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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
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
5/9/1992Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
6/21/1906Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away.
12/23/1964India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
7/31/1933Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
4/5/1938Anil Rakeshi, great poet, Hindi writer and critic, was born at Nahan (H.P.).
1/20/1957South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports.