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He was born at Murree in India to a British family. In 1886 he made an expedition into Manchuria, and was responsible for discovering the Mustagh Pass as a route between Kashgar and India. In 1902, he explored Tibet at the request of George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|Lord Curzon, about which very little was known in the western world. He subsequently settled in Kashmir for several years. Younghusband is also known as the founder of the World Congress of Faiths (1936).
Category:1863 births|Younghusband, Francis Category:1942 deaths|Younghusband, Francis Category:British explorers|Younghusband, Francis nl:Francis Younghusband de:Francis Younghusband This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Francis Younghusband".
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