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Historical Event on 10/14/1998
Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/11/1999 | Tamil Nadu men, Railways women emerged National Volleyball League champions in Triprayar. |
| 5/2/1992 | President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges. |
| 2/17/1994 | Bihar leader Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and Mizoram's Dr. C. Silvera inducted into Union Cabinet. |
| 6/18/1993 | Advani takes over as party President. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 6/2/1986 | One thousand Sikhs arrested at demonstrations in Punjab. |
| 3/18/1974 | Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away. |
| 3/21/1997 | Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura. |
| 3/19/1907 | Dr. Dilawar Hussain, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, was born. |
| 2/11/1847 | Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio. |
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