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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
12/17/1996Virendrakumar Jain, famous writer, died in Mumbai.
10/25/1990Captain Sangma, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
8/2/198432 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
7/11/1630Rezabeebeth Sookeas Begum passed away.
7/20/1957India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar.
5/17/1887Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
11/22/1928British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties.
5/26/1739Afghanistan was separated from the Indian empire as a result of a treaty signed between Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah.