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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
1/21/1994India and Myanmar decide to open border trade.
1/21/1994Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule.
3/3/1871Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent.
9/25/1962Rajiv Ramesh Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87), was born in Bombay.
12/15/1976Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit
6/9/1923K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born.
6/9/1923Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor.
4/6/1956Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987).
5/22/1991Sonia unanimously elected Congress President by the Working Committee. She, however, declined the offer.
2/19/200018 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai.