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Historical Event on 10/14/1998

Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/28/1645Har Govind Singh, Sikh Guru, died.
12/3/1991Lok Sabha question hour telecast at 7.15 a.m for the first time .
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.
6/11/1984574 Sikh army deserters arrested.
6/23/1971Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, passed away.
4/2/1991Haryana Governor recommends President's rule.
3/21/1997Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura.
1/20/1999Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.
2/1/1889Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
12/15/1943The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong.