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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
5/15/1958Aruna Asaf Ali became the Mayor of Delhi.
5/15/1958Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt, passed away.
10/2/1971Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation.
5/17/1992R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
8/15/1985Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off.
10/30/1928Madhav Vinayak Gothoskar, cricket Test umpire for 14 tests from 1972-84, was born in Mumbai.
8/26/1967Dilawar Hussain, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper in the 1930's), passed away.
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
12/11/1845First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War.
1/7/1685Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.