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Historical Event on 10/14/1998

Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/7/1971India admits forces entered Bangladesh to silence artillery.
7/19/1974Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London.
8/15/1947Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta.
7/27/1991Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.
12/7/1856First Hindu widow married officially.
1/29/1953Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated.
3/12/1938Vijay Laxman Mehra, cricketer (Indian Test batsman from age 17), was born in Amritsar.
3/12/1938General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India.
7/30/1960Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, great freedom fighter, leader and 'Lion of Karnataka', 0died. He was a loyal Congress leader.
9/17/1956Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.