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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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3/21/1973Yashwant Ramkrishna Date, great Marathi dictionary creator, passed away.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
5/10/198559 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.
10/2/1845First Shipping Company of India started.
11/10/1991South Africa's first cricket One-day international since 1970 vs India.
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6/4/1926Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
1/14/1998Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).
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7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.