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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
10/10/1756Clive 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.
9/11/1985Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India.
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.
11/16/1986Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.
6/11/1995PM leaves for 4-day official visit to France.
2/8/1881Faiyaj Khan, famous Indian classical singer, was born.
12/7/1979Ramandeep Singh Gill, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway.
12/9/1825Tula Ram Rao, one of the revolutionary heroes of the 1857 and Sepoy Mutiny, was born.
1/22/1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.
7/12/1994India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad.