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Historical Event on 1/14/1998
Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/10/1756 | Clive sailed from Madras, to capture Calcutta, with a large naval fleet consisting of 900 European and 1500 Indian soldiers along with 5 battle ships, and 5 other vessels. |
9/11/1985 | Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India. |
11/11/1973 | India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi. |
11/16/1986 | Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore. |
6/11/1995 | PM leaves for 4-day official visit to France. |
2/8/1881 | Faiyaj Khan, famous Indian classical singer, was born. |
12/7/1979 | Ramandeep Singh Gill, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway. |
12/9/1825 | Tula Ram Rao, one of the revolutionary heroes of the 1857 and Sepoy Mutiny, was born. |
1/22/1998 | Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra. |
7/12/1994 | India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad. |
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