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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 |
| 6/9/1834 | Dr. William Carey, great writer and social worker, died. |
| 6/15/1993 | PM Narasimha Rao visits Oman; India and Oman decide to give each other MFN status. |
| 11/27/1881 | Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, great lawyer, philosopher and eminent historian, was born at Mirzapur, UP. |
| 12/23/1993 | PM announces Local Area Development Scheme by which each MP can sanction projects worth Rs.1 crore. |
| 12/9/1658 | Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India. |
| 6/1/1842 | Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali officer and litterateur, was born. |
| 12/16/1924 | Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born. |
| 2/19/1974 | Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai. |
| 10/26/1950 | Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras. |
| 5/27/1952 | United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader. |
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