Parbati Barua

Parbati Barua

Parbati Barua is the first female mahout in recent recorded history, and a "citizen of India". [cite web
url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050313/asp/look/story_4480991.asp
title= Wild at heart
accessdate= 2007-06-26
author= Anupam Bordoloi
publisher= The Telegraph (Calcutta, India edition) website
] She came to the limelight after the BBC created the documentary "Queen of the Elephants" based on her life, along with the companion book by Mark Shand. She works and resides in Kaziranga National Park in the state of Assam in India. [Mark Shand, Queen of the Elephants, Vintage Books, London (ISBN 978-0099592013)]

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