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Historical Event on 5/13/1998

India conducts two more nuclear tests at Pokhran. The US slaps sanctions. The Prime Minister says India will face down sanctions.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/14/1895Nihalsing Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Delhi and Governer of Rajasthan, was born.
5/12/1998Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT.
1/14/1982First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.
12/20/1931Leela Nag (Leela Roy), freedom fighter and editor of Jayshri, was arrested in Bengal for her association with ""Depali Sangh"" who supported Chatgang Ammunition Plot against the Bengal Government.
2/28/1919Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.
12/28/1981Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned.
11/29/1916Vasant Shridhar Vaidya, great industrialist, was born at Phaltan.
3/25/1997Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
7/3/1908Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested as a traitor by the Britishers.