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Historical Event on 5/13/1998
India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/30/1974 | Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi. |
| 5/20/1992 | V. Prabhakaran, LTTE supremo, heads the list of 41 accused in the SIT chargesheet. |
| 11/19/1910 | Gohar alias Gohar A. Kayoum Mamajiwala was born at Lahore. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Fortune & Fools' (1925). Other films were 'Lanka Ni Laadi', 'Handsome', 'Briefless Barrister', 'Thief of Delhi', 'Punjab Mail', 'My Darling' and 'The Web'. |
| 12/25/1946 | Gandhiji said, at Noakhali, ""I am being tested through and through"". |
| 7/23/1990 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow. |
| 2/19/1992 | The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab. |
| 2/17/1980 | Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat. |
| 12/22/1871 | Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died. |
| 8/1/1920 | Kirloskar, monthly magzine, was published. |
| 2/1/1956 | Judge Sudhi Ranjan Das became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 30/09/1959. |
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