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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
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
4/11/1906K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.
12/5/1933Balendu Shantilal Jain, famous hindi writer, was born at Kunchord, M.P.
10/16/1999Congress (I)-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine is invited to form the Government in Maharashtra. Vilasrao Deshmukh to be sworn in as Chief Minister.
8/5/1994Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested.
7/14/1856Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, great social worker, was born.
8/27/1952Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi.
8/27/1952Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born.
7/22/19961996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
10/14/1997The two millionth Maruti vehicle rolled out.