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Historical Event on 12/10/1998

Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/21/1963First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
6/6/2000Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
6/1/1993Speaker disqualifies four Ajit group MPs.
7/20/1680Chhatrapati Sambhaji was throne.
8/26/1927Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta.
2/18/1905Shyamji Krishna Varma established India House in London to help Indians visiting England. He also established the Indian Home Rule society, which helped him to raise his voice against British Domination in India.
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
6/5/1961Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star, was born. He was also the winner of Junior Wimbledon 1979.
5/28/1966B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.