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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
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
5/25/1997In a bid to break the deadlock on naming transport corporation after caste leaders in southern districts, Tamil Nadu Government agrees to create a new bus corporation named after Pulithevan.
1/18/1842Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.
5/18/1933Gandhiji commences at noon 21 days' fast for self-purification; released unconditionally at 9 p.m.
5/6/1944Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
5/4/1923Mrinal Sen, famous film director, was born.
5/27/1910Robert Koch, famous French scientist, passed away.
10/23/1898Khandubhai K. Desai, politician and social reformer, was born at Bulsar in Gujarat.
2/2/1814Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also.
1/22/1989Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.