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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 |
| 8/20/1991 | Indian Oil Executive Director K. Doraiswamy released after 52 days of being in the custody of Kashmir ultras. |
| 7/24/1994 | Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India. |
| 12/24/2000 | Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran. |
| 7/1/1941 | C. Y. Chintamani died. |
| 10/23/1919 | Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London |
| 5/2/1921 | Satyajeet Ray, world famous film director and a very short story writer, was born in a family of artistS. In 1989, he was awarded highest honour of France ''Legion d Honeur''. |
| 11/11/2000 | Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985. |
| 6/13/1973 | Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away. |
| 4/1/1947 | Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi. |
| 3/12/1992 | The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker. |
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