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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 |
4/26/1990 | V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh. |
9/11/1991 | V. S. Narayan, 'Janmabhumi' Newspaper Group chief, died. |
3/2/1982 | Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna. |
9/4/1952 | India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached. |
5/31/1995 | Statute Bill, a constitutional amendment bill, introduced in Lok Sabha to extend reservation in jobs and in promotion for SCs and STs. |
3/6/1995 | Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died. |
9/30/1894 | Rangnath Ramchandra Diwakar, Gandhian leader, was born. |
2/14/1989 | Supreme Court orders Union Carbide Coporation of USA and Union Carbide India Limited to pay $470 millions (about Rs. 710 crores) in full and final settlement of all claims out of the Bhopal gas Disaster Litigation tragedy of 1985. |
12/17/1740 | Chimaji Appa, Peshwa warrior, died. |
12/24/2000 | Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran. |
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