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Historical Event on 5/16/1998

India rejects China's charges on N-tests.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/13/1999The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border.
9/1/1956Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory.
1/18/1959Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good.
6/6/1998All IAF Meteorological Sections were put on high alert from 06 Jun 98, and constant interaction with India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Mumbai and the (IMD) Centre at Ahmedabad resulted in 24 hours tracking and plotting of the cyclone, which was passed down as forecasts to Service and civil authorities in the Saurashtra and Kutch region.
6/19/1966Shiv Sena was established.
7/1/1947Independence of India Bill passed.
10/21/1995Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil.
5/17/1897Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born.
3/24/1998G.M.C. Balayogi of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led Government.
7/17/1996Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth.