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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
6/2/1992The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam.
1/10/1986Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India.
10/30/1977Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
8/4/1967World's longest and highest Dam 'Nagarjun Sagar' made by Masonary System was inaugrated.
12/24/1972Daily newspaper ""Janshakti"" published it's first edition at Jalgaon.
4/14/1772Ahmadshah Abdali passed away.
8/23/1872Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, leader, social reformer and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was born at Kanuparthi village in Ongole district in Andhra Pradesh.
8/20/1969Varahagiri Venkata Giri was elected President and G. S. Pathak as Vice President of India.
10/21/1999B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
6/6/1997Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.