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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
1/22/1997Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, former Union Ministers Ajit Singh, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and five others chargesheeted by CBI in Rs. 3.5 crore Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs bribery case.
1/24/1995Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party.
1/19/1892Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born.
5/14/2000L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years.
5/27/1951Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
8/3/1997Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal.
1/30/1908Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
8/15/1947Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta.
1/5/1952John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64.