Columbus Indian Community - ColumbusIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

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
8/3/1994The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96).
1/4/1992The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates.
3/7/1987Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.
3/4/1991Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presents mid-term budget, cut in food and fertiliser subsidy, amounting to Rs. 934 crore, proposed.
7/13/1830Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Alexander Duff, in 1921 Scottish Church College, General Assembly s Institution was established with only five students, where teaching of the Bible took an important part.
9/23/1983Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope.
5/25/1915Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
7/13/1999Militants attack the residential complex of Border Security Force (BSF) in Madar village near Bandipur and take 12 persons as hostages after killing four.
9/12/1993Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died.
12/17/1959Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.