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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 |
1/21/1994 | India and Myanmar decide to open border trade. |
1/21/1994 | Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule. |
3/3/1871 | Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent. |
9/25/1962 | Rajiv Ramesh Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87), was born in Bombay. |
12/15/1976 | Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit |
6/9/1923 | K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born. |
6/9/1923 | Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor. |
4/6/1956 | Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987). |
5/22/1991 | Sonia unanimously elected Congress President by the Working Committee. She, however, declined the offer. |
2/19/2000 | 18 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. |
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