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Historical Event on 12/10/1998

Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/12/1992The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.
9/16/1977Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay.
8/1/2000One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river.
11/3/1966Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.
11/9/2000The 17-day old Manohar Parrikar led BJP Government in Goa wins the trust vote.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
1/5/1955Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).
6/2/1975India's First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada.
12/26/1985Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country.
3/6/1961India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay.