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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 |
| 5/13/1998 | Affonso de Albuquerque wrote, ""My determination now is to prevent any Moor entering Goa, to leave a sufficient force of men and ships in the place, then with another fleet visit the Red sea and Ormu |
| 11/15/1911 | First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler. |
| 11/24/1992 | Lok Sabha approves bill seeking to confer Indian citizenship to a child born to an Indian mother outside the country. |
| 1/1/1974 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"". |
| 3/15/1992 | Dr. Rahi Masum Raza, film screenplay, story and dialogue writer, passed away at the age of 64 years. |
| 5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
| 7/9/1992 | The government agrees to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the security scam. |
| 1/25/1994 | Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55. |
| 2/19/1919 | Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born. |
| 2/18/1998 | C. Subramaniam, former Maharashtra Governor, is awarded Bharat Ratna. |
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