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Historical Event on 5/16/1998

India rejects China's charges on N-tests.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1994India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad.
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
6/4/1932Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away.
4/13/1947Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established.
1/10/1912Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh.
4/8/1857Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire.
2/3/1928Chandrasekhar Vaman Gadkari, cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55), was born at Pune.
6/15/1966U.S. resumes full economic aid to India and Pakistan.
7/1/1968Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.