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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
9/8/1952The Copyright bill was signed during the first world convention by 35 nations including India at Geneva.
5/6/2000Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta.
10/26/1999The Government rejected the demand that Rajiv Gandhi's name be deleted from the chargesheet in the Bofors case.
6/26/1906M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.
2/28/1997The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.
8/26/1997Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.
12/13/1991Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India.
2/18/1994India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir.
5/25/1996DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry.
1/14/1969Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.