiana

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HMS Mauritius (C80) HMS ''Mauritius'', pennant C80, was a light cruiser of the Royal Navy. The ship was built by Swan Hunter, Newcastle upon Tyne. She was named after Mauritius, which was a British colony when she was built and entered service in 1941. Service ...

Cabinet of Ministers of Mauritius The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Mauritius is the official council which advises the President of the Republic in the making of major decisions. It is led by the Prime Minister and a total of 23 ministers and the Attorney General, who ...

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Caesalpinia decapetala ''Biancaea decapetala'', commonly known as shoofly, Mauritius or Mysore thorn or the cat's claw, is a tropical tree species originating in India. Introduced range ''B. decapetala'' has been introduced to Fiji, French Polynesia, Hawai‘i, New ...

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Canarium ''Canarium'' is a genus of about 100 species of tropical and subtropical trees, in the family Burseraceae. They grow naturally across tropical Africa, south and southeast Asia, Indochina, Malesia, Australia and western Pacific Islands; includi ...

- Canarium paniculatum- Cancilla praestantissima -

Cape canary The Cape canary (''Serinus canicollis'') is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is a resident breeder in southern Africa and has been introduced to Mauritius and Réunion. Its habitat is fynbos, grassland and gardens, preferably in hi ...

- Cape Malheureux-

Capture of Belle Île The Capture of Belle Île was a British amphibious expedition to capture the French island of Belle Île off the Brittany coast in 1761, during the Seven Years' War. After an initial British attack was repulsed, a second attempt under General S ...

Cargados Carajos It is highly likely that the name Saint Brandon was derived from the French sailors and corsairs that sailed to and from Britanny, after a town called Saint-Brandan. It has since been Anglicised to Saint Brandon and is also known as the Cargad ...

Carl Hilsenberg Carl (or Karl) Theodor Hilsenberg (11 March 1802 – 11 September 1824) was a German natural history, naturalist, botany, botanist and ornithology, ornithologist, who plant collecting, collected plants in Madagascar and Mauritius. He species descr ...

Casearia ''Casearia'' is a plant genus in the family Salicaceae. The genus was included in the Flacourtiaceae under the Cronquist system of angiosperm classification, and earlier in the Samydaceae. Recent research indicates that the latter group might ...

- Casearia mauritiana -

Casearia tinifolia ''Casearia tinifolia'' was a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae. It was endemic to Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an isla ...

Cassam Moollan Sir Cassam Ismael Moollan, QC (26 February 1927 – 15 November 2010) was the acting governor-general of Mauritius from 15 December 1985 until 17 January 1986. As chief justice of Mauritius at the time, he assumed the position immediately after t ...

Cassam Uteem Cassam Uteem, GCSK (born in Port Louis on 22 March 1941) is a Mauritian political figure who served as the second president of Mauritius from 30 June 1992 to 15 February 2002. He is the longest served president of Mauritius, having served for ...

Cassis Cassis (; Occitan: ''Cassís'') is a commune situated east of Marseille in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, whose coastline is known in English as the French Riviera, in Southern France. In 201 ...

- Cassiya - Cathay Pacific destinations - Catovair-

Caudan Waterfront Le Caudan Waterfront is a commercial development in Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius. It includes shops, banking facilities, casinos, cinemas, restaurants, a marina and a five star hotel (Le Labourdonnais). History The name of Le Caud ...

Cecil Cherrington Cecil Arthur Cherrington (1877–1950) was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the 20th century. He was born into an ecclesiastical family and was educated at London University. Ordained in 1897, his first post was a curacy at St Chad's, Liverpool. He ...

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Censorship of Facebook Facebook is a social networking service that has been gradually replacing traditional media channels since 2010. Facebook has limited moderation of the content posted to its site. Because the site indiscriminately displays material publicly post ...

Census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses inc ...

Central banks and currencies of Africa There are two African currency unions associated with multinational central banks; the West African Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO) and the Central African Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale (BEAC). Members of bot ...

Centre de Flacq Centre de Flacq or Central Flacq is the metropolitan area of Flacq District, located in the center of the district, the village is one of the most developed and popular villages in Mauritius. Home of several commercials and public institutions, th ...

Cephalopholis boenak ''Cephalopholis boenak'', the chocolate hind, brownbarred rockcod, brown-banded cod or brown-banded rockcod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is in the family Serranidae which also includes ...

Cephonodes apus ''Cephonodes apus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Islands of Réunion and Mauritius. The upperside of the abdomen is bicoloured, the anterior half green, the posterior half red. The upperside of the head, thorax, wing b ...

- Cephonodes trochilus - Cereus Blooms at Night -

Ceriagrion glabrum ''Ceriagrion glabrum'' is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. Its common names include common orange, common citril, common pond damsel, common waxtail, orange waxtail and gewone aljander. It is widespread in Africa, where it is ...

Ceridian Ceridian HCM is an American provider of human resources software and services with employees in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and Mauritius. It is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. History Ceridian is a descenda ...

- Cesar B. Cabrera - César Benito Cabrera-

Chagos Archipelago The Chagos Archipelago () or Chagos Islands (formerly the Bassas de Chagas, and later the Oil Islands) is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of the Maldives arc ...

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Chagossians The Chagossians (also Îlois or Chagos Islanders) are a currently exiled Creole ethnic group native to the Chagos Islands, specifically Diego Garcia, Peros Banhos, and the Salomon island chain, as well as other parts of the Chagos Archipelago ...

- Chamarel -

Champ de Mars The Champ de Mars (; en, Field of Mars) is a large public greenspace in Paris, France, located in the seventh ''arrondissement'', between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the École Militaire to the southeast. The park is named after t ...

Champ de Mars Racecourse The Champ de Mars Racecourse (french: Hippodrome du Champ de Mars) is a thoroughbred horse race track in Port Louis, Mauritius. The Racecourse was inaugurated on 25 June 1812, by The Mauritius Turf Club (MTC) which was founded earlier in the same ...

- Charles Allix Lavington Yate -

Charles Bruce (governor) Sir Charles Bruce (1836 – 13 December 1920)"BRUCE, Sir Charles", ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 was a British colonial administrator and a ...

Charles Cavendish Boyle Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle (29 May 1849 – 17 September 1916) was a British civil servant, magistrate, and colonial administrator who served as Colonial Governor of Newfoundland, Mauritius and British Guiana. He wrote the lyrics for the ant ...

Charles Colville General Sir Charles Colville (7 August 1770 – 27 March 1843) was a British Army officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars. He was an ensign in 1781. He served in the West Indies from 1791 to 1797 and while serving there was promoted to li ...

- Charles Content - Charles E. Johnson (businessman) -

Charles John Irving Charles John Irving, , (7 February 1831 – 23 February 1917) was a British civil servant in the Malay Peninsula. Career He was with the Colonial and Immigration Office from 1852 to 1853 and a clerk in the Audit Office at Mauritius from 1853 to ...

Charles Lees (colonial administrator) Sir Charles Cameron Lees (11 March 1837 – 26 July 1898) was a British military officer and colonial administrator. He was the son of John Campbell Lees, former Chief Justice of the Bahamas. He was originally commissioned into the 1st We ...

Charles Marsh Schomberg Captain Sir Charles Marsh Schomberg (1779 – 2 January 1835) was an officer of the British Royal Navy, who served during French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and later served as Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica. Biography Family backgro ...

Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen (, 13 April 1769 – 9 September 1832) was a French general who served during the French Revolutionary Wars, as Governor General of Pondicherry and the Isle de France (now Mauritius) and as commander of the Army ...

- Charles Robert Malden - Charles Swanston-

Charles Telfair Charles Edward Telfair (1778 in Belfast – 14 July 1833 in Port Louis) was an Irish botanist. Early life and career Telfair was the son of a Belfast schoolmaster. He studied chemistry under Joseph Black and later qualified as a medical doct ...

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Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard FRS (8 April 1817 – 2 April 1894) was a Mauritian physiologist and neurologist who, in 1850, became the first to describe what is now called Brown-Séquard syndrome. Early life Brown-Séquard was born at Port ...

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Chettiar Chettiar (also spelt as Chetti and Chetty)is a title used by many traders, weaving, agricultural and land-owning castes in South India, especially in the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. They are a subgroup of the Tamil community ...

Cheval tree The cheval tree is native to North Island, part of the Agaléga Islands, a territory of Mauritius. It is unique in its properties of minor adhesivity, which attracts insects: specifically, heelwalkers (belonging to the Mantophasmatodea) or '' Formo ...

Camille Charles Leclerc, Chevalier de Fresne Camille Charles Le Clerc de Fresne, known as Chevalier de Fresne (1741–1797) was Governor General of Mauritius (1785) and Puducherry from 1789 to 1792 in the French Colonial Empire. He married a widow, Emilie-Thomase de Solminihac (1770–1846 ...

Chhath Chhath is an ancient Hindu festival historically native to the Indian subcontinent, more specifically, the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh,West Bengal, Jharkhand, and the Nepalese provinces of Madhesh and Lumbini. Prayers during Chha ...

Chief Commissioner A chief commissioner is a commissioner of a high rank, usually in chief of several commissioners or similarly styled officers. Colonial In British India the gubernatorial style was chief commissioner in various (not all) provinces (often after be ...

Chief executive (gubernatorial) Chief executive is a term used for presidential or prime ministerial powers given by a constitution or basic law, which allows its holder to implement policy, supervise the executive branch of government, prepare an executive budget for submiss ...

- Chikungunya outbreaks -

Chinatowns in Africa This article discusses Chinatowns in Africa. There are least three major Chinatowns in Africa. As former colonies of Europe, the coastal African nations of Madagascar, Mauritius, and South Africa were the main receiving points of Chinese immi ...

Choreutis ialeura ''Choreutis ialeura'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in China, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Mauritius. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Malus pumila An apple ...

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Christopher Ironside Christopher Ironside OBE, FRBS (11 July 1913, London – 13 July 1992, Winchester, Hampshire) was an English painter and coin designer, particularly known for the reverse sides of the new British coins issued on decimalisation in 1971. Life an ...

- Christopher Perle - Chrysoblephus laticeps -

Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean The Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean is a province of the Anglican Communion. It covers the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles. The current Archbishop and Primate is James Wong, Bishop of Seychelles. Anglican realign ...

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Clathrus mauritianus ''Clathrus mauritianus'' is a species of fungus in the stinkhorn family. It is found in Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ...

Claude de Baissac Claude Marie Marc 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 was an agent of t ...

- Cliff L'Aimable -

Clifford Lincoln Clifford Albert Lincoln (born September 1, 1928) is a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Quebec National Assembly, a provincial cabinet minister and a member of the House of Commons of Canada. Lincoln was born in Mauritius to Fr ...

- Clothing in Mauritius -

Coat of arms of Mauritius The coat of arms of Mauritius are stipulated in the "''Mauritius Laws 1990 Vol.2 SCHEDULE (Section 2)''". In the lower left quarter is a key and on the right-hand side is a white star, which are referred to in the Latin motto "Stella Clavisque Ma ...

- Coelonia solani - Coenagriocnemis insulare -

Coëtivy Island Coëtivy Island is a small coral island in the Seychelles south of Mahé, at . Along with Île Platte, the nearest neighbor northwest, it comprises the Southern Coral Group and therefore belongs to the Outer Islands. History It was named aft ...

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Collège du Saint-Esprit The Collège du Saint Esprit is a private catholic secondary school in Mauritius. It is one of the most prestigious and competitive secondary education institutions in the country. The school consists of a boys-only department in Quatre Bornes w ...

Coloured Coloureds ( af, Kleurlinge or , ) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in Southern Africa who may have ancestry from more than one of the various populations inhabiting the region, including African, European, and Asian. South ...

- Colparion madgei - Colvillea -

Colvillea racemosa ''Colvillea'' is a monotypic genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. Its only species is ''Colvillea racemosa''. The genus is named for Sir Charles Colville, an ex Governor of Mauritius. ''Colvillea racemosa'' is known by the common name Colvill ...

- Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa - Commander-in-chief -

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini. COMESA was formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area whic ...

Commonwealth banknote-issuing institutions Commonwealth banknote-issuing institutions also British Empire Paper Currency Issuers comprises a list of public, private, state-owned banks and other government bodies and Currency Boards who issued legal tender: banknotes. Africa Biafra *Bank ...

Commonwealth Broadcasting Association The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) is a representative body for public service broadcasters throughout the Commonwealth, founded in 1945. A not-for-profit non-government organisation, the CBA is funded by subscriptions from 102 mem ...

Commonwealth citizen A Commonwealth citizen is a citizen or qualified national of a Commonwealth of Nations member state. Most member countries do not treat citizens of other Commonwealth states any differently from foreign nationals, but some grant limited citizen ...

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009 The 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the 21st Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, between 27 and 29 November 2009, and was hosted by that country' ...

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Commonwealth Pool Lifesaving Championships The Commonwealth Pool Lifesaving Championships is an international event where swimmers from around the Commonwealth take part in lifesaving sport events. The championship is under the auspices of The Royal Lifesaving Society which has Her Majest ...

Community of Portuguese Language Countries The Community of Portuguese Language Countries ( Portuguese: ''Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa''; abbreviated as the CPLP), also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth (''Comunidade Lusófona''), is an international organization and pol ...

Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ma – Md) {{Orphan, date=December 2013 Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary informatio ...

Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...

Confederation of African Tennis Confederation of African Tennis (CAT) (french: Confédération Africaine de tennis ) is the continental governing body of tennis in Africa. It is the non-profit private organization based in Tunis and affiliated with International Tennis Federa ...

Constituencies of Mauritius Constituencies of Mauritius are the electoral boundaries within the Republic of Mauritius. They are also commonly referred to as ''Circonscriptions'' amongst the locals. The country follows the Westminster system and elects 60 members of parliamen ...

Conus aulicus ''Conus aulicus'', common name the princely cone, is a species of a predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus aulicus Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase ...

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Cornelis Matelief de Jonge Cornelis Matelief de Jonge (c. 1569 – October 17, 1632) was a Dutch admiral who was active in establishing Dutch power in Southeast Asia during the beginning of the 17th century. His fleet was officially on a trading mission, but its true inte ...

Cornelius Gooyer Cornelius Gooyer was a Dutchman who established a settlement in Mauritius. He served as the island's governor from 1638 to 1639. He was succeeded by Adriaan van der Stel Adriaan van der Stel (-Ceylon, 25 May 1646) was the ''opperhoofd'' of Mau ...

Corporate Registers Forum The Corporate Registers Forum is an association grouping the corporate registries among the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. The membership is open to government agencies and their officials responsible for the administration of body cor ...

Corps de Garde Corps de Garde (translation: ''Guard Corpse'') is a 720-metre-high mountain of volcanic origin, in the area Palma in the Black River district of Mauritius. The name derived from the fact that a French military post was once established on its slope ...

Corruption in Mauritius Corruption in Mauritius follows the familiar patterns of state-based corruption, namely government officials abusing their political powers for private gain in the country of Mauritius. Some Mauritians have taken advantage of the government's c ...

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Cottage Industries Exposition Limited Cottage Industries Exposition Limited (CIE) is a multinational company that sells carpets, handicrafts and other heritage items from India and the Middle East. Cottage Industries Exposition Ltd was established in 1980 as an export-trading hous ...

Court piece Court Piece (also known as Hokm ( fa, ), Rung (Urdu:) and Rang) is a trick-taking card game similar to the card game whist in which eldest hand makes trumps after the first five cards have been dealt, and trick-play is typically stopped after o ...

- Crown Colony class cruiser - Cryptopus -

Cryptostegia grandiflora ''Cryptostegia grandiflora'', commonly known as rubber vine, is a woody-perennial vine that is native to south-west Madagascar. It is also a significant weed in northern Australia, sometimes regarded as the worst weed in all of Australia. It ...

- Ctenoglypta newtoni - Ctenophila caldwelli - Cuisine of Mauritius - Culture of the Indian Ocean Islands -

Culture of Mauritius Mauritius is a multi-ethnic and multi-language society; it is also a plural society with its population mainly composed of four ethnic groups and four major religious groups; it is often depicted as a "rainbow nation". The island of Mauritius d ...

- Curepipe Botanic Gardens -

Curepipe Curepipe () also known as ''La Ville-Lumière'' (The City of Light), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Curepipe ...

Curepipe Starlight SC Curepipe Starlight Sports Club is a Mauritian football club based in Curepipe. They play in the Mauritian League, the top division in Mauritian football. They won the league for the first time in 2007 and thus qualified for the CAF Champions Leag ...

- Currencies of the British West Indies - Cyclone Elita -

Cyclone Gamede Intense Tropical Cyclone Gamede was among the wettest tropical cyclones on record, dropping more than 5.5 m (18 ft) of rain in a nine-day period on Réunion island in the southwest Indian Ocean. The seventh named storm of the 2006–0 ...

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Cyclone Hondo Intense Tropical Cyclone Hondo was the strongest and longest lived tropical cyclone to develop during the 2007–08 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. The third tropical cyclone and first intense tropical cyclone of the season, Hondo deve ...

- Cyligramma limacina -

Cylindraspis ''Cylindraspis'' is a genus of recently extinct giant tortoises. All of its species lived in the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) in the Indian Ocean and all are now extinct due to hunting and introduction of non-native pred ...

- Cylindrocline commersonii -

Cylindrocline lorencei ''Cylindrocline lorencei'' is a small tree that was native to the island of Mauritius, with only one specimen ever observed in the wild. By 1990 the species was considered extinct, and the only available seed could not be germinated. Brest Bota ...

- Cyril Golding-Bird -

Cyril Mourgine Cyril Mourgine (born 14 March 1975) is a Mauritian former international footballer who played as a defender. He won 33 caps and scored 3 goals for the Mauritius national football team The Mauritius national football team (french: Équipe de M ...

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Financial Services Commission (Mauritius) The Financial Services Commission (FSC) (french: Commission des Services Financiers de Maurice) is a regulatory authority A regulatory agency (regulatory body, regulator) or independent agency (independent regulatory agency) is a government au ...

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Fond du Sac Fond du Sac is a village in Mauritius located in Pamplemousses District. The village is administered by the Fond du Sac Village Council under the aegis of the Pamplemousses District Council. According to a census taken by Statistics Mauritius in 2 ...

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Ganga Talao Ganga Talao (commonly known as Grand Bassin) is a crater lake situated in a secluded mountain area in the district of Savanne, deep in the heart of Mauritius. It is about above sea level. The first group of pilgrims who went to Ganga Talao were ...

Geography of Mauritius Mauritius is an island of Africa's southeast coast located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. It is geologically located within the Somali plate. Statistics Area (includes Agaléga, Cargados Carajos (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues): '' ...

Grand Baie Grand Baie (or sometimes Grand Bay) is a coastal village in Mauritius located in the Rivière du Rempart District, but the western part also lies inside the Pamplemousses District. The village is administered by the Grand Baie Village Council und ...

Grand Gaube Grand Gaube is a town located in the Rivière du Rempart District, northern Mauritius. It lies on the coast of the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Ea ...

- Grande Rivière Sud Est -

Grande Rivière Noire The Big Black River (French: ''Grande Rivière Noire'') is a river crossing the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches in Quebec and in Maine. From its source (), in L'Islet RCM, Quebec, the river runs northeast and east across the Canada ...

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History of Mauritius The known history of Mauritius begins with its discovery by Arabs and Malays, followed by Europeans and its appearance on maps in the early 16th century. Mauritius was successively colonized by the Netherlands, France and Great Britain, and beca ...

- History of rail transport in Mauritius

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Île aux Cerfs Île aux Cerfs (in English: ''Deer Island'') is a privately owned island near the east coast of Mauritius in the Flacq District Flacq () is a district of Mauritius, situated in the east of the island. It is the largest district, having an ar ...

- Île de la Passe -

Île Plate Île Plate, also known as Flat Island, is a small island in the Indian Ocean off the north coast of Mauritius. Geography Île Plate is located north of Cap Malheureux, the main island's northernmost point. It is part of the administrative are ...

Independent Commission Against Corruption (Mauritius) The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) (french: Commission indépendante contre la corruption) is the Anti-corruption agency of Mauritius. The ICAC is headed by the Director-General. History and establishment ICAC was establishe ...

- Islets of Mauritius

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Le Morne Le Morne Brabant is a peninsula at the extreme southwestern tip of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius on the western side of the island. It is highlighted by an eponymous basaltic monolith with a summit above sea level. The summit covers an are ...

- LGBT rights in Mauritius - List of cities, towns and villages in Mauritius - List of people on stamps of Mauritius -

List of rivers of Mauritius The following is a list of rivers of Mauritius. Mainland *Rivière Cascade *Rivière Citrons *Rivière des Créoles (river), Rivière des Créoles *Rivière des Galets (Mauritius), Rivière des Galets *Rivière des Lataniers *Grande Rivière Noi ...

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Mahébourg Mahébourg is a small town on the south-eastern coast of the island of Mauritius, having a population of 15,457 as of 2015.Digest of Demographic Statistics 2015; Available at http://statsmauritius.govmu.org/English/Pages/POPULATION--And-VITAL-STAT ...

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Mare aux Vacoas Mare aux Vacoas is the largest reservoir in Mauritius. It is located in Plaines Wilhems, in the southwest of the island, to the south of the town of Curepipe. It has a capacity of and provides water to the upper Plaines Wilhems and to Moka Moka ...

- Mauritius at the Olympics - Mauritius at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Mauritius at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Mauritius at the 1992 Summer Olympics -

Mauritius at the 1996 Summer Olympics Mauritius competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta, United States. Results and competitors by event Athletics Men ;Track and road events ;Field events Badminton ;Men ;Women ;Mixed Boxing Judo ;M ...

- Mauritius at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Mauritius at the 2004 Summer Olympics -

Mauritius at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mauritius competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Bruno Julie won Mauritius's first ever medal (bronze) in boxing. Medalists Archery Mauritius sent archers to the Olymp ...

- Mauritius Bank -

Mauritius Commercial Bank Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) is a commercial bank in Mauritius. MCB is licensed by the Bank of Mauritius, the country's central bank and the nation's banking regulator. The bank's headquarters are located in Port Louis, Mauritius. Overv ...

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Ministry of Tourism (Mauritius) Organization The political head of the Ministry is the Minister for Tourism. Senior staff include the Permanent Secretary and other members of the Administration Section. The work of the Ministry is divided between the Technical Unit, which cover ...

Moka Moka () is a village in Mauritius located in the Moka District, the western part of the village also lies in the Plaines Wilhems District. Since 1967 it forms part of Constituency No. 8 Quartier Militaire and Moka. The village is administered by ...

Mont Malartic Mont Malartic is the second-highest point on the Mauritian island of Rodrigues, with a height of . See also * References Mont Malartic mountains of Mauritius mountains of Rodrigues {{Africa-mountain-stub ...

Montagne Cocotte Montagne Cocotte is a 771 metre tall mountain peak in Mauritius. It is located in the far south of the island nation, in the Savanne District and in the Black River Gorges National Park Black River Gorges National Park is a national park in th ...

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Open University of Mauritius The Open University of Mauritius (OU) is a public university in Mauritius. It offer programmes leading to undergraduate, and postgraduate degrees through open distance learning. OU's headquarters are located in Réduit, Moka. The OU was estab ...

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Pieter Both (mountain) Pieter Both, sometimes referred to as Peter Botte Mountain, is the second highest mountain of Mauritius, at tall. The mountain is shorter than Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire by eight metres. It is named after Pieter Both, the first Governor ...

Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire (''Little Black River Peak'') is the highest mountain on the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean. Located in the Rivière Noire District Rivière, La Rivière, or Les Rivières (French for "river") may re ...

Port Louis Port Louis (french: Port-Louis; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Polwi or , ) is the capital city of Mauritius. It is mainly located in the Port Louis District, with a small western part in the Black River District. Port Louis is the country's ...

Port Mathurin The village of Port Mathurin serves as the capital of the island of Rodrigues, a dependency of Mauritius. Most of the population of Rodrigues settles close to or in the city. It lies on the north coast of the Indian Ocean island and functions as t ...

Postage stamps and postal history of Mauritius Mauritius, a small island in the southwest Indian Ocean, is important to the world of philately for a number of reasons. Its first two postage stamps issued in 1847, called the "Post Office" stamps, are of legendary rarity and value. They were t ...

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Quartier Militaire Quartier Militaire is a village in the centre of Mauritius, found in the Moka District. It houses the region's District Council. Its quarters and suburbs include Bonne Veine, Esperance, Providence, Vuillemin. Environment Quartier Militaire ...

Quatre Bornes Quatre Bornes () also known as ''La Ville des Fleurs'' (The City of Flowers), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the western part also lies in the Rivière Noire District. The town is administered by the Municipal ...

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Revenue stamps of Mauritius Mauritius issued revenue stamps from 1 March 1869 to 1904. There were various types of fiscal stamps for different uses. Bill of Exchange (1869-1904) The first bill stamps of Mauritius were issued on 28 March 1869. They were locally lithographed ...

Rivière des Créoles Rivière des Créoles is a village in southeastern Mauritius. It’s river flows southeast for 13 kilometres, reaching the Indian Ocean close to Mahébourg Mahébourg is a small town on the south-eastern coast of the island of Mauritius, having ...

Rivière du Rempart (river) The Rivière du Rempart is a river in northeast Mauritius. It is the outflow of La Nicolière, a lake in the central north of Mauritius, and flows northeast to reach the Indian Ocean north of Poste de Flacq. The river gives its name to the Rivi ...

Rivière Tamarin Rivière Tamarin is a river in southwest Mauritius. It is the outflow of the country's largest lake, Mare aux Vacoas. From there it flows west over the cascades known as the Tamarind Falls The Tamarind Falls or Tamarin Falls are a scenic attract ...

Rivière du Tombeau Rivière du Tombeau is a river in northwestern Mauritius. Its source is on the slopes of Pieter Both Mountain, from where it flows north and then west for a total of 16 kilometres, reaching the Indian Ocean at Baie-du-Tombeau, north of the capital ...

Rodrigues Rodrigues (french: Île Rodrigues, link=yes ; Creole: ) is a autonomous outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about east of Mauritius. It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which include Mauritius and Réunion. R ...

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Soudan Banks Soudan may refer to: * The French name (and former English name) for the country of Sudan * The French name for French Sudan (present-day Mali) * Archaic spelling for the region of Sudan * Soudan, Minnesota, an unincorporated town near Tower ...

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Statistics Mauritius Statistics Mauritius formerly known as the Central Statistics Office (CSO) is the national statistical agency of Mauritius. It operates under the aegis of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development and is responsible for all statistical act ...

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Tamarin, Mauritius Tamarin () is a village on the western coast of Mauritius. It has long been the seat of the council district of Rivière Noire (Black River). The district council has recently been moved to new headquarters in Bambous, this village being more a ...

Tamarind Falls The Tamarind Falls or Tamarin Falls are a scenic attraction of southwest Mauritius. They are a series of seven cataracts located on the Rivière Tamarin, two kilometers northwest of the large lake Mare aux Vacoas. Waterfalls of Mauritius

- Triolet, Mauritius - Trou aux Biches - Trou aux Cerfs

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Vacoas-Phoenix Vacoas-Phoenix () also known as French: ''Villes Jumelles'' (Twin Cities), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Vac ...

Vingt-Cinq Vingt-Cinq (''Twenty-five'' in French) is the capital of the Agaléga Islands, two islands in the Indian Ocean, governed by Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of ...