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Historical Event on 1/18/1999
Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1988 | Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991. |
| 8/12/1998 | Uttarancha State plan meets with difficulty owing to differences on inclusion of Udham Singh Nagar and Hardwar district. |
| 6/1/1929 | V. Shantaram, S. Fattehlal (Sheikh Syed Fattehlal), Vishnupant Damle and Keshavrao B. Dhaiber, alongwith Sita Ram Kulkami, founded the 'Prabhat Film Company' at Kolhapur. |
| 2/22/1845 | Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company. |
| 6/28/1924 | Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, passed away on June 28 at Calcutta. |
| 8/1/1992 | S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993. |
| 5/6/1861 | Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born at Agra. |
| 5/6/1997 | 12 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi. |
| 4/25/1969 | Invalappil Mani Vijayan (or better known as IM Vijayan), Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trissur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1993, 1997, 1999. He scored the fastest ever International goal against Bhutan at the SAF Games '99, scoring after just 12 seconds. |
| 2/3/1997 | Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes. |
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