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Historical Event on 7/26/1614
Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy.
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| 1/22/1998 | Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra. |
| 2/3/1990 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was finally arrested in Chakradharpur forest. |
| 10/26/1937 | Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, famous music director, was born. |
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| 8/22/1984 | R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987). |
| 10/16/1936 | 35 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay. |
| 7/13/1912 | Shriman Narayan, educationist, administrator and diplomat, was born in Etawah, U.P. |
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