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Historical Event on 12/21/1998

The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/30/1699Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'.
1/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
11/1/1961First passenger Plane flight AVRO HS748.
4/30/1999Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.
9/27/1873Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, nationalist leader, politician and President of the Central Assembly, was born at Karmasad, Gujarat.
7/23/1898Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born.
11/8/1991K.P.S. Gill reappointed DGP in Punjab.
5/27/1990Om Prakash Chautala, former CM, wins Mehem by-election.
12/6/1857Raja Nahar Singh arrested by the Showers to kept him first in Motia Mahal and then at Metcalfe House, Delhi.