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Historical Event on 7/21/1658

Aurangzeb celebrated his being the emperor of Mugal Empire at Delhi. He was informally enthroned.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1658Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
3/10/1873Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter, nationalist and Muslim politician, was born.
7/7/1763Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal.
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
8/25/1997Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).
11/1/1949Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India.
2/24/199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.