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Historical Event on 5/18/1998

India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1948Atomic Energy Commission established.
3/26/1993Surajkund AICC okays dual posts for Narasimha Rao.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
4/3/1926Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta.
3/9/1931Karansingh, politician, was born.
10/17/1817Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of modern India, was born in Delhi.
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
1/21/1922Juda Reuben, cricket Test umpire for 10 tests from 1969-77, was born in Mumbai.
2/18/1992Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab.
11/12/1969Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I).