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July

What Happened this Day in India History Events.

1674 Shivaji signed a friendship contract with the East India Company.
1799 Ranjit Singh captured Lahore from Bhangi Misl, an important step to establish the Sikh Empire and become Maharaja of Punjab.
1823 Diana, the first steam ship built in India, was unveiled in Calcutta (now Kolkata).
1966 Indira Gandhi visited Moscow.
2001 'Friendship' bus service between India and Bangladesh Agartala and Dhaka started.
1999 Film artist Rajendra Kumar died in Mumbai at the age of 71.
2012 Wrestler and Bollywood artist Dara Singh passed away.
1949 After the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, the ban imposed on the RSS was conditionally lifted.
1970 The severe floods in the Alaknanda River killed 600 people.