|
|
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 |
| 11/6/1998 | Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah. |
| 1/29/1870 | 'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India. |
| 1/28/1937 | Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born. |
| 9/2/1956 | Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India). |
| 6/23/1894 | Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born. |
| 3/22/1964 | 200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela. |
| 1/1/1974 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"". |
| 5/20/1964 | P. T. Usha, famous sprinter, was born. |
| 7/14/1963 | Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away. |
| 5/27/1990 | Om Prakash Chautala, former CM, wins Mehem by-election. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
