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Historical Event on 10/26/1930
Gulal Bai Parekar, a14-year-old girl led a 13-girls team to hoist the national flag at Esplanade Park. A police sargeant tried to snach the flag and then kidnapped her.
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| 7/31/1658 | Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor. |
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| 11/30/1994 | Mrinalini Desai, freedom fighter and famous litterateur, died. |
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