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Historical Event on 5/18/1998

India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/6/1999Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India.
1/25/1930Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.
2/4/1910New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest.
11/28/1704Jacob Mossel, Governor General (Dutch East Indies), was born.
12/11/1999Dr. M. L. Madhu, poet and translator, wins the Pushkin Gold Medal award.
2/17/1883Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden.
7/8/1914Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
1/18/1995The 4-nation non-official initiative on Arms Reduction and Disarmament concludes with Goa Declaration (also called Shanghai-II).
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.