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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
11/9/1942Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died.
3/17/1989Daily newspaper 'Sakal' published its edition in South Maharashtra.
12/23/1977Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born.
4/2/1996Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) party registered and recognised.
3/24/1855First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.
2/16/1942The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943.
3/6/1991Chandrasekhar resigns as PM.
10/15/2000Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand
7/1/1968Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.
5/7/1994Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55.