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Historical Event on 12/27/1998

Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1966Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.
1/20/1996The Indian Army conducted United Nation Peacekeeping Keeping Operations in New Delhi from 20 to 26 Jan 1996, wherein delegates from UN HQ and 17 foreign countries of the Asia-Pacific region participated. The Under Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, was the chief guest.
5/17/1857Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
6/22/1996Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.
3/12/1992The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker.
4/11/2000Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.
12/15/1992BJP Governments of Sunderlal Patwa (MP), Shanta Kumar (HP) and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (Rajasthan) dismissed.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
8/17/1911Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.