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Historical Event on 12/10/1998
Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/22/1999 | A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, expands cabinet as four more ministers join the ministry including Arun Shourie. |
| 10/9/1968 | Olympic Games open in Mexico City. |
| 5/16/1975 | Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory. |
| 9/17/1997 | Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW. |
| 12/30/1887 | Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, leader of India Freedom Movement, Law expert, Educationist, Litterateur and founder of ""Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan"", was born at Bharuch. |
| 12/28/1932 | Britain says it is to release 28,000 prisoners, including Gandhi. |
| 3/31/1993 | Kidnapped cardiac surgeon Dr. Abdul Ahad Guroo killed in Srinagar. |
| 5/5/1929 | Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay. |
| 6/5/1929 | S.V. Subramanian, great Hindi writer, was born at Virakeralanpudur, Tamil Nadu. |
| 6/27/1838 | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates. |
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