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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
8/15/1960Maharashtra State Sahkari Grihvitta Corporation was established.
9/18/1997President K.R. Narayanan inaugurates Mammen Mappillai Hall at Kottayam, Kerala.
3/10/193917 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad, India.
12/7/1992Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
9/3/1992Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.
5/15/1958Gift Tax Act was introduced.
3/3/1967India signed the International Space Treaty in Moscow.
1/23/1954Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad declares that the State of Kashmir is a part of India.
6/17/1862Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died.