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Historical Event on 5/21/1998

India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1988V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election.
3/25/1898Dalpatrai (Dalpatram Dahyabhai Trawadi), modern Gujrati poet, passed away.
9/20/1940Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born.
10/4/1907Riots in Calcutta.
6/27/1967First Indian made AVRO aircraft passenger Plane HS748 handed over to Indian Airlines.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
1/19/1982Bombay High Court finds allegations against Chief Minister A. R. Antulay justified. Antulay resigns.
9/1/1942Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army.
9/15/1876Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, was born at Debanandapur in Hoogly district.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)