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Historical Event on 1/14/1998
Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/5/1957 | Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City. |
| 5/15/1992 | BSE closed. |
| 8/6/1997 | Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA. |
| 11/13/1922 | Mahadev Sadashivrao Ande, freedom fighter and political leader, was born. |
| 2/25/1894 | Meher Baba (1894-1969) of Poona, Indian saint of Persian origin and gifted with psychic powers of prediction, was born. The mystical teachings of this silent sage stressed love, self-inquiry and God consciousness. |
| 12/15/1957 | 60 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi. |
| 8/21/1995 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
| 1/4/1994 | Rahul Dev Burman, famous music director better known as 'Pancham Da', died at the age of 56. |
| 3/4/1990 | Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively. |
| 1/31/1931 | Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born. |
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