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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
11/22/1991Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional.
7/8/1999The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay.
1/9/1946Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous Hindi poet, Gujarati litterateur, writer, headmaster and innovator of duel meaning phrases, passed away.
4/18/1917Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.
5/3/1998Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President.
4/18/1993BJP issues white paper on Ayodhya.
4/19/1995Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery.
3/6/1775Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War.
6/19/1995In an unprecedented move, UP Speaker Dhani Ram Verma adjourns the two-day special session called to prove Mayavati Government's majority in the House. Later, the House gathers, rejects the sine die adjournment and unanimously elects B.R. Verma (BSP) as new presiding officer to conduct the business of the House.
2/14/1999Fifth National Games inaugurated at Imphal.