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Historical Event on 5/18/1998

India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1897Hansa Mehta, educationist and social reformer, was born at Surat (Gujarat).
3/13/1971Fifth General Election of India ends.
12/31/1956Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80.
12/15/1974Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died.
1/25/1999Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri.
12/16/1990Dr. M. Channa Reddy resigned as Andhra Pradesh CM.
7/23/2000Ram Jethmalani, Union Law Minister, quits the Cabinet after the Prime Minister shows him the door following the outbursts against the Chief Justice of India, Dr. A. S. Anand.
9/6/1975Dularelal Bhargav, veteran writer, passed away. He was associated with 'Chand' and 'Madhuri' magazines.
4/27/1857Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of India's first Cinema Hall - 'Elphinstone Palace' at Calcutta, Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, was born.
12/19/1995Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal.