Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary Bar-headed goose "(Anser indicus)", Little grebe "(Tachybaptus ruficollis)", Eurasian wigeon "(Mareca penelope)", Mallard "(Anas platyrhynchos)", Red-crested pochard "(Netta rufina)", Tufted duck "(Aythya fuligula)," Knob-billed duck "(Sarkidiornis melanotos)", Ruddy shelduck "(Tadorna ferruginea)", Cotton pygmy-goose "(Nettapus coromandelianus)," Little cormorant "(Microcarbo niger)", Great cormorant "(Phalacrocorax carbo)," Common moorhen "(Gallinula chloropus)," Cattle egret "(Bubulcus ibis)", Intermediate egret "(Ardea intermedia)", Asian openbill "(Anastomus oscitans)", and Grey-headed swamphen "(Porphyrio poliocephalus)". Parvati Arga was declared a bird sanctuary on 23 May 1990. Prior to that it was under the fisheries department. Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in Gonda district of
What Is a Nation? What Is a Nation? "What is a Nation?" ("Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?") is an 1882 lecture by French historian Ernest Renan (1823–1892), known for the statements that a nation is "a daily referendum", and that nations are based as much on what the people jointly forget, as what they remember. It is frequently quoted or anthologized in works of history or political science pertaining to nationalism and national identity. Renan wrote "What is a Nation" in order to symbolize the nationalism which was born in France as a result of the French Revolution of 1789. Renan begins his essay by noting