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Historical Event on 7/22/1702
The ""English Company of Merchants"" and the old East India Company was named the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies"". In1833, this name finally changed to East India Company.
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| 4/18/1978 | Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90. |
| 3/27/1993 | Hari Singh from Haryana hijacks an IA plane, but surrender after 8 hours. |
| 5/1/1993 | Narayan Ganesh Goray, socialist stalwart, 86, passed away in Pune. |
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| 11/13/1917 | Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born. |
| 1/20/1999 | Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award. |
| 3/19/1939 | Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 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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