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Historical Event on 12/10/1998
Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/12/2000 | The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years. |
| 9/1/1956 | Pakistani troops infiltrated the Line of Control in Kashmir. |
| 8/2/1935 | The British pass Govt. of India Act, separating Burma, Aden from India. |
| 8/3/1898 | Udayshankar Bhatt, modern Hindi dramatist, poet and novelist, was born. |
| 12/25/1846 | Swati Tirunal Ramavarma passed away. |
| 5/14/1995 | Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people. |
| 1/28/1996 | Dev Kanta Baruah, first President of former Congress, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 82. |
| 6/5/1980 | Manipur University was established. |
| 9/5/1979 | Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma. |
| 12/25/1979 | Opening day of Fourth Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur. |
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