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Historical Event on 5/21/1998
India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/14/1944 | Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food. |
| 8/5/1921 | Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born. |
| 5/11/1930 | Ganesh Narayan R, great Industrialist, was born. |
| 5/1/1966 | Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra. |
| 5/29/1979 | Perminder Singh Sangha, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway. |
| 8/15/1990 | Uttar Maharashtra University was established. |
| 1/16/1996 | Supreme Court says trial courts should hold trial of rape cases in camera. |
| 8/18/1800 | Fort William College was established at Calcutta. |
| 8/6/1997 | Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA. |
| 8/18/2000 | The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral. |
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