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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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10/28/1964Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.
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