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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 |
| 9/24/1726 | King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta. |
| 7/23/1991 | Premdatt Paliwal, president of All India Forward Block, died. |
| 5/1/1923 | Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India. |
| 3/22/2000 | India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana. |
| 6/1/1944 | Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away. |
| 10/17/1979 | Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 6/18/1956 | New Hindu Succession Act was passed. |
| 2/9/1898 | The Rower of Persia', a short film produced at Calcutta was released on February 9 at Star Theatre, Calcutta. |
| 2/25/1927 | Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away. |
| 7/11/1979 | The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government. |
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